Blur House Studio B Architecture + Interiors

Blur House Studio B Architecture + Interiors

HOUSES•BOULDER, UNITED STATES

Architects: Studio B Architecture + Interiors

Area : 4931 m²

Year : 2018

Photographs :James Florio

Manufacturers :  Dornbracht, Miele, Arclinea, Arrigoni, Mosa, ReSawn, Rifugio Modern

Lead Architect : Studio B Architecture + Interiors

Landscape Architect : JB Fieldworks

Structural Engineer : Anthem Structural Engineers

Civil Engineer : Scott Cox & Associates

Architect : Studio B Architecture + Interiors, Mike Piche AIA

Designer : Studio B Architecture + Interiors, Raquel Mayorga

Program / Use / Building Function : Residential

General Contractor  : Buildwell

City : Boulder

Country : United States

By day, Blur is a silhouette, a mysterious floating bar, and an illuminated house covered in a thin layer of metal. During night, a series of warm golden bands known as Blur are projected onto a hillside. When the two art consultants who own the residence cross the threshold between the interior and exterior, they are struck by how juxtaposed the house is.

a change from light to black that is gradual, optically expansive, and polished. In order to mirror the surroundings while being strong and fire-resistant to withstand the severe alpine environment, the facade is covered in a shiny metal.

Contrarily, the interior maintains a simple, white color scheme that is soothing and welcoming. Large expanses of operable glass are highlighted by simple interior finishes, which establish a tactile and visual link to the Boulder Mountain scenery.

The purity and attention to detail in the plan are examples of Modernist simplicity. Along with accommodating the couple and their two children, the almost symmetrical upper floor concept also gives the option to accommodate art and host small events. From the minute the house is seen at the end of the long driveway till the second one's feet touch the white wood floors, the home's contrasting language is clear.

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Welcome to Assossego House Carol Miluzzi Arquitetura, Brazil

Assossego House Carol Miluzzi Arquitetura, Brazil

HOUSES•ARAÇOIABA DA SERRA, BRAZIL

Architects: Carol Miluzzi Arquitetura

Area : 3229 ft²

Year : 2021

Photographs :Thiago Travesso

Lead Architect : Carolina Miluzzi

Engineering : Willian Carneiro de Vasconcelos

City : Araçoiaba da Serra

Country : Brazil

Tranquility. Since the project's inception, this phrase has served as a guide for both architect Carol Miluzzi and 

engineer Willian Vasconcelos.

The house, which has two major blocks fashioned like a "L" and is situated in Araçoiaba da Serra, a southeast 

village in the Brazilian city of So Paulo, quietly embraces the area's natural beauty. There is a constant view of 

the mountains in the area and a clean, crisp sense in its huge expanses. The pair placed a high value on the 

home's ability to naturally promote relaxation and decompression.

The woodwork of the home is substantial, much like the bricks, appearing to be individual pieces of a larger 

artwork. The strength and adaptability of the wood are recognized in everything from pergolas to benches to steps 

to even the roof structure. The entry module was painted using the Japanese shou-sugi-ban style, which contrasts 

the house's simplicity with a refined tone. It is left to the viewer's imagination how this duality is implemented 

inside the home.

The empty sections of the land occupation were envisioned as dwellings. A rustic wooden pergola structure houses 

an outdoor kitchen space on one side with a play of light and shadow, and an open deck that lets in fresh air and 

makes up the front of the house on the other.

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Welcome to Aayi House in India Collage Architecture Studio

Welcome to Aayi House in India Collage Architecture Studio

HOUSES•SAO JOSE DE AREAL, INDIA

Architects: Collage Architecture Studio

Area : 280 m²

Year : 2019

Photographs :Harsh Kamat

Structural Consultants : Rays Consulting Engineers

Carpentry : ALPS Interiors

Landscape Consultants : SPACELAB

Contractor : HEGDE Constructions

Project Design Team : Swapnil Valvatkar, Rohit Mohite

City : Sao Jose de Areal

Country : India

The Marathi word for mother is aayi. Aayi is an effort to design a traditional-looking Goan home that was 

constructed as a memorial to the client's parents. The concept satisfies the objective to be modern and minimalist while blending in with the natural surroundings of the site. The development is located in the upper left corner of the property, tucked away among a luxuriant clump of coconut trees, and is situated in a corner plot that is bounded by a main road on one side and a village road on the other. The home has a South-West facing structure, and it is surrounded by two other buildings: one on the East of the land and one on the North of the neighboring property. Aayi's simple design seamlessly blends into its environment as it sits atop a portion of the lush, green fields.

The site faces south-west, so we ornamented the building with sweeping overhanging verandahs and included pockets of landscaping to make the spaces airy and breezy while also shielding the occupants from the scorching sun. 

Furthermore, we experimented with skylit courts to create an interior microclimate while simultaneously keeping seclusion in order to blend the structure with the buildings it is straddled by. One of the courts serves as the structure's center node and sits on two perpendicular axes that cross the entire area laterally, giving the 

interior a sense of mobility and connection while seamlessly blending with the exterior.

