Design Luxury House Beautiful

Found at Ando Studio, an Israeli digital imaging agency, this unique and very inspirational design for a house that will probably never be built.

Too bad there are only five renderings available!

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Johnston Miner's Refuge

Miner’s Refuge by Johnston Architects:

“Architecture has a real opportunity to embrace and protect the unique character of this region if it addresses the right questions Site strategy, connection to place, site history, vernacular precedent and a willingness to consider program appropriateness are important issues that can be used to satisfy client needs and protect a delicate environment.

The Miner’s Refuge, intended as a weekend retreat in the beautiful but often harsh terrain of the Methow, was designed with these concerns in mind. The building is carefully sited at the base of the hillside tucked into the tree line to take advantage of and preserve the surrounding views. Its mass is dug into the topography, anchoring the structure to the site. The outdoors is pulled in through dramatic open views. The protected patio and expansive vista of meadow and mountain are incorporated as major components of the design.

The Miner’s Refuge has taken up the challenge of drawing upon and adapting those lessons of industrial rural vernacular to accommodate the needs of a modern lifestyle. The building massing is mindful and reminiscent of the history of mining in the valley. Its long linear circulation corridor leads from the entry along the entire length of the house giving access to the living and sleeping spaces.

Sustainability begins with building restraint. The owners of Miner’s Refuge came to the table with a smart and simple program that could satisfy their living needs in less than 1900 SF. The home, shared between two families, incorporates an open kitchen/living/dining area, two modest master suites and a small bunk room accommodating up to four guests. Renewable and environmentally responsible products were used where possible, the orientation and detailing of the building take solar gain into consideration and efficient mechanical systems combine to make Miners Refuge a project respectful of its environment.

The visual, physical and conceptual connections to place were the driving force in the design and what makes this project unique. The beautiful landscape and charm of rural eastern Washington is what initially attracted the owners to this area. It is this character that the design for the Minor’s Refuge embraces and aims to protect.”

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Residence SA By Shatotto Architecture

SA Residence by Shatotto Architects:

“Unfolding nothingness…

1. Inspiration
Water, the most precious, abundant and life subtly woven with it, makes Bangladesh a country of toil and poetry.

Bangladesh the largest delta on earth has 52 rivers that carry water from the Himalayas in an intricate pattern to the Bay of Bengal. During Monsoon these rivers inundate two third of the country’s land depicting water the major element of the country scape. When the water recedes, it leaves a fine layer of fertile alluvial soil and the entire landscape is transformed into large patches of paddy fields dancing with winds.

As Lalon, a spiritual folk singer, Sufi and philosopher of this land, says in eighteenth century, “if there is not one thing inside the body then it is not outside the body either”. Just like human body, there is a body of architecture. Human body has two parts, shell and thinking as soul. Architecture has similar, shell and Mother Nature as soul. Shell and soul are interdependent yet independent. They belong to each other and they belong to themselves. A good soul needs a good shell.
In this project the shell is outcome of a pure square made of ‘concrete’ transformed from celestial form “sphere” grounded.

2. Reality
The site is surrounded by multi storied buildings as onlookers. Considering the socio-economic condition of Dhaka, a very simple architectural vocabulary has been adopted through a subtle intervention with form, material and vegetation. The traditional spaces like court yard, pond, ghat (steps to the water), green both from urban and rural typology merged, transformed into one in this urban context.

In the current trend of real estate development, this residence has been a challenge particularly placing a water court as swimming pond in the middle of the house, a surely difficult task to ensure privacy. As a result, an introverted design has been adopted.

The south and the southeast have been designed to bring in cool breeze during the hot humid summer and the warmth of the sun during winter. The center “water court” acts as a natural exhaust, which flows out the hot air and makes the middle court a solace.

3. Dream
A small “dingi” boat waiting by the “ghat”, patch green and light with its silence, the space becomes a natural habitat within a manmade dwelling and the layers of understanding to unfold nothingness.

When light caresses the wall, or the water touches the land, or the land pats the green, or the green cuddles the breeze or the breeze ushers. It’s all about touching and feeling soul. The destiny is ‘nothingness’ where soul and shell cohabit and purify themselves. Let the soul come inside the home and let go off it. And let it be and let it be…”

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Shreepati Skies Design The Tallest Building In Mumbai, India

Designed by REZA KABUL, Shreepati Heaven, the tallest building design is in Mumbai, India. The head of construction materials are reinforced cement concrete, glass, steel and aluminum, which gives the building a soft and elegant. With an area of ​​about 2 hectares plot, design Shreepati Heaven gives the impression of a dancer mounted on a parking platform including floors housing 7,300 cars. The tower has 81 floors estimated.

Skies Shreepati allowed residents last 126 apartments, each designed ndividually Reza Kabul of dwellings ranging from 2 bedrooms, 3 and 4beds, duplexes and Penthouse floor plans offer unique and breathtaking sea views, many of the individual swimming paddle. In addition, a private theater, therapeutic spa, the latest gym, swimming pool and a helipad on top is also included.

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Deputy Director Of DP Architects Ltd Disscuses The Concept Of Simplicity In Singapore

 

 

 

Deputy Director of DP Architects Ltd disscuses simplicity of the concept of Singapore that was designed by DP Architects, Inc. Architect Tan Chee Kiang believes that architecture is a complex art, you have to deal with all types of complex such as policy requirements, environmental conditions, contextual responses, regulations and laws. His age is complex, one of the challenges that architecture is to keep things as simple as possible.

But to achieve simplicity, it is not so simple. To simplify, it is necessary to reduce and to do so, you need to know how to reduce. You must know the heart before it can be inferred.

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