The single-family house G, which is built in climate house standard B has two floors above ground, as well as an underground floor with underground garage. In addition it has spacious terraces, a swimming pool and a large garden. On the ground floor are situated the entrance hall with a cloakroom, a living – dining room with an open kitchen, a separate toilet, a storage room, and a modern concept of the local traditional stube. On the 1st floor, there are three more bedrooms, and two bedrooms .The main bedroom disposes of a private bathroom and a walk-in-closet. The entrance/access to the basement, where are located the parking, cellar rooms, a toilet as well as the necessary technical rooms, is done via a ramp. The building consists of two superimposed structures. The very slightly sloping terrain allows an access to the entire ground floor.The building has a steel and concrete structure, plastered in white. The building opens tot he garden thanks to the generous glass facades and therefor uses the sunlight optimally. Direct in front oft he glass facades are stored wooden slats. The roof and a part of the terrace in the 1st floor is made as a green flat roof.
On the site of the old Tivoli on Krefelder Strasse in Aachen, Germany, a new, attractive residential area with high-quality office and commercial spaces has been built. The new 3-star Hampton by Hilton Aachen Tivoli hotel of the Hilton Group is located halfway between the motorway and – within walking distance – the historic city centre and the famous Aachen cathedral.
With its deliberate elevation of the cubature and an excptional façade design, it not only marks the access to the new urban quarter, but also the important entrance situation at the foot of the Lousberg.
Typically, Sydney’s southern Sussex Street precinct is the home of historic masonry warehouse buildings. But a new apartment building by Tony Owen Partners seeks to fit in by making a colourful statement. Mosaic, just completed, is a 14 Storey mixed use residential/commercial building. It consists of a 4 storey retail/commercial podium with 37 units above.
The project consisted of the remodel of an apartment located in a modern residential building inside the Diagonal Mar Park, a few meters from the beach.
The owners, a couple in love with Barcelona, wanted to refurbish this apartment to enjoy the proximity to the sea and the quietness of this part of the city. They wanted to convert their two bedroom apartment into a comfortable and functional one bedroom home while having the main areas connected and open to the terrace through a spectacular window with views to the park and the sea.
Ylab Arquitectos proposed a complete new layout, prioritizing the communal space formed by the kitchen and the living room, aligned with the master bedroom along one large window.
Spread across 35 acres, the Aananda Township is located in Sanganer area, that is being developed as an extension to Jaipur city, Rajasthan, India. Designed for a luxurious lifestyle, this ‘Complete city’ promotes sustainable habitats. With an emphasis on pedestrian friendly green areas, the township integrates all essential facilities for a rejuvenating experience.
With an FAR of approx. 2, the total built-up area is 2,560,000 sq.ft or 2,39,000sqm, the township is located 4.5 km from the InternationalAirport, very close to Sanganer Railway Station and 4 km from Jawahar Nagar Circle. Taking inspiration from the traditional street – courtyard concept for arid habitats, where a system of transition – public to semi-private to private is planned. A network of streets leads from the main vehicular peripheral road to the central green area, where the streets act as spill-out spaces for residents. This enables a large green area, which that actsas the highlight for the development.
The provision of housing supply is most likely the biggest challenges in our cities in the future. Thus, the housing estates of the 50s, 60s and 70s do not go unnoticed on the outskirts of the city. Where developers divide the original properties of the local individual development into small pieces with oversized buildings, the border between city and countryside blurs. What if we continue to condense the city and treat the country differently?
Situated on a fairy tale-like plot just outside of the City of Munich, HouseH is a suburban dream of the Sixties. While the luxury of this estate is the beautiful outside-space, our aim was it, to keep the additionally built volume as low as possible. The character of the main-house as a single storey building with a huge roof remains, even been completely reorganized and restructured. The sculptural aspect of the roof and the outside terraces’ is reinterpreted and strengthened by design surgeries as one of the key aspects of the sixties architecture.
To avoid additional volume, al additional functions are strategically situated in the old ensemble of outbuildings, as the guesthouse is located in the completely refurbished cabin from 1920.
111-125 A’Beckett St, located in Melbourne’s CBD is a 65 storey mixed use development. Encompassing a heritage building, the podium houses ground floor retail, foyer space, a childcare centre, and car parking with residences activating the aspect towards A’Beckett St. 54 levels of tower then rise out of the podium, housing the remainder of the residential apartments, with residential amenities located on levels 1 and 9.
The site is located on the northern fringe of Melbourne’s CBD. It enjoys immediate access to all of central Melbourne’s retail, recreation and employment opportunities, remaining animated yet distanced from the intensity of the busy city centre.
The site is home to a heritage building which is architecturally significant at a state level. The building is a prime representative example in Victoria of the ‘Streamlined Moderne’ style, popular in the 1930s, having horizontal emphasis with accents of curves. Taking cues from this streamline modern period, our building grows from its heritage foundations into the future, embracing sustainable and technological architectural advancements in design.
Fuchsia house was designed for a recently retired couple with a large close knit extended family.
Located on the east coast of South Africa, on a modest lot within a gated golfing estate, this spacious home graciously asserts itself on the gently sloping square shaped site in a way that the allowable build area is maximized and all the specific living requirements are included.
Architecturally the home takes on a contemporary feel with simple forms and a palette of light materials.
The arrival point is a spacious double volume three sided courtyard area with access to 4 garages and guest parking.
The front entrance door directly off the courtyard opens onto a 180 degree unobstructed view over the swimming pool, towards the golf course fairway in the foreground and sporadic distant sea views.
The project derives from a parallel study won by Aeby Perneger & Associés through the Cooperative Les Ailes.
The building is inserted in the urban plan of the eco-quartier of Verges, with the role to highlight one of the gateways of the quartier and complete a series of towers along the Napoleonic route that leads from Geneva to Saint-Genis-Pouilly though the CERN.
The volume to construct counts 11 floors above ground, placed on a 2-storey basement, with a total of 13 levels inscribed in a 22×45 m rectangle. Following the wish of the cooperative, the program of the building is mixed: 22 dwellings for elders provided with welcome facilities for the neighborhood, about 75 family dwellings, medical practices, offices and businesses, also including a small supermarket and a restaurant.
Located in a high point of Brasilia the residence.
This 2 was designed on two crucial elements: integration of social areas and privileging the view that the land has for the Capital.
The house was created for a family of 5, who likes to receive and is keen to keep in touch with nature, thinking of a more appropriate layout for the current lifestyle decreased if the number of rooms and emphasized to provide the integration of environments to the fullest following an idea of creating the possibility of interaction – while mom and dad cook they can watch the kids playing in the pool or keep in touch with friends in the room -.
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