This project represents the transformation of a traditional 2,300 square foot Manhattan apartment into a spatially complex modern loft. Assymetrical interventions create dynamic spatial tensions that counterpoint the original structure and frame. The apartment includes living, formal dining, eat-in kitchen, study, library, and a master bedroom suite with two dressing rooms, two bathrooms and a [...]

Blending architecture and environment is Doug Edwards’ specialty. Edwards, Design Principal of Arizona based Edwards Design Group, styled Arrowhead House with a respect for the desert and an adaptive quality that thrives in the oft-harsh Scottsdale climate. This contemporary, low-profile bungalow design was recently honored in the 2008 Spirit Awards and Leading Architects, as reported [...]

We at Freshome, love wooden houses. Less conventional and recreating a “warmer” atmosphere, this wooden house of the future, is located in Sydney, Australia, the modular prefabricated house is the work of Xenian who built it in a workshop and transported later, on site. And more to it, the house seems to be eco-friendly. It [...]

Sheppard Robson has received planning for the £27m Waingels College in Woodley, Wokingham – incorporating a cross laminated timber structural system that will reduce its carbon emissions by 60%.
Developer Willmott Dixon is replacing the existing college and asked Sheppard Robson to showcase the latest technologies in sustainable design. Computer designed cross laminated solid timber panels [...]

The project location into the Promenade makes it an important entry to the site and revives the imaginary of a river pier and of its intrinsic structures, turning it into a local visual anchor and light beacon - a significant newcomer to the constellation of industrial relics dominating local landscape silhouette and vistas.
Quai des Cageux [...]

Project title: villa with pool Project location: Como Italy Date: 2008
Photos: Filippo Simonetti - Brunate (Como)
Designer: arch. Marco Castelletti - Erba Designer structures: study Moncecchi Associates - Morbegno Customer: Works: arch. Marco Castelletti - Erba Enterprise contractors: Children of John Nava s.p.a. - Grass Location: Crevenna Erba Como Photographer: Filippo Simonetti Materials: stone [...]