Encounter instead of loneliness. Activity against stagnation. The residential high-rises realized in Bratislava by AllesWirdGut with the collaboration of an international team of experts establish a pioneering built-up environment attractive enough to strengthen human interaction over the rampant indifference found in many places.
Hempcrete walls and a patchwork facade characterise Hempcrete Mewshouse, a three-storey home that local studio Cathie Curran has added to a derelict site in east London. Located in Forest Gate, the home was built around a gridded structure made from steel and timber and features a variety of natural materials, including oak, accoya, hempcrete and
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Indian architecture practice Studio Array has used hand-woven bamboo screens to wrap this home and artist’s studio in Delhi, which incorporated existing foundations and columns. Called Farm 8, the project was designed for a collective of artists exploring a sustainable, waste-free method of living known as permaculture, to be used as both a residence and
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Ecuadorian studio Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos has completed a brick house and riding school in the Andes Mountains, complete with a gabled roof and dogtrot breezeway. Based in Quito, Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos completed El Picadero in 2022 in Lasso, Ecuador, an agricultural area near the Cotopaxi volcano. The 5,000-square metre (1.25-acre) rectangular site is characterized by
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Danish architecture studio BIG and American 3D-printing firm ICON have completed a full-sized model home at what is planned to be the “largest-scale development of 3D-printed homes in the world”. The house is the first to be completed at Wolf Ranch, a neighbourhood in Georgetown, Texas, near the capital city of Austin. Co-designed by Bjarke
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Range Life is a contemporary bungalow designed to house a young family in Ottawa’s established Glabar Park neighborhood. Various design and detailing strategies were implemented to blur the interior and exterior and yield a home that captures both the openness of roaming outdoors with the safety of enclosure.
London-based practice Studio Weave used pink concrete tiles to clad a clifftop house that overlooks the sea in South Korea. Named Seosaeng House, the home is nestled into a hillside on the country’s eastern peninsula and comprises three volumes arranged in a stepped formation designed to help the building blend with the hillside. Aiming to
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In the City Beach suburb of Perth in Western Australia, interiors studio Design Theory has updated a tired house from the 1960s while remaining true to the rich palette of natural materials in the original design. The young client wanted a home where she could entertain friends and live with her dogs in a durable,
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It’s 1854, and the city of Ballarat is alive with activity. People live upstairs in the center of town while making a living below. The tram rattles up and down Sturt Street to meet the growing city’s transport needs. Fast forward 165 years, post-motor vehicle ownership, through planning and zoning changes. Residents have fled to the city’s edges, to single houses following the great Australian Dream. After dark, Ballarat is now eerily quiet, a beautiful but dormant city. Continued urban sprawl, climate change, and an aging population have become of great concern for the city.
DOM LAS (‘Forest House’ in Polish) is a project born from a specific situation. 25 years ago, the client bought an empty field near his hometown with the vision to create something for the future. Through care and attention, the 7 hectares have been tended to, trees planted, and grasslands shaped. The careful process of silviculture with selective weeding and thinning of young pine and birch tree saplings has turned this disused field into an attractive and varied landscape, reflecting the native flora of the region.
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