House RA by Ana Reis

This house builded in Vila Nova de Gaia the Architect is Ana Reis from Portuguese , who has completed this family house.The 2-storey home is characterised by white, clean-cut volumes arranged around an internal courtyard.

And here’s some more information from The Architect:

House RA

The house is for a young couple with two kids. The building volume, shape and location are the result of different restrictions from the municipality in terms of height, distances from the street and surrounding buildings. The programme is articulated within the available limits and around an internal courtyard. Communal areas: living room, dining room and kitchen as well as some storage areas and powder room are located on the ground floor and directly connected with the protected garden.Private areas: bedrooms, study and toilets are located on the upper floor. This internal separation of communal and private space is continuous with the buildings relationship with the public domain. The metal structure allows the absence of columns and big windows.

Credits:

Clients: José Reis and Sofia Armelim
Architecture: Ana C Reis
Structure: Gestedi
Date: 2008
Area: 360sqm
Location: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Photography: NG Photo

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MF House By Architecture W

The design of the MF House was driven by the desire top create an unique multifamily housing project that addresses the needs of a contemporary Japanese lifestyles.This house was designed to introduce natural light throughout each unit and employs open floor plans combined with operable windows that induce natural ventilation thru each unit.

The project consists of 9 units, 3 flat type units on the first floor and 6 two story units joined by a 2nd floor entry court. Each of the units consist of an entry /service core rendered in white and a living/sleeping area rendered in exposed concrete with wood floors.

Clarity

The all glass facades of the 6 units and the arrangements of the entries and patios encourages the tenant to interact and create their own community within the project. It is also envisioned that these areas would be filled with potted plants and flowers and eventually become a private garden for the entire project.The projects 6 two-story units are joined by a central courtyard on the second floor.

Community

Structural concrete walls consistently run north and south and are infilled with glass so the building concept is clearly understood from both inside and units and the street.

Architects: Architecture W
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Project Team: Michel Weenick, Ayumi Sengoku, Yukiko Iwanaga, Brian White
Client: Sadao Tokuda
Project Year: 2004
Constructed Area: 597 sqm
Structural Engineer: Astec
Landscape: KK Design
Photographer: Andy Boone

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Private residence and studio in La Jolla, California

This project explores the potential for an urban house in Downtown La Jolla to incorporate both a working studio and traditional residential programs.

This 7,200 square-foot lot was an abandoned brownfield site, vacant since 1992. The architect/owner used the space to build a private, urban residence for his family with an on-site architecture studio that is fully sustainable and divorced form the grid by roofmounted photovoltaic electrical panels. The residence is a cement plaster-clad box resting on and supported by Corten steel wall planes, providing both privacy and noise attenuation.

Three-story wood frame construction
Type V Construction
Value: $4,200,000

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House of Depth by FORM Kouichi Kimura Architects

House of depth

House of Depth in Shiga, Japan. FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects also designed the House of Diffusion, House of Inclusion and House of Vision in our previous stories.This house is built on a deep plot, with open space in front sheltered from neighbouring houses on one side by a high wall.

Here’s some text from FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects:

House of depth

This house is built on the lot 10 meters wide and 23 meters deep.Despite its urban, closed appearance, the house has between the exterior and the interior a long approach that can be regarded as the intermediate zone relating to the surrounding environment.Several areas where the line of sight is uninterrupted are provided inside the building, aiming to enhance visual

depth.Architects: FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects

Location: Shiga, Japan
Client: Private
Construction Year: 2007
Site Area: 237,28m2
Constructed Area: 189,82m2
Photographs: Takumi Ota

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