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Project • By Open Architecture Design • Private Houses
SAR
Constructed on historic foundations of Soviet-era military units to safeguard the Baltic coastal dune habitats as one of the world’s most vulnerable marine regions, this seaside residence introduces an alternative path of sustainable architecture. The site was discovered with four grass-covered and timeworn military bunkers, now transformed into one main home and two guest houses for a family of three generations.
Alvis Rozenbergs
Alvis Rozenbergs
Located on the Latvian coastline, where northern winds are strong enough to bend century-old pines to their will, summer home SAR was created as a sacred heaven for a multi-generational family.
Alvis Rozenbergs
Alvis Rozenbergs
“In this project we wanted to explor... More
Project • By Kerimov Architects • Private Houses
Rivue
The villa is the first of five ones designed by Kerimov Architects in the villa community in Jurmala, Latvia.
Each villa will be characterized by an individual architecture in our own style. First villa is boarding the public park and is located on the river front line. The task was to make a compact middle-rise building within a given area easy to perceive, so-scaled to the environment, and not bulky.
The visible architectonics of the villa is expressed in the rhythmic alternation of transparent and impenetrable, dark and light, verticals and horizontals, the ratio of volumes and heights. More
Project • By Open Architecture Design • Housing
KRM House
A pavilion-style house informed by the ancient Latvian farmstead – the viensēta. Designed as a holiday home, the house encourages the owners’ connection to themselves, each other and the natural surroundings. It sits within a sparsely populated area of Gauja National Park in Latvia where passing wildlife is more common than humans. Nature entertains, inspires and provokes. Life doesn’t just take place indoors, it flows betweeen the exterior and interior with the terrace as a facilitator.
Alvis Rozenbergs
Since traditional farmsteads have a yard bordered by the home and its outbuildings, we introduced a terraced garden in lieu of a functional barn and shed, which the owners didn’t need. The garden conceals... More
Project • By INT2 architecture • Private Houses
House ILL
A small private house is located in a picturesque place about 30 km from Riga. The land plot is on the boarder of the forest and is located near the Gulf of Riga.A separate position of the buildings (house and garage) on the site is due to the fact that they were erected on the previously existing foundations. The buildings are connected by a terrace.The house is functionally divided into two parts: the main and guest areas. Connection between the zones is carried out through an indoor passage in the building, which visually connects the courtyard with the forest.For external finishing and the terrace, Latvian granary board impregnated with a hydrophobic compound was used. The roof and facades of the house are finished with anthracite stand... More