The home is a two-story building with three courts on the ground floor that showcase how tradition and modern architecture can coexist. The third court is a closer encounter with nature and a more private place made out of a water body. The entrance starts with the warm embrace of a traditional Tulsi court leading onto the center court, which is a double-height space with a connecting bridge on the upper level. These three courts, which are arranged along a single axis, symbolize the movement of spaces through the house as it widens in the middle and gets smaller at the ends.

One axis is constrained by courts, while the other starts at the stairwell's double-height central court, flows 

into the living area, and eventually opens onto a terrace that leads to the garden. The central court and this 

double-height living area appear to be the home's "heart," connecting all the other rooms and acting as an 

extension of the living room to serve as a multifunctional gathering place for the residents. A bridge connecting 

two opposite bedrooms on the upper floor, which is more private and overlooks the gathering area below, is 

bordered on either side by the family living and the covered terrace/cum-bar area. Self-rotating exhaust turbines that are twice topped on the roof provide a stack effect that lets hot air leave and keeps the internal ecology cool. Similar to this, the rooms have French windows with louvers on top to aid with ventilation.

We have dived into minute details of creative inspiration, such as the acrylic tubes on the ceiling to allow for 

perforated intermittent light suggestive of stars, in addition to the clean spatial design that incorporates 

passive-cooling techniques. The pastel interiors and the cozy wooden furnishings blend with the adaptable whites and greys, which then speak to the green surroundings, giving the impression that Aayi is an embodiment of our mothers.

Thanks For Visiting 2 CONESA Houses BAK Architects

Thanks For Visiting 2 CONESA Houses BAK Architects

In Colegiales, an area of the city of Buenos Aires that is changing due to the substantial number of multifamily 

housing developed in recent years but that nevertheless preserves certain local characteristics, the commission 

was proposed by members of two families who shared a small and deep property.

The owners decided on a plan and a budget for each residence as well as where each unit would go on the lot: one 

in front and one in back, both with a courtyard and pool.

The necessary components and form adhered to what we had established in a number of the homes constructed by the 

office: straightforward volumes of exposed concrete, requiring little upkeep over time, and sizable openings to 

permit a seamless link between the interior and exterior.

The project also has to look to be sufficiently far from the public highway or guarantee the safety of both 

dwellings. The project should also permit parking for at least four vehicles.

The concept was established by the choice to release the first unit's ground floor in order to facilitate access 

to the back unit and provide the necessary parking places.

Based on this choice, we created a pair of residences that are independent of their yards' placement both in terms 

of layout and section.

Each home is built in a small, two-story volume to free up as much ground as possible. The service spaces are 

directed toward the façade (in the case of the front unit) in order to achieve the requisite opacity with respect 

to the street and, in the back unit, into the open space created between the two built volumes. The main rooms are 

orientated towards the back seeking the north.

Each unit's built mass is perforated to allow for the construction of a tiny courtyard, which adds flora inside 

the home and provides double ventilation and lighting impacts to all spaces.

Framework House Studio McW

Framework House Studio McW

HOUSES•LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

Architects: Studio McW

Area : 172 m²

Year : 2020

Photographs :Rory Gardiner

Manufacturers :  panoramah!®, Havwoods, Hexagon, Poggenpohl

Structural Engineering : Blue Engineering

Design Team : Greg Walton, David McGahon?

Joinery : Hexagon

City : London

Country : United Kingdom

An significant renovation of a terraced property in Clapham, London, including a concrete frame addition has been finished by Studio McW. For a family leaving an apartment who wanted to keep a sense of lateral living, Framework House was created. In order to assist in its purchase and improve the remodel, Studio McW sourced the property and collaborated with the clients.

According to the customers' requirements, the house had to be beautiful, practical, and have a flexible floor plan for living, entertaining, and working from home. Their desire to live in a home that blends fluidity and rigidity with natural materials served as the inspiration for the interior's concrete, steel, and wood color scheme. The existing, thermally improved shell, as well as the additional windows and roof lights located in the loft and back additions, provide each with plenty of natural light.

With the dining in the front and the living in the back, joined by a central open kitchen, Studio McW inverted the layout of a conventional terraced ground floor plan to suit the lateral living brief. With a smooth transition from entering and eating to relaxing after meals, the resulting ground floor plan makes entertaining simple. The largest portion of the plan is made use of by a living room in the back, creating a bright, spacious area that opens up to the sizable courtyard garden. A wall of expansive matte white cabinetry connects the dining room to the modern Poggenpohl kitchen, which is located within the bay.

Two bedrooms and a bathroom are located in the existing volume up a concrete stairway next to the kitchen, and an office is located in a dual-aspect addition. There is a visual connection between the levels thanks to a hole in the office floor that views back into the living room. The main bedroom suite and bathroom on the upper floor have bespoke joinery throughout that carries the tactility introduced elsewhere.

