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Project • By Yellow Cloud StudioPrivate Houses

Courtyard House

The entirety of a terraced Victorian property in Stoke Newington was redesigned and extended, keeping only the building’s bare tectonic skeleton, due to the lack of structural integrity. The length of the floorplan meant that there was a need for natural light to reach the middle part of the house, thus the idea was born to retain a part of the rear garden as a courtyard that would sit amongst the functional layout of the space and provide not only light, but also vital cross ventilation and visual connection. A Japanese cloud tree occupies the courtyard, which is framed by a 3.7m long fixed glass, creating a dominant focal point in the space. A large pivot window and a glazed door connect the front of the house to the rear through th... More

NewsNews • 20 Apr 2022

Çasa Trancoso by studio mk27 influenced by its proximity to the ocean and the textures and colours of its tropical environment

Located in Trancoso, a tranquil seaside town in Brazil’s Bahia province, Vista House by studio mk27 is a 8,343 square foot home that sits atop a 46-metre-high cliff. The design is strongly influenced by the proximity of the ocean and the colours and textures of the tropical environment and features wide openings that frame views of the surrounding landscape ‘like a wide-angle camera.’ Fernando Guerra The home’s overall dimensions are roughly 15-metres in width, 3.5 metres in height and an impressive 60 metres in length. Covered by a low-gabled roof, the building volume is enclosed at either where the kitchen and main bedroom are respectively located. The other two longitudinal facades open up generously to the... More

Project • By VIMARVIRestaurants

Restaurante El Gordo y el Flaco

Trusting in our studio, Salva and Pablo commissioned us with the project for the relocation of their restaurant. For this purpose, an old corner house with no architectural value is chosen, located in a low-rise building area. This new location makes it possible to house the new restaurant in its own building, which allows all the advantages that its old premises did not have. The project covers the demolition of the old building and the construction of a new one. Whenever there is a change of business, there is a need to improve the existing, so the main starting point of the project was to solve all the problems that the old location had without affecting the main features of the restaurant. For this we thought, given that this new locati... More