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Project • By Johnston Architects • Apartments
Shared Roof
Shared Roof is a multifunctional housing project for multiple families in Seattle's Phinney Ridge neighborhood, which no longer considers housing as a collection of isolated units, but as a structure for coexistence. Designed by Johnston Architects (JA), the project responds to rising housing costs, social fragmentation, and environmental pressures by prioritizing community, resource efficiency, and long-term livability. The building comprises 35 apartments for families of different sizes and at different stages of life, allowing residents to continue living in the city while having access to public transportation, work, schools, and neighborhood services.
Andrey Storey
Density with a purpose
Shared Roof is located in a pedes... More
Project • By Valerio Dewalt Train • Apartments
Solverre
Rising along Chicago's famed Lake Shore Drive and located in the heart of the Uptown neighborhood, Solverre transforms a former hospital parking lot into a lakeside community. Developed by Willow Bridge Property Company in response to an ongoing housing shortage in the neighborhood, the 12-story tower provides 303 apartments, including studios, one-beds and two-beds. An eclectic amenity suite includes a generous 2-story lobby, two club rooms, a fitness center, a yoga studio and a sun-filled pool deck infused with native plantings. The suite tailors the living experience to the needs of the urban dweller who believes in good design.
Steve Hall
As VDT’s first project to start during the COVID-19 pandemic, our tea... More
Project • By Tacal Arquitectos • Private Houses
Casa A24
Casa A24 is located in Querétaro, Mexico, in a suburb in the periphery of the city with significant growth and great capital gains. The specific restrictions of the suburb benefited the project by allowing us to create 4 facades, as if it were an isolated lot.
Joan Soto
Joan Soto
Joan Soto
Joan Soto
The house was designed for a family of 4 members that were looking for the greatest connection in the public interior space. A double height is the heart of the house, to which all spaces connect. It was sought that each of the bedrooms, which are located on the upper floor, had discreet natural lighting and ventilation from the outside, which is why a series of volumes were proposed, like closed boxes, that maintain... More
Project • By Danilo Dangubic Architects • Housing
CENTRAL
The Central Building, designed by Danilo Dangubic Architects in Pancevo, represents a bold approach to multi-family residential architecture compared to the current production. On one hand, it demonstrates a careful and responsible attitude towards the microenvironment of the city block and contributes significantly to the city’s identity. On the other hand, it innovatively treats the facade as a new type of living space for each apartment.
Ilya Ivanov
Ilya Ivanov
In relation to the immediate context of the city center, the Central Building successfully establishes a dialogue between contemporary architecture and its neighbors from past epochs, harmoniously fitting into the eclectic ambiance of Vojvode Radomir Putnik Street... More
News • News • 3 Aug 2023
Studio Farris Architects’ Zottegem residential project integrates contemporary and historic architecture
Studio Farris Architects has completed a new residential project in Zottegem, a small city in East Flanders, Belgium. An urban redevelopment and regeneration scheme, it is located on the site of the former OLV Collegium, a 19th century building in Zottegem’s center. The project’s integration of contemporary and historic architecture reconnects this once abandoned site to the city’s urban fabric.
Martino Pietropoli
OLV Collegium, a former neo-Gothic school built in 1862, was a neglected building in Zottegem’s historic center and was damaged by a fire in 2012. Purchased by a developer in 2017, Studio Farris Architects was selected to design a masterplan for new homes and public underground parking. In line wi... More
Project • By Alexander Gorlin Architects • Apartments
Chelsea Loft
This renovation to a classic Chelsea loft space upends the typical distinction between a home’s public and private realms to create a continuous space designed for pleasure.
Eric Petschek
The space flows freely from the entrance, through the living, dining and kitchen areas at the front of the apartment to the master bedroom and en suite shower at the rear. Only the toilet and two guest bathrooms are enclosed.
Eric Petschek
We contrasted the space’s raw unfinished elements —exposed brick, piping, and ceiling beams—with sleek finishes for the built features: marble in the bathrooms; a zinc- clad kitchen countertop; and a large rotating mirrored wall at the entrance to the bedroom.
Eric... More
Project • By Brusnika Company, Russia • Apartments
The collection of towers in Novosibirsk
In 2014 the Ob riverside area in Novosibirsk was selected for redevelopment. According to the project, the existing industrial estate and fire station were to be replaced by several residential quarters. Brusnika is developing the European Riverfront, one of the plots along the Ob river.
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The master plan of the quarter was designed by KCAP Architects & Planners. The European Riverfront is conceived as three clusters of blocks along the riverside and the inner street. The clusters are linked by public squares, each designed with a different character and dominated by a 25-storey landmark. Three towers Number 20, 24 and 28 are central elements to open public spaces in the housing estate composition, acti... More
Project • By REDECO LT • Apartments
Riverside apartment
Interior design by by Redeco for a private apartment in Vilnius with furniture made by Kankorėžis. More
Project • By Atelier MjK • Apartments
L'Enfant - Burns Apartments
Atelier MjK's aim for these eight 2-unit ground-up construction apartments is to provide middle class housing inside Washington, DC. The micro-unit building is geared towards teachers and young professionals who would otherwise typically be priced out of living within the city. More
Product • By Commune • ROVER 3-SEATER SOFA
ROVER 3-SEATER SOFA
An original design by Commune, the Rover wood furniture collection is designed to be a glamorous reminder of the world of the leisure class, with its strong traditions of hunting, horse racing, country club visits and exotic travel. To achieve this, the rustic-modern and modern vintage collection utilises hints of dark tropical wood, European beech, vintage-inspired leather, traditional British tweed, wire grills and brass caps. The traditional, rich, dark and warm colour palette and cosy textures capture the flavour of owning a heritage, laidback country home with the romantically nostalgic appeal of the equestrian chic.With its elements of European tailoring and classic silhouettes, the Rover furniture collection by Commune is designed fo... More
Product • By VIA GmbH • VIA Terrazzo Tiles
VIA Terrazzo Tiles
White, red, grey and black are the four typical terrazzo colors: VIA produces beautiful patterns of Terrazzo tiles in 20 x 20 cm and in hexagon shape. More