Tag Ville

18-11-2020

Faulkner: Big Barn, a holiday bunkhouse in the Napa Valley

In a style consistent with the farm buildings dotting the area, Faulkner Architects’ Big Barn is a contemporary reinterpretation of a bunkhouse, one of the studio’s most recent projects in California’s Napa Valley.

16-11-2020

Main Office redesigns the traditional Mexican villas of Villa Pelícanos in Sayulita

In Sayulita, a seaside resort on the west coast of Mexico, Main Office renovated Villa Pelícanos, a residential development built in the '80s on a naturally sloping site in the luxuriant tropical landscape overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The architects expanded and renovated the existing constructions to create an eclectic "buen retiro" reinterpreting traditional Mexican constructions with the addition of a yoga platform.

03-11-2020

Federico Delrosso Villa Alce in Biella: contemporary spaces surrounded by greenery

On the hills outside Biella, Italy, architect Federico Delrosso planned the renovation of a family home built about fifty years ago to plans by architect Boffa Ballaran. The new project features contemporary spaces profoundly linked with the outdoors: a 10,000 square metre park with luxuriant vegetation, including tall trees, the sporting facilities and the distant hills.

21-10-2020

Alric and Galindez’s Casa RM, between the pampas and the Atlantic Ocean

South of Buenos Aires, between the pampas and the Atlantic Ocean, stands a simple house in a unique location, its light, essential structure resting non-invasively on a sand dune by the beach. In this magical isolated spot, Argentinian architects Alric and Galindez designed Casa RM to enjoy the beauty of nature without disturbing it, minimising the building’s ecological footprint.

22-09-2020

Outdoor space as a new living room: solutions for open-air living from Iris Ceramica

Organising any outdoor space - from a small balcony to a larger swimming pool area - is not just an enjoyable moment spent beautifying green areas and rethinking furniture arrangements, but an opportunity to create a whole new room for your home. A space that represents an extension of both the lounge and the dining area, where the surfaces must have excellent durability as well as technical and aesthetic inalterability. Iris Ceramica offers a series of practical and functional porcelain solutions, following the design trend of materials that are easy to combine, such as wood and stone, with a diversified look that is always in style

21-09-2020

Gilda Meirelles Arquitetura - natural materials to live in harmony with the forest

The JG Residência designed by the Gilda Meirelles Arquitetura architecture studio outside São Paulo, Brazil, is a private residence made with natural materials, for a large family that was looking for a place to enjoy their leisure time while living in harmony with nature. The house is built on a 9,000 m² plot, near a lush forest and enjoys sweeping panoramic views of the surrounding landscape.

17-09-2020

SAOTA Hillside house with view of the Los Angeles skyline

Hillside, the new luxury residence designed by SAOTA in Los Angeles, is designed to be a self-contained oasis rather than a conventional home. The house enjoys a splendid view over the Los Angeles skyline and stands in a park of about 2000 square metres on the promontory above Sunset Boulevard, not far from Pierre Koenig’s iconic Stahl House, a symbol of modern architecture in Los Angeles.

21-08-2020

Ramón Esteve Studio builds a microcosm in harmony with nature - Casa Madrigal

Casa Madrigal, a recent project by architect Ramón Esteve, is a skillful combination of open and semi-open spaces enclosed by substantial stone walls and floor-to-ceiling windows which create an intimate microcosm, a place of refuge where you can reflect and find yourself.

06-08-2020

BD House by Frederico Trevisan, urban home meets forest and family

The Brazilian architecture studio, Frederico Trevisan Arquitetos completed the design of a home that elegantly brings together a connection with nature and a large family, all in the middle of the urban fabric of Campinas, Brazil.