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Project • By TRZY.BE Architekci • Private Houses
House in the Owl Mountains
Designing a house in the Owl Mountains was a big adventure for us. We ourselves have been lovers of mountain hiking and skiing for as long as we can remember, and it is the mountains that are our first thought when we think "vacation". That is why the issues of problems to be faced by the building and its user in a mountain climate were not foreign to us.
TRZY.BE ARCHITEKCI
Our job was to design a building that is primarily intended to become a place for weekend or holiday recreation for the whole family. The investors' children are themselves already adults starting their own families. The house was also to be designed in such a way that it could serve as a permanent home in the future, when the Investors decide it is time to e... More
Hotel Impozant
Hotels are places where you want to have privacy and at the same time be surrounded by all possible services. Hotel Impozant in Slovakia is a beautiful example of this. It has been closed and extensively renovated over the last two years.
Stone, glass, metal and wood. These materials will accompany you throughout the space. The large open spaces of the bar or conference halls with open views of the surrounding countryside alternate with dark corridors and diverse nooks for your privacy. Representative reception and common areas offer the opportunity to meet or just relax. The variability of spaces for different events is solved by mobile walls, which divide the rooms according to current needs.
However, the wellness part of the hotel is a... More
Project • By Virginia Lorello architetto • Apartments
home in Valtournenche
Valtournenche, at 1500 meters above sea level, is famous for its skiing facilities that connect to Cervinia. The typical local house is very low, extremely small in size, completely covered in wood and with warm and feeble lightings. Externally it is possible to find the typical combination of gray stone and wood, of which the local vernacular architecture "rascard" is an exemplary case.
The project, instead of enclosing itself in a wooden cocoon, brings into the interior this strong relationship of splitted stone and honey wood. Light colors on the walls, new windows with reduced frames and the open-space kitchen, favor the entry of the snowy landscapes and their lights.
The grey color, applied to some walls and fabric elements, is... More
Project • By Western Architectural Openings • Private Houses
The contemporary Western ranch
A modern interpretation of a Western ranch home.To take advantage of the stunning views of the McDowell Mountains east of the North Scottsdale neighborhood where he lives, architect Dale Gardon of Dale Gardon Designs made the most of Western Window Systems products.Gardon designed the contemporary Western ranch in Scottsdale’s upscale DC Ranch community for him and his family knowing that he wanted to create a seamless convergence between the indoors and the outdoors with Western Window Systems’ sliding glass doors and windows.“The exterior design and massing with a broad, shaded porch are like older ranch homes,” says Gardon, who’s owned his company since 1999. “And the natural metal finish of Western Window Systems products... More