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Apartment AL is a beautiful home located in Martina Franca, Italy, redesigned in 2019 by ABBW Angelo Bruno Building Workshop. Description The project consists of the renovation of an apartment of about 100 square meters in a 2007...

A vacation home is a perfect place for relaxing that the family belongs to during the holiday or a place to live in retired life. For this reason, the design based on an understanding of the surrounding environment is important to enhance an...

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"It\'s all about attitude and adjusting to the existing circumstances", explains Boonserm Premthada, when asked about his conceptual process. Founder of Bangkok Project Studio, and one of today\'s most influential Thai figures in...

La Escuela Bancaria y Comercial (The Banking and Commercial School) is located north of Mérida and is the second campus of this institution in this city; the new building is located in a growing area and seeks to serve a greater number of...

A new build family house and an existing coach house are located within the garden, to the rear, of a listed house in Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland. The new build house is located between an existing 19th-century coach house building and a garden...

Four teams have been declared the finalists in the competition to design the Portland Museum of Art campus expansion located in Portland, Maine. The finalist teams are led by Adjaye Associates, Lever Architecture, MVRDV and Toshiko Mori Architect +...

Apartment GR is a lovely modern home located in Martina Franca, Italy, redesigned in 2022 by ABBW Angelo Bruno Building Workshop. Photography courtesy of Angelo Bruno Building Workshop Visit ABBWThe post Apartment GR by...

This simple house is implanted as a flower in the arid landscape of the Cerrado Biome, the Brazilian savannah. A couple seeking tranquility and connection with nature commissioned this urban refuge located 15 minutes from the center of Brasilia. The...

Business hotel in Kanoya, the central city of Japan\'s southernmost peninsula. The idea was to build a business hotel on a low budget, which was necessary for the current situation, and to provide an opportunity for the city, which is...

The washroom is a space often used by visitors. It can be the first impression one has of its owners. As small areas are usually the most difficult to innovate in an interior project, we have gathered some creative examples of this room.

Science and Innovation Centre in Ventspils was designed as a union of architecture and landscape. Instead of proposing a landmark on the bridge axis, we leave it open and inviting. The silhouettes of the building and the hill osculate here. New...

Prefab Cabin is a modern retreat located in Hungary, designed by Hello Wood. Photography courtesy of Hello Wood Visit Hello WoodThe post Prefab Cabin by Hello Wood first appeared on HomeAdore.

This is a renovation project of the grave owned by the church. The site area is 30m2. On the ground level, wide and flat space is needed to perform funerals and so on and the underground existing space is used as a shared burial chamber where only...

Pavilion Brekstad is a transformation of an old military bunker located at Fosen in Mid-Norway.Fosen is a beautiful peninsula with a remarkable landscape meeting the Norwegian Sea in the west and the Trondheimsfjord in the east. The pavilion\'s...

Zibo OCT Art Center, an introverted experimental work, is in an open area far away from the city. Its architectural form is conceived from the traditional Chinese academy-?Heyuan?, a central courtyard surrounded by several houses.

Villa AZ is a contemporary house located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, designed in 2022 by MMA Projects. Description Villa AZ is a private residence designed by MMA Projects on the exclusive Palm Jumeirah, one of...

?Dark and cramped with low ceilings? was the description the homeowners gave of their existing 1970s house in Paradise Valley, Arizona when they reached out to The Ranch Mine with hopes of completely renovating it while adding additional space. The...

Aire pavilion is built on the imaginary of the ephemeral, the fragile and immaterial, alluding to one of the most essential and intangible elements of architecture. As occurs in a tent in the middle of the desert to protect from the sun, or in the...

The Campagna Romana is the context of the redevelopment of the Borgo della Mistica, a farm dating from the early 20th century. The project is part of a larger urban intervention in a peripheral area of the city typical of the outlying Roman...

Maximum snow depth is 2.7m. The Uonuma region, known as the production area of ??Koshihikari rice, is also one of the world\'s heaviest snowfall areas. Cedar exterior walls, dome-shaped garage, steep gable roof. In this heavy snowfall area, the...

Context. There are times when strong site constraints and the requirements of a rigorous program result in a singular piece of architecture. Set in the heart of the city of Angers, this project is sited on an enclosed urban plot and consists of two...

In the architectural world, unestablished practices are often overlooked, yet, by challenging the traditional dogmas of the industry, they can have a significant impact on the built environment. The Young European Architecture Festival (YEAH!)...

