Tag Residenze

28-07-2021

Chevalier Morales’ Residence de l'Isle: a perfect square

Residence de l'Isle is a reworking of modern American mid-twentieth-century homes, designed by Stephan Chevalier and Sergio Morales for a well-to-do couple with two children. The house stands on the bank of a river, and, in redesigning a structure dating back to seventy years ago, Chevalier and Morales maintained the building’s initial ecological footprint while replenishing the vegetation around it. The design of the home was based on a rational process which began with the square volume and sculpted out the spaces in response to the aesthetic, functional and structural requirements suggested by the project.

30-06-2021

The winners of the 2021 Next Landmark International Award

The jury of the Next Landmark International AWARD has announced the winners of the tenth international contest promoted by Floornature, the architecture and design magazine published by the Iris Ceramica Group. The Landmark of the Year Award goes to the "Casa en el Bosque" project by architect Moises Morales, co-founder of W.E.Y.E.S Estudio in Mexico. The winner of the Research Award for unbuilt projects developed in an academic context or independently is Regenerated Spaces (間) around Lighthouse by Italian architect Selene Amico.

29-06-2021

CPDA Arquitectos’ Jardin Escandón connects architecture with nature

Mexican studio CPDA Arquitectos and the landscape architects of Taller Entorno Paisaje worked on Jardin Escandón, a residential complex built around a central courtyard with a rear patio, so that all the residential units enjoy daylight and cross-ventilation for maximum living comfort in close contact with nature.

25-06-2021

Taller64Arquitectos’ Casa-7 is screened-off but open to dialogue

Taller64s Casa-7, in Veracruz, Mexico, responds to the need for privacy without shutting itself off from dialogue with its urban surroundings, offering welcoming, spacious interiors for its inhabitants and their guests.

24-06-2021

Archi-Tectonics designs 512GW Townhouse in New York

The Archi-Tectonics studio, led by architect Winka Dubbeldam completed, in 2020, an interesting renovation and conversion project in New York’s upscale Soho district. An industrial warehouse with a rectangular floor plan – narrow and elongated – has been transformed into a residential structure. Four new floors were built to double the space available and obtain an 8-story residential tower. In addition, a so-called Climate Skin was added, a special 3D envelope that envelops the building and, just like human skin, helps regulate the temperature of the interior spaces.

26-05-2021

Wittman Estes’s Tsuga Townhomes receives the AIA National Housing Award 2021

Wittman Estes of Seattle has received a 2021 AIA National Housing Award for Tsuga Townhomes, a small complex of three residential units built to be sustainable, both environmentally, with 4 Star Built Green certification, and economically, with a ??45% reduction in construction costs compared to the average for the city of Seattle.

03-05-2021

Open Arquitectura’s Amura Tower in Veracruz

Carlos Ramos de la Medina and Ricardo Fernández Rivero of Mexican architectural studio Open Arquitectura have completed a record-breaking construction in their hometown, Veracruz. The Torre Amura residential tower is the tallest building on the Mexican coast, but the architects minimise its impact on the coastline using passive design solutions.

29-04-2021

Timeless architecture: Alfons Soldevila’s Casa Mas Ram

The home and studio of Alfons Soldevila, architect and professor of architecture at UPC in Barcelona, a friend and contemporary of such great architects as Elias Torres and Oscar Tusquets, was built in 1971 and offers a tangible example of his tireless innovative spirit. The timeless character of this prototype home is captured in Marcela Grassi’s photographs.