Tag Ville

29-01-2021

Hubschmitz Architekten designs a "House on a North Sea Island"

Last summer, German studio Hubschmitz Architekten completed a private home overlooking the North Sea, on the island of Föhr, located on the Danish border. Project head Joenne Hub came up with a bold, self-confident design combining contemporary elements and transparency with the traditional style of Frisian homes, as in the imposing straw roof. The project was a finalist in the "Future Projects" section of the 2017 World Architecture Festival.

01-01-2021

Refuel works + Formafatal: Art Villa in Costa Rica

Art Villa, designed by Refuel works and Formafatal, is part of a luxurious holiday complex built by a Czech investor in the jungle of Costa Rica. Bare concrete constructions surrounded by endless forests draw on the tradition of twentieth-century South American villas.

30-12-2020

Bradley Van Der Straeten Architects’ Two and a Half Storey House

Bradley Van Der Straeten Architects of London has completed an unusual renovation project designed to get around the limitations of urban planning regulations. A young couple in need of more space raised their home by half a storey, enough to create a third level to accommodate a second child on the way. The unusual interior redesign project that results revolves around use of plywood.

08-12-2020

Giuseppe Tortato Architetti’s mountain interior: a chalet in the Alps

In the splendid setting of Aprica, in Valtellina in the Bergamo Alps, the attic of a newly built chalet becomes the perfect refuge for a family that wanted to get away from the chaos of the city of Milan without giving up comfortable living and the possibility of hosting friends. The interior design in this mountain attic is by architect Giuseppe Tortato, who completely altered the original floor plan, adding a loft to make the most of the available space and create a refined, elegant living space.

04-12-2020

Adam Richards: Nithurst Farm in the English countryside

Nithurst Farm, the villa designed by Adam Richards for his family in the English countryside, is the latest manifesto of his architectural poetics. Playful effects involving symmetry along with contrasts in colour and style make this villa a truly surprising experience. It has garnered several awards from the RIBA.

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.