Mackenna Resort by Drucker Architecture

Filed Under: Hotel and Restaurant

The challenge of this project was to transform a natural place in an architectural space, or building a territory where physical milestones would be no more a backdrop it will become an active part of their own construction , identifying those key elements landscape to emerge through a system of relationships that go beyond the visual area of the building. The building complies with the landscape,...

Vastu House by Khosla Associates

Filed Under: Home Design

In keeping with the clients desire for a strictly Vastu compliant house, the placement of spaces in the house are in synch with the plan of the Vastu Purusha Mandala (the ancient Indian science of orientation and placement) Thus apart from positioning the main areas of the house according to the elements – Master bedroom in the Earth zone (SW), kitchen in the Fire zone (SE), and the pool and entrance...

Karlusic Residence by Hirsch Bedner Associates

Filed Under: Home Design

There is an old Japanese maple in the front yard, which is an impressive tree and did not want removed. This design was based on this old tree and nature. The forms of the house are very basic and simple. We did not want to draw attention to the architecture but to emphasize the surrounding nature and position of the Japanese maple. The tree basically defined the organization. There is what we call...