Three-storey oblong-shaped building is based on 12 wooden frames, total area 1200 m².
The finishes use wood and brick. The long side walls are clad in brick with an interesting technique, part of the masonry is traditionally horizontal and part vertically oriented. The blocks alternate in a staggered pattern. The main facade is entirely glazed, and almost all the interior partitions are also in glass, creating a sense of openness and welcomingness.
The architects —of the bureau Conifer.
Photo by Dmitry Tsyrenshchikov
Photo by Dmitry Tsyrenshchikov
Photo by Dmitry Tsyrenshchikov
Working with an already defined architecture severely narrows the architect-designer's options. But we try& to& find& the& pluses,& using& this& as& a& test& of& skill. Paying attention to details and little things, we accomplish our goal with small changes.
For example, here are a few ways to work on a project in the sketch phase. You think you just change the shape of the second floor window, and it changes the whole look and feel of the house.
The customer wants the second option. Which one do you prefer?
Homes in this style are examples of a successful combination of conventionally Gothic and modern architecture. In spite of our "modern classics" growing out of classicism. We need to build more houses like this.
The "Gothic" part here is responsible for the Tudor style. In Canada, Western Europe and many American states, many new, private replicas of this medieval style (Tudor Revival) were built in the 19th and 20th centuries, expressing affluence and thoroughness in country houses and townhouses. Such architecture has shaped the taste for expensive housing there for the past 100 years.
And now that heritage is being developed and reimagined there. Including through redevelopment projects.
In Russia, mass-produced classical suburban housing relies on Greco-Roman aesthetics. Italian and Palladian palaces, Romanesque villas, Baroque mansions, once made with scope and understanding were cited in the popular "low" style. With great simplifications, of course. It turned out that the orderly "cubic" form formation becomes very dull without skillful and abundant decoration.
And then there are qualities in the "neoclassical house" which neoclassical houses lack: the free formation of the plan without the need for symmetry or fitting everything into a rectangle (hello, modernity!), free volumes, large multipart windows, an interesting broken line of the roof.
Already a proven, popular barnhaus is essentially the simplest of Tudorian architecture. But it lacks the complexity and convenience of a permanent dwelling.
Of course there is no stock of these houses in Russia and we will have to design them from scratch. This year we are accepting orders for the design of modern architecture with Gothic roots. Long live pinches and slimness!
All phases of the project are important. But the sketching part is the most important, in our opinion. It's through different ideas in the form of sketches that we establish a good rapport with the client, find a unique concept, and work out the details.
The Manhwaricano house in South Korea by Rieuldorang Atelier.
The house-manifesto proclamation of a new normality. The classic roof outline is hidden inside a cubic volume. The through-aisle — central element of the design, the result of the evolution of the concept «patio». Almost all of the windows face inward, not outward, conveying the message of turning inward and reflection.
The red brick house in Bentveld, Holland, was built in 1932. Eighty years later, the Baksvanwengerden architectural bureau redesigned the concept. The dark and blank facade was transformed into an open sunny space.
The house looks like a hut as the first floor extension continues the line of the gabled roof. The walls and partitions have been removed as much as possible to unify the space, and the panoramic glazing makes it even larger.
How to build a new commercial building, but keep the old city features?
This project emphasizes the preserved raised façade, in a continuity with the style and scale of the surrounding buildings. The new building tries not to be noticed, the architecture is functional and the fiber cement cladding is Swisspearl Largo with soft colors. It is deliberately shaded so that the façade that was preserved behind it stands out better and maintains the traditional character of the street.
The Blumenthal Building office building in São Paulo, Brazil. Architects Kruchin Arquitetura.
Nominee for ArchDaily’s 2021 Building of the Year Awards in the Office Buildings» and «Renovation» categories.
