No Image

Summer Villa by Kapsimalis Architects
 plays on traditional Greek whitewashed houses

August 11, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Summer Villa in Santorini, Greece by Kapsimalis Architects

The white, blocky form of this holiday villa by Kapsimalis Architects is intended to be a “contemporary translation” of the chalky houses seen around Santorini, Greece. Summer Villa – which forms part of Santorini’s existing Andronis Arcadia hotel – has been designed by Kapsimalis Architects to appear as a “synthesis of cubist white volumes”. The

The post Summer Villa by Kapsimalis Architects
 plays on traditional Greek whitewashed houses appeared first on Dezeen.

Villa SG21 is a monolithic blackened-wood house topped with a turfed roof

September 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Dutch studio FillieVerhoeven Architects has completed a house near Rotterdam featuring an asymmetric gabled form clad entirely in blackened timber and incorporating large glazed openings on all sides. FillieVerhoeven Architects designed Villa SG21 for a plot situated next to a historic road that passes through an area of typical Dutch countryside between the cities of

The post Villa SG21 is a monolithic blackened-wood house topped with a turfed roof appeared first on Dezeen.

Villa SG21 is a monolithic blackened-wood house topped with a turfed roof

September 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Dutch studio FillieVerhoeven Architects has completed a house near Rotterdam featuring an asymmetric gabled form clad entirely in blackened timber and incorporating large glazed openings on all sides. FillieVerhoeven Architects designed Villa SG21 for a plot situated next to a historic road that passes through an area of typical Dutch countryside between the cities of

The post Villa SG21 is a monolithic blackened-wood house topped with a turfed roof appeared first on Dezeen.

Woven metal-mesh curtain wraps Melbourne house extension designed by Matt Gibson

July 20, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Australian architect Matt Gibson and his studio have renovated and extended a traditional villa in Melbourne, adding deep verandahs that can be protected from harsh sunlight using woven steel-mesh curtains. Matt Gibson Architecture + Design was tasked with upgrading the property in the Australian city’s Barrington heritage area, in order to create more liveable spaces with a better connection

The post Woven metal-mesh curtain wraps Melbourne house extension designed by Matt Gibson appeared first on Dezeen.

Atelier XÜK adds wedge-shaped roof extension to Spanish-style villa in Shanghai

May 7, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Atelier XÜK has added a corrugated-metal attic room to this Spanish colonial-style house, which was designed in the 1920s by a Hungarian architect for a plot in Shanghai’s French quarter. The villa that local studio Atelier XÜK renovated and extended was originally designed by architect Ladislav Hudec. It is located in a part of the city known

The post Atelier XÜK adds wedge-shaped roof extension to Spanish-style villa in Shanghai appeared first on Dezeen.