The penthouse designed by architect Raz Melamed provides a quiet escape in a busy city. Customers from abroad came to Melamed and asked for an apartment in Israel where they would feel at home, quite literally. Photography by Amit Geron.
This Victorian terrace house has been extended and renovated throughout, the end result being a home that flows beautifully from its original architecture to a contemporary open plan living space with dramatic skylights, stunning staircase and new upper level. KCD was brought in once the floor plan was mostly resolved. With some tweaking here and there to the bathroom, laundry, two ensuites and kitchen we moved onto assisting with joinery design throughout. Clever space saving concepts was a focus, as was minimal, timeless joinery design.
Casa en el cielo designed by Maquita Arquitectos is located in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. The project design proposal is born from the user’s needs and the inclined topography of the land, which will define the main access on the first level; generating a private space on the ground floor that is made up of a bedroom and a bathroom illuminated and ventilated by a private patio.
With a narrow and short lot, Yuji’s House is located in the Pinheiros neighborhood, on the west side of São Paulo. The project is by the Goiva office, by architects Karen Evangelisti and Marcos Mendes, and the 40-year-old building, made of solid bricks, retains a traditional look on a street in the middle of other houses and without much car movement. Photography by Maira Acayaba.
Starovolynskaya is a project designed by Geometrium. “The difficulty was only at the planning stage – due to the large distance of the entrance area from the bedrooms. A “night track” has been applied – several spotlights built into the wall in the corridor and an LED strip under the cabinets in the bathrooms are switched on by a sensor – so as not to bump into corners at night and not turn on bright blinding light. A water softener was used to provide customers with clean filtered water.”
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Green Walls & Gables is a project designed by Matter. An existing bungalow occupied the site when we were first engaged. The young family of 5 living within required more space and a greater connection to the land. The decision was made to work with the existing bungalow, there was a love for this house, choosing to embrace the inherit constraints. Photography by Simon Devitt.
*Digital Process : Kahn@Pixsolution.co.nz
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Located within a quadrangle courtyard in Beilucaoyuan Hutong in Beijing, La maison Xun, a Chinese style restaurant, has been put into operation quietly. Unlike other popular high-end restaurants today, it boasts its comfortable modern art and antique architectural pattern. Designer Liu Daohua of LDH Architects insists on respecting both history and nature. He brought people back to the tranquility in the memory of old Beijing residents in today’s bewildering aesthetics. Photography by Wang Ting from Dalian AsYouSee.
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Family Pied-à-terre is a project designed by Weiss Architecture & Urbanism. Located in the west end of Toronto the project is renovation of a 1990’s penthouse condo that serves as a ‘pied-à-terre’ for a close-knit family. Photography by Arnaud Marthouret, Revelateur Studio.
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The Eleven House is the name, the house, the life project that interior architect Susanna Cots has created in Peratallada, one of the most beautiful medieval villages in the Empordà. Behind the number 11, a master, primary and energetic number, there stands a, minimalistic, emotional, contemporary design which is, above all, respectful of the past that lives between its walls. Photography by Mauricio Fuertes.
PecherSKY apartment is a project designed by YoDezeen, covers an area of 281 m2 and is located Kiev, Ukraine . Photography by Shurpenkov Andrii.
