Bernaung means the act of sheltering, the very DNA that was imprinted within tropical belt inhabitant, long before we embraced the concept of a house. The name emphasizes of how easy it were to live in tropics, that reaching sustainability is nothing but to achieve comfort with the least energy required.
Design was to rearrange all of user’s activity during the day, and cycle it into as a loop within a giant roof hovering above it. Atrium as the center of the houses acted both as visual direction and wind chimney to ensure cross and stacked effect for natural ventilation.
When a young family of 3 found out they were soon going to be 4, they decided that it was time to look for a bigger home. They fell in love with the charm of a house on Montreal’s south shore designed by the architect Frank McGrath in 1981 but after 40 years of wear and tear, it was in need of a major renovation. They approached MRDK whose sensibility to detail and nostalgia would be a good fit for their renovation.
Three elements the rectangle, the circle, and the triangle creates a sculptural composition in a two-floor apartment. 120 square meters are divided into two floors. The first floor is the main area, with the master bedroom, while the second floor has two separate children’s rooms. A dark-toned rectangle shape separates the entrance and wet areas from the cozy, wood-floored areas of the apartment. The main bathroom has a romantic bathtub situated just under the roof window, while other areas (WC and shower) are hidden in two separate dark zones.
The house originates from 1934 and was relatively untouched. The goal was to make it a lot more energy efficient and quite a bit larger. The old house did have a lot of character and details we wanted to keep. With the new extension we wanted to merge a completely different style and atmosphere with this 1930’s ambiance; the secure and warmth atmosphere of the old part combined with the open and transparent feel of a modern home. The floor of the open kitchen diner in the new extension is placed two steps lower than the living room in the older part. Looking from the backyard you can’t really see the classic front of the house. Yet from the street you can hardly see the modern extension in the back. And yet on the inside the 2 merge easily.
The house is designed for a family of four persons. The irregular outer form of the building is determined by the shape of the plot and the respective border distances.
A clear rectangle is inscribed in this irregular form, which corresponds to the heated interior living space; on the valley and mountain sides, inner courtyards are located in front of the living space.
The year 2022 can already be summarized as one of the most fertile ever in the local design industry, and at the start of the new year, we have chosen to present to you one of the most beautiful projects created during the year: A Jaffa holiday apartment to which you cannot remain indifferent. With wisdom and sensitivity, the interior designer, Keren Niv Toledano, selected items and elements that show enormous respect for the environment and the local culture, with contemporary and modern adaptation. And the result? Precise, exciting and inspiring.
On a small narrow plot (4.9 m wide, 14.7 m deep) in metropolitan Tokyo sits a wooden house. The clients are an up-and-coming manga artist, her partner, and two owls who are the new additions to the family. The manga artist made three requests: First, the house should accommodate the entire process of the artist’s work, from creative concept to completion, meetings, and giving media interviews. Second, the house should be compact and should not open to the outdoors too much. Lastly and most importantly, the house should spark inspiration for creativity. Envisioned as “a building that floats a few centimeters above our daily lives,” the architect strived to ensure that the dwelling is still tied to our tangible daily life but evokes a sense of fictional narrative.
KiKi ARCHi has completed a house in Beijing that blends tradition with modernity. It combines the owner’s classical collection hobby with the design concept that conforms to the contemporary lifestyle. By replanning and adjusting the structure, layout, daylight, and material texture of the house, it demonstrates the ‘sense of ritual’ and ‘inclusiveness’ in life, as well as the balance between space and display design.
A well-established urban residential area in the city of Santo Tirso – The intervention is inevitably a reflex response to this complex and challenging context. Urban plot, confined between neighbors and whose visible confrontations had little or nothing significant from the landscape point of view.
The pre-existence, heavily degraded and with little constructive value, lived in the typical and uninteresting duality between the street and the back courtyard. Moving away from this typology represents an attitude that is both logical and challenging, but above all, necessary and effective.
Nestled near the quiet village of Lung Tin Tsuen, Atrium House reimagines Chinese vernacular architecture to derive a new model for shared living. The area is known for its many historic houses and walled villages dating back to pre-war days. Against this historically-rich setting, the design combines vernacular aesthetic with a contemporary sensibility.
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