Moroccan

This five-storey residential building in Casablanca, Morocco, features three typical floors and two set back storeys, all apartments having balconies / terraces. These terraces offer an exterior space but also a buffer space between the interior and the narrow street. A set of white claustras, in a gradient layout, helps to achieve privacy while maintaining a luminous ambiance on the inside. The lateral panels of these terraces are covered with green traditional Moroccan tiles "zellige". The plans layout are efficient, trying to achieve an optimum feeling of space. The general ambiance is white, luminous, with touches of color, in a contemporary interpretation of the Casablanca classics. En savoir plus

The ReYard House has been designed and built by Team Bosphorus for the Africa edition of an international collegiate sustainable and energy efficient building competition ‘Solar Decathlon’. Team Bosphorus is-the first Turkish team competed in Solar Decathlon-including students and professors from two well-known universities of İstanbul/Turkey; İstanbul Technical University and Yildiz Technical University. The team has been awarded in 3 categories in the competition; Innovation, Engineering and Construction, Communication and Social Awareness.   The team won the first place in the “Innovation” category because of being reusable and modular (easy to build) by combining local materials with today's technology and... En savoir plus

New Future for an Outdated Office: MVRDV Completes Villa StardustMVRDV has completed Villa Stardust, transforming a former commercial building into a private home. Inspired by a Moroccan riad, the interior living spaces of the villa are oriented around a central patio, which functions as an extra outdoor chamber. The used materials and colour palette give the dwelling a Mediterranean look and feel. As a retrofit building, Villa Stardust is a highly sustainable project following circular economy principles.   As a former commercial building with a limited privacy due to neighbouring structures, the key strategy in this transformation is the insertion of a vibrant central garden patio. This draws its inspiration from the Moroccan riad... En savoir plus

This house is an oasis in the city; a flat renovation that uses natural materials to complement the open spaces of the family home. The interior design shines through the details of the textures and furniture.   The client first approached us because they wanted to open up the existing spaces of the house in order to create an atmosphere of freshness. In the end, the project developed into an intimate and personal space that combines design features from the Spanish background of the client. One of the most important design features is the maximisation of the amount of storage in the house. It has been achieved through the use of built-in joinery, allowing the client to really take advantage of their home and enjoy its new design in... En savoir plus

The irreverent card game Cards Against Humanity encourages players to constantly probe the boundaries of offensiveness. The self-proclaimed “party game for horrible people” has grown to become the best-selling game on Amazon.com, and earns that spot because - as it turns out - when you’re with friends, being bad is good.  Nicholas James Photography The same social paradigm that makes the game so fun to play is also what drives the games’ eight founders in their professional endeavors. The group sees social connections and the cross-pollination of ideas as a crucial aspect of a creative culture. They envision the work-share office typology as an opportunity to bring together graphic designers, artists, phot... En savoir plus

L'appartement donne sur le fleuve Arno, avec le Pontevecchio immédiatement à gauche, et la Galerie des Offices tout droit.   De la séquence des portes vitrées, qui s'ouvrent sur la terrasse, et de toutes les autres fenêtres à cadre, la vue sur les monuments les plus éminents de Florence est captivante. D'un seul regard, on peut parcourir tout le cours de l'Arno. Ces vues sont comme une série de "tableaux", devenant de véritables stars, et la disposition et les finitions de cette maison ont été pensées autour de chacun d'eux, rehaussant le panorama.   Le couloir à l'entrée est parallèle au fleuve Arno et est fini en noyer ita... En savoir plus

La rivière Leie, qui traverse la ville historique de Gand, est bien connue pour sa navigation de plaisance. Un peu plus en aval du centre-ville de Gand, de nombreux bateaux réduisent la vitesse ou s'arrêtent pour visiter une résidence, très différente des autres maisons situées le long de la rivière. Au milieu d'un terrain de golf comme un jardin se trouve une villa en béton sculpté, greffée sur le style de vie de son propriétaire.   La vue depuis la rivière montre une longue armature flottante horizontale en béton qui définit le rez-de-chaussée, à l'intérieur comme à l'extérieur. Le rez-de-chauss... En savoir plus

