db House is a successful collaboration between Ben Walker Architects with Pelle Architects. This house is located in southern Canberra, comes with its unique form and design. It utilizes bold new forms to provide a clear contrast between the new elements and the old house. A rich and diverse material palette also can be provided with the use of some different materials.
From January 2012 to May 2016, Studio MK27 has been completed a project of a modern big house located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Gama Issa House offers diverse architectural sensations for each space from its varied ceiling heights, the intersection of volumes, and white surfaces. A futuristic minimalist atmosphere in this house comes from the furniture of modern designers and more pieces are added to it.
Broadway Penthouse is a project of a NoHo loft renovation that rethinks the notion of an urban garden. Joel Sanders Architect brings the outside in literally with this notion. Located in New York with 3000 SF, green design is added into this house beyond the familiar incorporation of a list of LEED-certified materials. There is also lush vegetation around the house interior, especially in the bathroom.
By merging the renovation project and a new addition together, Desai Chia Architecture expands Watermill House to provide a comfortable cottage. It is a new addition and renovation project of a traditional shingled cottage home with 3,000 SF of renovation area and 1,600 SF of a new addition located in New York. The oriented design is also added to reinforce the relationships between the surrounding landscape and outdoor activities.
Tribeca Loft is an awesome 2013 project by Andrew Franz Architect located in Manhattan’s landmarked Tribeca North area, New York. It is a transformation project of the 3,000-square-feet top floor and roof of an 1884 caviar warehouse into a residence. This comfortable residence is designed with large open entertaining zones and it also has a fluid connection with the outdoor environment.
The design challenge for Capsule Loft is to accommodate a second level for bedrooms and maintain the architectural integrity of the industrial loft. This West Village apartment is 2500 SF in size, located in New York and designed by Joel Sanders Architect. The industrial loft in this apartment is characterized by tall south-west corner windows and exposed concrete beams. The architect also inserts a cantilevered wood-clad volume called the Sleeping Capsule.
Located in Martha’s Vineyard, MA, the United States, Meadow Beach House is designed by Andrew Franz Architect as a comfortable family retreat. Completed in 2016 with 5,000 SF in size, this house is crafted with lasting materials to respond to its beachside meadow setting. It also has multiple smaller volumes that settle into the house landscape.
The interior and architecture design for this large house is designed by Studio MK27. Planar House is a 2018 completed project located in Porto Feliz, Sao Paulo, Brazil. It has a flat green roof that contributes to the thermal comfort in the house and elegant proportions of Miesian architecture that come from the cross-shaped metallic pillars.
The house exterior is clad in ‘shou sugi ban’. It is a traditional Japanese method of charring wood, so it becomes bug resistant and rot-resistant. The modulation of deep facade members and the charred texture can enhance the shadows across the house facade as the sun sets and rises.
The gross area of this house is 643.20 m² with three floors. Rehabilitated and expanded, floor 0 now houses patio support and social functions. The interior of this floor is illuminated and ventilated by a patio. Floor 1 of the house is a mezzanine, organized around a larger patio and used for the daily life of the family. Floor 2 is used for relaxation and it is visible from the street.
Just like other Studio MK27’s projects in other countries and beach shelters, there is a strong desire for establishing a relationship between the architecture of exact lines and its surroundings shown through this house. This relationship is achieved by the architect with a sensorial-spatial tectonic approximation with the environment and also a formal contrast.
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