Month: August 2022

The house is located in the rural area of Guararema. The lot, on the banks of the Paraíba do Sul River, has 20,845 m², of which 15,000 m² are destined for the permanent preservation area.

Architecture and cuisine build different relationships, depending on the local culture. When this combination results in stores, it usually enhances the experience of restaurants, cafes, bakeries, and bars.

Beyond the traditional boundaries of Scandinavian minimalism and Japanese wabi-sabi, the aesthetics from the far north and the far east have more parallels than one might think at first glance –it is not for nothing, after all, that they are so popularly combined with each other, creating the term Japandi.

This week’s curated selection of Best Unbuilt Architecture highlights private villas submitted by the ArchDaily community. From a Mediterranean retreat in Greece to a one-person residence in Iran, this round up of unbuilt projects showcases how architects design private villas that combine contextuality and functionality in structures that promote comfort, privacy, and connection to nature. The article includes projects from Indonesia, Greece, Iran, and Jordan.

The INNOVATIVE LAB of ARCHITECTURE & ART is CLAB’s new studio in Qionglai, Chengdu City, and it is a space built and operated by architects, artists, scientific research institute, and rural craftsmen. Its name reveals three, at least, experimental “spirits”: the experiment of construction, the experiment of rural reform movement, and the innovation experiment of social relations.

Normally the human mind works like a biological mechanism: when something is missing, we desire it. Desire to taste a dish that our mothers used to cook, desire to be fragrant of the old house that we haven’t visited for more than a decade, desire to hear the cricket’s sound that we had abandoned in the past. Desire to see the sunshine playing on the trees in front of the terrace, desire to touch some values that daily life can’t even dream of. In the evolution of Sapiens, our history is to stick to nature, stick to the green. Now the city’s life separates us from­ those things. It makes us desire to travel to nature. … But just travel, is still not enough. That’s why many people still like to plant trees and have their own garden to relax with the smell of leaves covering the whole space, with endless surround sound in harmony with the chirping of birds.

The project was inspired by the many bamboo beach clubs PBM has done in Bali and elsewhere. The project concept was to be a “beach club” in the mountains. Rather than a beach view it is an expansive mountain and valley view but with the ambiance and feel of a beach club. The whole concept was based on a conventional “beach club” design focusing on the pool environment and a variety of seating /dining options for the guests. Clearly, the amazing view was to be maximized at all points in the building.