This is an single-family house and swimming pool, which was designed by the architect Jaime Salvá, the technical architect Iñaki Fernández, and Blanci Blanc as the builder.
It is located in the Son Puig urbanization, Palma, on a plot of 458m2 with a steep slope, which means that the basement is at the level of the sidewalk leading to the house.
One of the objectives of the architect Jaime Salvá was to create a clean and contemporary geometry, by using breaks to achieve a dimensional pattern with different perspectives depending on which side of the house you look at, as well as a changing pattern of shadows throughout the day.
‘Located in Northern Jaffa, in the heart of the old flee market, this project embodies the values of the high end ASRV men’s sportswear brand. Our client, the owner and founder of ASRV bought a residential building and converted it into a private urban villa.
ASRV prides itself on the simplicity of its clothing which is on the one hand of very high quality and on the other, extremely versatile. Through innovation this company strives to create the next generation of activewear.
Earth is one of the oldest construction materials known to man; it can be fired, as with bricks and tiles, or used in its raw state as with adobe or rammed earth. Earth is a malleable material; in the Bible it is claimed that God formed mankind in ‘his’ own image from earth and water. Earth is a soft material that can become strong and weight bearing, while maintaining a breathable skin.
With ‘The Village House’, rammed earth provides the catalyst to bring together history, nature, malleability and softness around a graceful Federation era bungalow, adorned with a handsome veranda.
The concept originated when we first came down to see the property during the plowing season. The formations in the fields served as a preliminary boost to the conceptual design phase of the project. The “plowing”, which is an arranged intervention in a land compound, divides it into strips or sowing areas. Those areas which are sub-spaces of the plot appear in the villa in the configuration of different spaces, with the rhythms of “plowing” producing the transitions between the public and the private. The spaces create an organized longitudinal system and a random widthwise system, of the person and his movement at home.
The hotel is located at the streamlined complex Meridiam Park —just 15 minutes from the Aguascalientes international airport— currently under development in the southern part of the city; aiming to be the best equipped for the business travelers visiting this important city in Mexico.
The history of Longroiva spa is similar to that of most spas in Portugal. The rudimentary medicine that was practised for centuries – consisting of guesswork with shamanistic characteristics – made these thermal water springs one of the most recommended prescriptions.
Longroiva Hotel grew from the need to enhance and obtain a return on the recentlybuilt baths, the result of heavy public investment, which needed a hotel unit to accommodate persons coming to use the spa. It consists of a main building, the restoration of the original late nineteenth century edifice, a terrace of suites on the escarpment and bungalows to the rear. The first sensation we have is of contemplating the typical rows of vines in the Upper Douro, which is the boundary line of Longroiva. The row of rooms set into the escarpment skilfully lightens the weight that construction on a hillside usually imprints on one’s gaze.
This SAOTA designed family home is positioned below Lion’s Head; with views of Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Signal Hill, the city of Cape Town and the mountains of the Boland and the winelands in the distance, the architecture is shaped to take in as much of the surrounding as is possible. The strongest gesture is the inverted pyramid roof which creates a clerestory window around the upper level. It allows the building to open up, capturing views of Table Mountain and Lion’s Head that would otherwise have been lost. This has also opened up views of the sky bringing the sun and moon into the home, heightening the connection to nature and its cycles.
The design of the housing is born focusing on the style of the Ibizan country house, simple clear lines, controlled light and the white colour as starting stroke.
The house is dampened by the light of the city of Dénia, located in an environment in which the accent has to be placed only inside, having to divert attention from what surrounds it.
When projecting, a rectilinear formality has been followed, without too many deviations from the plans that make up the main axes of the house.
The compact and opaque typology of the buildings of the original house did not take advantage of the landscaping quality offered by the immediate proximity of a public park. To meet the need for expansion, the agency recommended that the house be renovated by occupying the night area, giving it more intimate spaces, and designing a contrasting extension, by means of a very open volume for the day spaces.
Klopf Architecture and Outer space Landscape Architects designed a new warm, modern, open, indoor-outdoor home in Los Altos, California. Inspired by mid-century modern homes but looking for something completely new and custom, the owners, a couple with two children, bought an older ranch style home with the intention of replacing it.
Created on a grid, the house is designed to be at rest with differentiated spaces for activities; living, playing, cooking, dining and a piano space. The low-sloping gable roof over the great room brings a grand feeling to the space. The clerestory windows at the high sloping roof make the grand space light and airy.
Upon entering the house, an open atrium entry in the middle of the house provides light and nature to the great room. The Heath tile wall at the back of the atrium blocks direct view of the rear yard from the entry door for privacy.
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