Designed in a unique form, the Escape Pod offers a luxury outdoor space. Constructed out of birch ply and European oak, this outdoor space is clad in cedar shingles with a unique, organic shape and high-quality contemporary interior. Podmakers tries to create a perfect place to sleep, socialize, meditate, or work with four different layouts.
Although we tend to associate losing electricity with winter storms, the truth is they can disrupt our home life at any time of the year. And in the U.S., power outages have actually been on the rise over the past decade.
Whether you’re learning how to weld or you’re an expert in the trade, welding is an incredibly valuable and fun skill. DIY welding, in particular, can bring you a great sense of pride in seeing your home projects come to life.
A total backyard remodel can cost anywhere between $15,000 to $50,000! Yikes!
But just because you don’t have that kind of wiggle room in your budget doesn’t mean you can’t make changes to your backyard to make it a more beautiful place.
For millennia, humanity has relied on agriculture to make sure that everyone has access to enough food to live. The problem was that very little of the natural land around us was suitable for farming. The ancient Egyptians, among others, found that they could create their own farmland through the use of irrigation.
Located in a rectangular lot on two floors in Sao Paulo, Brazil, this designer Guilherme Wentz’s store is a 2019 collaboration project of Felipe Hess Arquitetos with João Paulo Carrascoza and Roberta Alecrim. With 160m², Wentz is designed to translate the brand itself and to receive the designer’s works through its neutral finishes. An external seating area is also created by taking advantage of the existing retreat.
This completed project is about an ultra-contemporary residence located in Tarrytown, Austin, Texas, USA. Skybox has elegant and simple forms cantilever overs its buried garage under the main floor while the dining/living area floats over the driveway. Dick Clark + Associates designs this house based on the concept that comes from editing the layout and the shapes to fit the site.
Conceived as a cultural “gateway”, MO Museum in Vilnius can connect the 18th-century grid with the medieval walled city. This public building project is designed by DO ARCHITECTS in 2015 and completed in 2018. Located in Vilnius, Lithuania with 3100 m² in size, this museum has two symmetrical forms that create its structure and unique rectilinear exterior façade.
A simple, clean, and light-filled ground floor extension is added to the 1920’s Peabody House to create a unified and open plan living area. Designed by VINE Architecture Studio, this extension project is located in South East London, England. The design for Cambridge Drive is made based on some principles while the bold expression of modernity is created to beautify the house.
Sits in the Pinheiros neighborhood in São Paulo, Brazil, Pinheiros House is formed by blocks. These blocks are distributed over three floors in 500m² of the project size. Completed in 2013, Felipe Hess Arquitetos also marks this house integration by the relationship of the environments to bring a balance between the building and its surrounding nature.
Located in Pavilnys Regional Park in Vilnius, Lithuania, Family House in Pavilnys offers a sense of richness with quality of life, enjoyment, and pure comfort. It is a humble and practical house designed by DO ARCHITECTS with 150 m² in 2017. The house building is divided into two functional halves and it also shows that good architecture need not be excessive.
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