URBANbuild returns with a more conventional stick-built construction after successfully proven that the program can deliver projects on budget and on time with URBANbuild 1-3. URBANbuild 4 or UB04 is designed by having used projects 2 and 3 to experiment and test with prefabricated building systems. It is an energy-efficient building with the invention of a shutter system and remarkable qualities.
Sits in the middle of a bustling metropolis in Malaysia, this modern house is a place of retreat from the city. KL House is designed by SCDA Architects with each component of design that takes inspiration from spatial hierarchy and classical architectural proportioning.
It is a light-filled home with 2,400 sqft in size that designed by Mark Odom Studio around an entry sequence and circulation pathway. Located in Austin, Texas, the homeowner of this stunning new build has a deep appreciation for mid-century architecture and wants all the elements that can be found in a quintessential MC home.
Located in Lake Hawea, Webby House is designed by Condon Scott Architects for a young family. The brief of this project is to create a robust home that capitalizing on the amazing views of Lake Hawea and the beautiful mountains beyond. The design for this residence uses its site’s topography to create a configuration of the split level.
Designed by Kohn Shnier Architects, this beautiful house has been recognized by some awards. Prefab Cottage for Two Families is a family house project designed for two families. It is an “upside-down” house with living spaces above the sleeping spaces that make this house unique.
Designed by Kochi Architect’s Studio, House D is a two-storey house located in Japan. It is a minimalist house with 114 sqm in size and a gap between its floors and walls to show a sectional scenery of rooms. This house also has unique rooms and high ceilings.
Marmol Radziner Architecture designs a four-level studio to the existing residence as a freestanding addition. Guttentag is an architecture project in Santa Monica Canyon with the studio as an addition to fulfilling the need of the owner for additional living space and parking area.
Located on the southern shore of Shuswap Lake, Shuswap Cabin is a residential project designed by Splyce Design. Completed in 2008, this 2300 square foot single-level house is designed for a couple as a seasonal retreat. The main goal is to seek ways of marrying a contemporary, modern, open-concept space with a traditional cabin vernacular.
This house is 167,00 m² and designed for commercialization. Casa Boreal or Boreal House is designed by Nommo Arquitetos, located in a gated community in the north of Curitiba. The investors’ premise is to create a product with good external space and qualitative sunlight, including fulfilling the basic program for a family of four. The result of this awesome project is a compact and efficient design that makes the house comfortable.
This small house is designed by Kubo Tsushima Architects for a young couple and their three kids. House in Shankujii is located in a residential district near a station in the Nerima Ward of Tokyo with 85 m2 in size. In this area, houses on small plots of land are packed densely together. This house has two large openings while the design incorporates large-scale windows.
Located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, House kn is a residential project by Kochi Architect’s Studio that completed in 2006. “A big box” is put by the architect in the whole of the site then creating an awesome relation between the house and its garden.
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