MehrShahe Villa is a residential project designed by Hooba Design. It is located in Alborz Province, Iran and was completed in 2016. MehrShahe-Villa by Hooba Design: “The Initial idea of this project was to design a 330 m2 (3,552 ft2) villa in a 3 hectares private yard facing a lake. One of the main criteria was to create spaces that are closely engaged with the surrounding landscape, an uninterrupted connection..
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Experience the Sir John Soane’s Museum, Virtually
Temple of Vesta in Plaster of Paris model by François Fouquet. Image © Sir John Soane's Museum
The Sir John Soane’s Museum is often cited as a seminal inspiration for architects of all generations. Located in London’s Lincoln’s Inn Fields, the house—designed by Soane (born in 1753), architect of the Bank of England—is a remarkable biographical bricolage of unique spaces, objects and ideas. Kept exactly as it was at the time of Soane’s death in 1837, the museum is packed with paintings, sculpture, furniture and drawings – all curated and composed by the architect himself to “enhance their poetic qualities.”
Soane’s ingenious design for the courts in Westminster. Image © Sir John Soane's Museum
The house and collection was gifted to the United Kingdom upon the condition that “it should be preserved as it was at that time and that it should be kept open and free for the public’s inspiration and education.” Now, using 3D technology to scan and digitize a number of the museum’s rooms and objects on display (including the famous model room, and King Seti I’s sarcophagus), curious minds no longer need to visit London to get to know the museum. Discover it virtually, here.
Gestec Designs a Spacious Contemporary Home in Finestrat, Spain
Casa Finestrat is a private residence designed by Gestec. Completed in 2015, it is located in Finestrat, Alicante, Spain. Photos courtesy of Gestec
House Rehabilitation in Valencia / DG Arquitecto Valencia
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- Architects: DG Arquitecto Valencia
- Location: Valencia, Spain
- Architects In Charge: Isabel Roger Sánchez, Daniel González López
- Constructor: ELO Construcciones
- Area: 120.0 m2
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Mariela Apollonio
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From the architect. Our projects always begin with a detailed study of some preliminary premises:
The space, in this case is an old townhouse with almost a hundred years of history located in one of the towns near Valencia, with a small backyard, and the needs of the clients, a young couple with three year old daughter.
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The new layout of the house comes out as a result of introducing these premises into de project, preserving the essence of the original housing, and opening the main spaces to the backyard.
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The original structure of the house, of wooden beams and beam fills, turns into an important part of the new layout as well as the old wooden doors that, althoug being in a new position, are all restored and reused to delimit the new spaces.
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Located back in the house there are the living spaces, living room, kitchen and the main room so that the backyard becomes the key area of the house, being a direct extensión of the interior spaces.
Previous State
Reformed state
The new layout of the house and the backyard are proposed in three areas:
The central area in with the most important rooms of the house are located: the entrance, hallway, the living room, the dinning room and the orchard area.
The upper area where the rooms are located, two smalller rooms lighted up with the house´s access road, the master bedroom and the pool area.
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The lower area in which the kitchen area, laundry and barbacue are located.
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