An artistic concrete framework unites the old and the modern by repairing damaged portions of the house, creating thoughtfully designed new volumes on the ground floor, and creating spectacular voids that rise through the property. The warmth of the herringbone wood floors, custom joinery, and matte black metalwork contrast with the skeletal structure's exposed, unfinished state. By exposing the sturdy and long-lasting concrete frame of the building, praising the raw materials and unique shapes it offers, the objective was to celebrate and highlight the new structural components.

Recognizing the negative environmental effects of concrete construction, Studio McW sought to reduce the amount of extraneous building materials and finishing touches. They also dedicated wall and ceiling infill to hide unsightly elements like insulation, cabling, and pipes. We were able to lessen the waste generated during the structure's formation by cleaning up and reusing some of the concrete formwork.

Studio McW extended the aesthetic and functional potential of the materials by selecting a sophisticated palette. In order to create a thorough frame that "demonstrates what can be achieved with good detailing requirements that contain minutiae that can go ignored," the practice worked with a contractor who had never worked with concrete before.

The monolithic concrete stair was created by Studio McW to rise next to the home's new brutalist frame, which is top-lit by overhead glass. The first-floor landing was built on-site while the staircase was installed in three precast components. Cranes were used to bring in the off-site components.

A space that appears straightforward but actually filled with hidden features and plenty of storage thanks to the exact joinery, stairs, metalwork, exposed structure, and intersecting volumes. The client's current needs are excellently met by the clarity and fluid spatial flow of the contemporary scheme, which also offers a floor plan that is flexible enough to accommodate any future adjustments that may be required.

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Y704 House Marc & Co + coarchitecture

Y704 House Marc & Co + coarchitecture

HOUSES•BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA

Architects: Marc & Co, coarchitecture: MARC&CO in collaboration with coarchitecture

Area : 600 m²

Year : 2010

Photographs :Scott Burrows

This riverfront residence was built with views of the water to the north and vistas into substantial fig trees to 

the south in mind. Large, double-height living space that serves as the home's focal point is located in the 

middle of the structure. This arrangement allows rooms farther along the floor plan to look out onto the river 

through the main room.

Houses in the neighborhood surround the location. A double wall was built to regulate privacy and let sunlight 

from the north in. In the afternoon, the wall emits a wash of light that fosters the necessary serenity.

White concrete with off-form scaling has been used to build each end of the home. Timber screens, which scale down 

and humanize, contrast with the scale and polish of the concrete. Between the riverfront promenade and the 

interior of the house, there are several layers created by the delicate screens, deep concrete reveals, and 

manicured foreground. The house is a peaceful little haven in the middle of a bustling city.

There are several different experiences to be had as one makes their way through the house. The house makes use of 

condensed areas to emphasize the size of areas beyond, textured materials to emphasize the smoothness of concrete, 

and darkness to emphasize the light levels of an area beyond.

The home uses cross ventilation and thermal mass to passively cool itself in the subtropical environment. Large 

overhangs with automated louvers on the north-facing layout enable cross ventilation as needed. The few apertures 

on the eastern and western sides serve as a thermal barrier. A 22000L subterranean water tank and substantial LED 

lights are also included.

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North Perth House Jonathan Lake Architects

North Perth House Jonathan Lake Architects

HOUSES•NORTH PERTH, AUSTRALIA

Architects: Jonathan Lake Architects

Year : 2014

Photographs :Robert Frith

Manufacturers :  Hettich, Pozzi Ginori

Structural Engineer : Scott Smalley Partnership

Builder : Michael Bradshaw

City : North Perth

Country : Australia

The goal of this project was to show how a large family home may be built on a small inner-city lot. Its goals 

were to dispel the myth that architecturally designed homes were beyond of reach for the average family and to demonstrate how a tiny block could still include a good amount of outdoor living and gardening area. Finally, we aimed to create a home that gave people's spaces the upper hand than automobiles'. This design only had a two-car parking area off the rear right of way, not a lock up garage.

The project's location is an inner suburban Perth block that has been rear subdivided. The block is reachable via a rear right-of-way. Due to the site's limited space, it was necessary to design a straightforward two-story home with a close connection to the location and the surroundings.

The structure of the home is simply a box made of wood that is situated atop walls made of stabilized recycled 

concrete. The substantial walls, which separate the interior from the exterior living spaces, are buried in the 

ground. The openness and elegance of the areas within are hidden by the walls, which solidly delineate the right of way.

The private portions of the house are located in the wooden box on top of the walls. These areas project above the concrete walls below, indicating the upper level's box-like aspect. Each room is placed to maximize its relationship to the environment, framing views of the City and treetops, for example.

Through the use of fewer materials and a more straightforward form, the project explores concepts of restraint. A limited budget necessitated creative material and design choices. The walls made of stabilized concrete didn't need to be painted or finished. By using a clear finish to showcase the natural color and texture of the wood, the wood has been highlighted.

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