The reconstruction of a terrace house for the needs and comfortable urban living with the current standards for a family. The same terrace house design repeats in a few streets, using pseudo-mansard roofs, partial prefabrication, and materials from the early 1990s.
The terrain difference was used to the advantage in the original design. The street-level floor with small windows disappeared into the terrain. The entrance part of the house reminded a poorly lit basement. Fortunately, the end position of the terraced housing has a small garden with mature trees. The garden was difficult to access from the house due to the height difference. In addition, the main rooms were oriented in the direction of the sun but facing the street. The internal layout corresponded to the division of the house into separate apartments on each floor with a common entrance. Low clear height in the interior (2,5 m) defined its atmosphere.
Premek´s land looked like a nice peaceful meadow under the forest but the whole thing looked easier than it actually was. The land lies on the border of the third and fourth zones of the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area. Even though there are original buildings from the 1970s all around, we had to make a great effort to build this house. The orientation of the plot was not quite ideal either but nothing we could not handle.
This property was planned by Architect and Interior Designer Inon Ben-David over a period of two years and another full year was dedicated to its construction.
The undeniable effort, time and thought invested in the project had paid off. The 250 sqm, two-level property is located in the Kfar Giladi Kibbutz and enjoys the exquisite view of the surrounding Hula valley and Mount Hermon.
Between the Coll and the Carmel hill of Barcelona, on one side of the upper course of the old Farigola stream, Pere Llobet and Portell streets lead us to one of the back entrances to Park Güell.
The property seems to be cloistered, intricate, slightly hidden from view, and perhaps even a little humble for passers-by.
It possesses an abundance of tension between its interior and exterior while making extensive use of authentic materials, of whom concrete is undoubtedly the star of the show. The ‘wow’ factor, as described by architect Dan Israelevitz, ‘reveals itself once you enter the home where you experience a sense of quiet and immense admiration. The property communicates and is a home whose presence is deeply felt. The house was built, planned, and designed by Dan and Hila Israelevitz.
A curved external courtyard defines the character of this family home in Singapore. Due to the highly built-up nature of suburban districts, the courtyard was conceptualised as a means to create inward facing views, and introduce light and ventilation into the house without sacrificing privacy. The typical Singapore house has fenestration which faces outwards to the surrounding neighbours and street.
One of the important principles we adhere to when working on projects is to achieve maximum expressiveness with a minimum of means. And this was especially important when working on our own project, the small apartment where the founders of the bureau, Anya and Borya, live.
The guys bought a small studio apartment in the historic center of Saint Petersburg with an area of only 38 m2, which had been empty for many years. They decided to turn an apartment with plaster falling off and broken windows into a compact living space and a place where the doors are always open for friends.
The house is located in a slopy terrain which has the virtue to be localised in a fairly high topographic altitude, due to this, with visual orientation to the litoral mountain range, the urban center and the sea. It also takes part in the formation of Vallpineda residential area, one of the first urbanisations that were developed in the city of Sitges.
This flat, located in one of the most iconic and luxurious residential complexes in the north of Tel-Aviv, was purchased by a couple after many years during which it stood empty. Architect Dorit Sela’s meticulously planned renovation redefines and refreshes the flow between the main living space and the bedrooms and combines straight geometric elements with smooth curved silhouettes, to create a harmonious living experience
Architect Marina Rechter-Rubinstein, owner of ReMa Architects, was entrusted with planning the inspiring apartment, using a meticulous and welcoming design, overlooking the Mediterranean shores of the city of Ashdod.
The young couple wished to create a homely, inviting and embracing space for themselves and their three children within the 140-square-meter, high floor apartment that they purchased from a contractor in one of Ashdod’s new housing projects. To this end, they enlisted the services of architect Marina Rechter-Rubinstein, owner of ReMa Architects, who designed a space for them, precisely tailored to their tastes and needs. “This is a warm and loving family, above all it was important for them to turn the standard apartment to a welcoming space, and so throughout the work process I made sure to transform the structure into a family nest that they can enjoy for many years,” explains the architect.
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