House weekend
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Project • By office arsa • Private Houses
Architect's Weekend Escape
As the name suggests, this home serves as a weekend getaway in Baroda for our cofounder Aesha’s family. The brief was clear: the clients envisioned this penthouse to embody the essence of a farmhouse retreat, blending rustic charm with modern comforts.
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The journey begins at the arched door, a soft invitation leading you into the heart of the home. The river-washed stone flooring, with its natural texture flows throughout the space, grounding the home in a sense of continuity and warmth. In keeping with the spirit of a shared family home, the design thoughtfully integrates seating options suited for all ages. Each loose piece of furniture is custom-made, crafted from reclaimed teakwood and intricately woven Indian rope.... More
Project • By Leonardo Marchesi • Coasts
Beach house
Costa da Caparica is a piece of land that every Lisboners and tourists passing the 25th April bridge knows very well, and in a way, it could be considered the beach of the city of Lisbon, although it doesn’t belong to the same administration.The beginning of this piece of land is quite clear it starts with the São João beach, what is less clear is its endpoint; if we are to walk the Costa we would arrive the Cabo Espichel without feeling a true discontinuity of the territory, made by rock, sand, water, wind and light.
As we can’t really tell where exactly it ends, the urban model of concrete towers could potentially be applied to all Costa until Cabo Espichel, and if that was the case, we could end up with the los... More