Nomad House is a contemporary residence in Dubai that blends Canadian and Moroccan tribal influences into a contemporary family space.   The villa is located in a prominent older residential area of Dubai and had been purchased as a family home by the new owners, who saw great potential in the three-bedroom property. We were entrusted to design a contemporary interior with a complete renovation taking the structure down to shell and core that would resonate with the Canadian and Moroccan homeowners and epitomize their design sensibilities whilst creating a space that was comfortable and livable. Many authentic and cherished artifacts had been acquired over the years and needed to be incorporated into the space, such as ornamental lig... En savoir plus

Courtyard House commenced life in 1885 as a generously proportioned Italianate terrace in the Toxteth Estate of Glebe. During the interwar period, like many dwellings in Glebe, it underwent significant unsympathetic alteration into a boarding house.   In reconfiguring it back into a single dwelling, the ambition was to create a courtyard house that afforded much better amenity than the typical terrace typology.   Organised around a central sunny north-east facing courtyard, conceptually based on the Riad – a traditional Moroccan house with an interior shady cool garden court – all interior spaces seamlessly interface with the courtyard. The green courtyard is the physical and conceptual heart of the dwelling. By co... En savoir plus

Inspirée par une brise marocaine, la pièce a une ambiance légère, délicate et équilibrée. Le concept fait le lien entre le traditionnel et le contemporain, en mélangeant harmonieusement certains éléments subtils. Au milieu du plafond et des murs monochromes, fournis par la référence à la texture de style tadelakt - une technique de construction utilisée au Maroc - les tons terreux brisent la monotonie de la palette. La mise en valeur de la végétation avec des feuilles de palmier séchées, ajoutées au sol en bois, aux tables du dessus en pierre brésilienne et aux pendentifs en paille donne une touche natu... En savoir plus

Bar dynamique et restaurant fusion au cœur de Hong Kong, Morokok propose des interprétations contemporaines de l'architecture marocaine et des motifs méditerranéens, offrant une évasion surréaliste dans la ville. La décoration intérieure met en valeur les éléments traditionnels mauresques, notamment les arcs, les couleurs distinctives, les plantes de différentes tailles et les carreaux de sol à motifs.   À l'arrivée, on est accueilli par des palettes de blanc et de vert avec un soupçon de laiton. Le jeu d'ombre et de lumière sur l'arcade blanche abstraite prolonge le voyage pour entrer dans le pays des merveilles. La salle &... En savoir plus

Conceptual     Moroccan, Efficiently, Cosy & Relaxing and Fulfill Family Location          Sukhumvit 39 Wattana Bangkok Owner              DS Designer         V I J I T - P I S A D A co.,ltd  and  Whitehouse Construction Line co.,ltd Engineer         NEXT Group co.,ltd En savoir plus

The Yahvi Residence is located in Coimbatore amidst three built forms. The design emphasis was on open spaces to facilitate abundant lighting and proper ventilation. This is achieved through a  central courtyard and skylight that forms the core of the house. The courtyard is the beating heart of the house in bringing the family together, connecting the various rooms, and serves as the perfect backdrop for family celebrations and events. Handmade Moroccan tiles accentuate the vertical wall of the courtyard, in stark contrast with the textural ochre.  The planning ensures that all rooms in the house from the bedrooms to common areas, such as the living and dining, connect to a semi-open/open space. The building's elevation has a str... En savoir plus

The design focus for this North London Victorian terrace home design project was the refurbishment and reconfiguration of the ground floor together with additional space of a new side-return.   Orienting and organising the interior architecture to maximise sunlight during the course of the day was one of our primary challenges solved.   While the front of the house faces south-southeast with wonderful direct morning light, the rear garden faces northwest, consequently less light for most of the day.   ​At the encouragement and inspiration of our famous client, we made the somewhat counter-intuitive decision of relocating the kitchen to the smallest room at the back of the terrace house, rather than in the larger room ex... En savoir plus