Austin-based office HKS announced the design of the Wilson Tower, a high-rise of 315 meters in Texas\' capital featuring 80 floors, 450 units, outdoor terraces, and gardens. The tower will be delivered in collaboration with Britt Design Group and...

Elia Residence is a lovely traditional Greek summer house located on the island of Mykonos, designed in 2022 by Anna Tsalikian. Photography by Andreas Bekkas Visit Anna TsalikianThe post Elia Residence by Anna...

Villa Near Dahao Lake is a luxurious courtyard house located in Foshan, China, designed in 2022 by Foshan Topway Design. Description The project is a residence located near Dahao Lake Golf Course in Foshan City. The...

The international master jury of the 4th cycle (2020-2023) of the Abdullatif Alfozan Award for Mosque Architecture had their second and final meeting at Kuwait last 11-13 November 2022. The meeting was chaired by Architect Rasem Badran (Saudi Arabia...

Subtly referencing the history of the area and surrounding urban fabric, we approached the small inner-city site with intention of maximizing living spaces within the tight perimeter and creating the illusion of a renovated heritage factory despite...

La Purísima Church is a catholic temple located in the center of the city of Monterrey, Mexico, designed by the Mexican architect Enrique de la Mora Palomar, who won the National Architecture Award in 1946 thanks to this emblematic work. The...

Print technology transformed our world into a canvas where we can capture experiences and our memories. Our homes feel no different where art forms and breathtaking designs take an important place to share their narrative and speak of their...

Raijin 115 is a modern luxury model home in Ruijin, Jiangxi Province, China, designed by Gao Long. Description There is a 115 square meter house. In this design, the designer has optimized the room type to make it more...

The project is located in the middle of a residential building block, on the outskirts of the city center of Ghent. Characteristic of this 19th-century periphery was the mix of housing, crafts, and small industrial activities. Accessible through a...

Established in Abu Dhabi, right at the heart of the city?s diplomatic district, this facility was conceived to support the country?s Foreign Affairs Ministry through the education of young diplomats and government leaders. Rooted in Arab tradition...

The study concerns the completion of three distinct vacation residences in an existing complex located at Vagia Beach in Serifos. The intervention revolved around the reinstatement of the relationship between the buildings and the natural relief, as...

Thalwil House is embedded in a steeply sloping, wooded plot with a magnificent view of Lake Zurich. These site-specific conditions determined the genesis of the project.

Vamvakouris Residence is a beautiful seafront house located on the Greek island of Mykonos, designed in 2018 by Anna Tsalikian. Description A cozy two bedroom residence with swimmingpool and independent guest studio, in a...

Apartment Neko is a modern home located in São Paulo, Brazil, designed in 2022 by Vic Calil Arquitetura. Description The apartment had its original floor plan almost completely modified to meet the needs of the client...

Noises ?especially those we can?t control? greatly affect both physical and mental health. Whether coming from the street, upstairs neighbors or the room next door, research suggests that these can raise stress, reduce productivity, interfere with...

Casa Martha is the home of an archaeologist, so it is designed with rudimental and artisanal techniques, conceived with the aim of unifying time, form, and context through its composition and materiality of ancestral origin.

TV shows about renovations are seductive. We feel anxiety when seeing that home remodeled in an unimaginable way, providing a family reconnection with the new space. The tears at the end, the host-architect-contractor satisfied with the result,...

Apartment HS-02 is a contemporary penthouse located in Kyiv, Ukraine, designed by Valentirov & Partners. Photography by @avdeenko_photographer Visit Valentirov & PartnersThe post Apartment HS-02 by Valentirov &...

Layers of Light is a contemporary duplex apartment in the Sharon region of Israel, designed by Noa Kuperman in 2022. Description This property, designed by Interior Designer Noa Kuperman, could have easily been featured on...

Foster + Partners has revealed the design for a new mixed-use development in the northern end of the central London high street. The building is located on Queensway, opposite the Whitley, the famous department store, which is also being transformed...

Project overview. The project is located in Wuxiang Town, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, starting from Aimin Road in the west, Houtang River in the east, and Shanhua Road in the south. The site is adjacent to the abandoned ground section of the...

Architecture is a referential discipline. From ziggurats, machines for living, to contemporary biophilic high-rises designs, it is impossible to know whether ideas are genuinely novel or whether they have been conceptualized before. Artificial...