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Apr 27

Extreme Tower Studio by Saunders Architecture

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This small twisted tower is one of the six artists’ studios that Saunders Architecture of Norway are constructing on Fogo Island off the coast of Canada. The floors of the building incrementally rotate, so that a terrace on the roof is turned away from the ground floor by 180 degrees. These twists also create a faceted recess at the entrance, which unlike the other exterior walls is lined with white-painted spruce. A large triangular skylight allows light to flood into the studio on the middle floor, while a mezzanine overlooks it from above. Architects wrote about this project:
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Apr 26

Ski Lodge Meets Lift Station in this Slope-Straddling Home

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In the rural Andes Mountains there is but a six-month window in which the weather can accommodate a construction process, a well-known concern to architects Nicolás del Río & Max Núñez. This structure borrows from relevant building types like chalets, lodges and other ski-resort essentials including prefab building techniques and a stark contrast of cold industrial exterior cladding and warm wooden interiors. It also bridges a strange vertical gap in the form of a retaining wall and road behind it and steeper slope in front of it, managing both via breathtaking trussed bridges and taking advantage of all possible views as well.
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Apr 26

The Ultimate Luxury Destination – Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort and Spa

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Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort and Spa in the southern most atoll of the Maldives stretches across the sparkling waters, offering a luxurious place to retreat and forget everything – just concentrate on yourself in direct connection with the natural environment. Awaiting guests with its 142 villas, the resort surrounded by white sands accompanies a carefree vacation surrounded by 3.5 miles of Indian Ocean coastline. Encompassing the essence of these words – “where the heart wonders, tranquility will follow” – Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort and Spa gathers luxury facilities on 30 acres of lush vegetation pierced by nature trails – a perfect setting for the perfect waterfront vacation.
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Apr 25

Unique Paradise Valley Dream Home On A 10 Acre Property

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The glamorous Foothill House in Paradise Valley, Arizona, is up for sale. If you have $10 million lying around and are in search of a unique, exquisite residence for you and your family, this could be your dream home. The contemporary two level house is surrounded by a 10 acre property where owners can enjoy a myriad of features – from the staggering eight bedroom set of private spaces to the relaxing mini golf course on the premises. Let’s take a look at the inviting interiors – the single family home features twelve bathrooms, two large family rooms for socializing in an intimate atmosphere, a library for those inspiring moments alongside needful knowledge, a fitness room and a circular pool keeping the inhabitant’s bodies fit with a spa to relax in afterwards and a majestic kitchen with formal and informal dining spaces – all gathered under the roof of this 12,860 square foot modern house. Everything about this residence screams luxury and we would love to see one of our readers get their hands on such a property.
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Apr 25

Extreme Skinspace – Artist’s House and Studio by AND Architecture

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A wall of wooden scales folds through the glazed facade of this house and studio that Korean architects AND designed for an artist in South Korea. As the panels emerge behind the glass they begin to separate from one another, creating a series of openings that permit views across from the double height studio to the living quarters behind. The wall also curves upward to wrap and conceal a bedroom on the first floor. Find out what architects said about this project.
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Apr 24

Almost Transparent Modern Residence In The Atlantic Rainforest

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Located in a fascinating landscape of the Atlantic rainforest, the Iporanga House in Sao Paulo, Brazil, was designed to occupy as little terrain as possible, but still be large enough to shelter 5 distinctive suites – one for the client couple, one for each of their 3 sons and an additional guest suite. Nitsche Arquitetos Associados made sure the house was perfectly adapted to the surroundings and built a 400 square meter interior floor plan: “So we decided to split the program in 3 levels: a suspended volume, wood structured for the 5 suites, so they would be on the trees´ crown/top; a plan, the concrete slab elevated from the ground to support all of the program social activities, living, dining room the kitchen and the swimming pool; and underneath it, on ground level there is a small enclosed area for services.
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Apr 24

Island(E)motion – Revolutionary Sustainable Floating Vessel Concept – Interview with Architect

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This video shows an interview with a Swiss architect Milena Cvijanovich, who is the Founding Principal of MCM Design Studio which specializes in international luxury residential and commercial architecture. The studio puts an emphasis on alternative energy solutions and sustainability. Cvijanovich has developed an innovative mode of travel and relaxation, one that harmonizes luxury with sky, water and earth. Instead of being at odds with the environment, her studio has conceived of a nomadic island that transports one to an unmatched equilibrium. During the interview, she talks about the background of the Island(E)motion project – a revolutionary sustainable floating vessel concept.
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Apr 24

Extraordinary Facade of The NaCl House by David Jameson Architect

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This unique building was designed by Architect David Jameson and it called NaCl House. The building is located in Bethesda, Maryland. Architect wrote about this project: “Breaking the prescriptive mold of horizontally layered homes, NaCl House aspires to render unclear the spatial organization of the project and explore an architecture of ambiguous scale. The resultant massing reveals an imperfect, rough-hewn form recalling the natural isometric formation of mineral rock salt.
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