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House MCM Brescia by Ghiroldi Design

House MCM is a warm and enveloping project by Ghiroldidesign , located on the top floor of a 19th century villa with a large garden, in the Italian city of Brescia. Its owners, a young lawyer couple who previously lived in another house, asked for their new home open spaces in the living room and dining room, and a very cool space. Description The intervention of the Mantua-based firm consisted of a structural and technical renovation of the house that led to the opening of the central wall, in the area of ​​union between the living room, dining room and kitchen. In the renovated space, new elements coexist with others recovered, creating aesthetic synergies between past and present, and making some elements stand out thanks to others and vice versa. Balanced distribution. At the distribution and function level, the existing configuration was maintained before the renovation. In this way, the functional program is distributed in a balanced way on both sides of the access s...

Apartment for a Young Family by Metodiy Monev

Designed for a young family by Metodiy Monev of Studio Cakov+Partners , this modern apartment is located in Bratislava, Slovakia. Description The apartment for a young family is designed by a couple with a little son, who are the architects and investors at the same time. They used a solution that ensures the durability of the realization focusing on functionality, airiness, durability of used materials and daylight. The combination of concrete, wood and natural stone is present in the whole apartment. It is not intrusive and gives the opportunity to focus on the works of art and the beautiful view of Bratislava. Clear geometric shapes, both for functional division and for furniture and accessories, complement the quietness of the spaces. Circle and rectangle are used in large and small scale. Except the seating furniture, sanitary facilities and some lights, everything was tailor-made. To avoid waste, the stone was cut to size in production so the dimensions fit exact...

Towers Road House by Wood Marsh Architecture

Located in Melbourne, Australia, this contemporary single family house has been recently completed by Wood Marsh Architecture . Description Conceived as a sculpture to live within, the Towers Road House represents a shared belief between clients and architects that contemporary art enriches life in a profound and meaningful way. Challenging standard notions of domesticity, the abstract form of the building curves around the sloping site, referencing Christo’s Running Fence, introducing a public interface with conceptual art to the established suburb of Toorak. Like a curtain, the substantial concrete wall carves out a series of landscaped arcs eliminating the archetypal boundary fence, extending the garden to the street and blurring the demarcation between public and private space. Simultaneously, this gesture generates a secluded private realm and the opportunity to open all living and bedroom spaces onto a northern garden. The top of the building is a horizontal lin...

New House by Doblle Arquitetura

This minimalist refuge designed by Doblle Arquitetura will be situated in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Description The project was conceived as a study of different alternatives for a refuge residence that at the same time can be replicated in different situations, such as countryside, beach or even in the same urbanized centers. Hence the proposal to make a modular structure in which it is easy to assemble and standardized manufacture, seeking greater precision and generating less waste, this makes our proposal sustainable and less aggressive with the environment. The aim of the project was to propose the primitive shape of the house: open to the landscape. The play of lights and shadows enriches the transformative perception of the house, as volumetry we have a subtle square box that does not interfere with nature and can also integrate with the different possibilities of location, it is supported by a light structure in CLT, with great openings of glass to the surroundings an...

Nochka by Rina Lovko

Rina Lovko brings Japanese minimalism to the typical apartment block in Kiev. Ukrainian architect Rina Lovko presents a new project ‘Nochka’ – an apartment of 78 square meters flooded with daylight in a typical building complex in Kiev. Description Initially, the dwelling was full of unnecessary doors, dark corners and was divided by a heavy wall in the middle. The architect decided to demolish all the walls and to reassemble the new place from scratch, with no ties to the initial plan offered by the developer. Limited by a small area, this project involved complex calculations, unusual planning methods in order to maximize the use of space without loading it with unnecessary drawers and dust collectors. Seemingly spacious, this small apartment for a single man features a storage room for inventory, a laundry unit with a drying machine, filters for drinking water, and all the necessary equipment for a comfortable life. Since the client decided to have the bathroom an...