Architecture Magazine

Architecture Magazine

Architecture Magazine featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Espacio Kaab

Espacio Kaab is a house designed for a young couple on a sloping site beside a river in Nogueras, Colima, Mexico. The design combines a Japanese influence with local Mexican building traditions. Stone, earth and wood are used together with steel and concrete, so that the house blends visually with the surrounding landscape. Durable stone, concrete and Chukum stucco were selected for outdoor areas, while wood and wicker were placed in protected spaces. The same natural stone floor continues inside and outside, softening the boundary between the house and its setting.

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International Duty Free

Aoe try to creatively use the language of destructure on this land, to collide and connect vision and vision of life with the site architecture here, break the traditional site impression, break the traditional inherent thinking, and reshape a foundation based on The unique spiritual landscape on the site makes it a poetic link between the base and the building. For aoe vision of future life, it need three kinds of agent concepts and elements to elaborate and finally present the transmission of emotions.

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Chalets Dada

The basic geometrical design was inspired by a child's scribbling when he was asked to create a house. A play between solids, voids and materials was experimented in order to have the final result Located in the high highlands of Lebanon's Faraya Resorts, Chalets Dada exemplify beauty and luxury. The composition is built on the foundation of a ground level hosting one large apartment bordered by a flower garden. Two unusual duplexes are stoned with Terrazzo on the first and attic floors.

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Greenbay

Greenbay is a homestay built in Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, China. The building stands among terraced tea fields, with views of the tea landscape to the south and the Sichuan-Tibet Railway to the north. The plan resembles a hexagonal snowflake and holds three areas: a public area, thirteen guest rooms and a logistics zone. A triangular outdoor atrium forms the central hub of the building. The interior uses wood with white and grey tones. Large transparent surfaces open the rooms to the tea fields and reduce the impact on the local ecology.

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Baochao Hutong

Baochao Hutong is a renovated courtyard house located in a hutong district of Beijing. The courtyard measures about 12 square meters and has a long and narrow shape. Mirror glass is applied to the ground and the walls of the yard. The reflective surfaces make the small space appear larger and reflect the surrounding lanes, trees and sky. The damaged wooden structure was strengthened, and the facade was rebuilt as a glass curtain wall. The transparent facade brings daylight into the interior and allows views across the courtyard.

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RGB Hotel

RGB Hotel is a hotel building in Kangding, covering 15000 square meters. The design improves the basic functions while making the architecture more open and public, so that more people can be served. The new building is blended with the surrounding environment and the local traditional culture. Main materials include art paint, wood floor tiles, tung oil bark, steel structure and natural wood. The roof is made of local bark soaked in tung oil and is combined with modern white walls. Each guest room has an independent bubble pool supplied with flowing hot spring water.

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