25 Nisan 2012 Çarşamba

Northface House / Element Arkitekter AS


Architects: Element Arkitekter AS
Location: Stavanger, Norway
Design Team: Cathrine Vigander, Vidar Kutsen, Hallvard Huse, Alexander Wærste
Consultants: Boye og Waage & Co AS, Jan Petter Dybdahl AS and Moelven Massivtre AS
Gross area: 277 sqm.
Completion: 2010
Photographs: Element Arkitekter AS




The existing house was built in 1969 as a twin to the neighboring building. It did not function well to the demands of 2008-living, neither in the room sizes nor in their solutions, and it had generally a need for restoration work.



The top volume is 3 meters cantilevered over the rest of the volumes and is pulled away from the road to make room for a larger sun deck towards the south and to let more light into the building. This deck is also thereby sheltered from the northern wind.
The architectural expression strengthens the qualities on the site and reflects its norhtern orientation. At the same time it respects the existing constructive principles.


24 Nisan 2012 Salı

Modern House


14 Nisan 2012 Cumartesi

Grace Santorini Gorgeous Modern Hotel


Need to breathe? Well, definitely you will need to breathe and escape your busy life into something beautiful like our holiday destination we’re previewing here. Hear the waves crashing against the rocks while listening to the “Needtobreathe” song called Something Beautiful.
Grace Santorini is located in Greece and this beautiful modern hotel design is made by Greek studio Divercity Architects in collaboration with mplusm. The hotel itself shelters 20 rooms with goddess views that you won’t even be able to forget. It will take a lot of words to describe this luxury, it’s truly inviting and you will spend hours just swimming in the pool or just enjoying the vista and breathe the air as much as you want by the pool side.
“The hotel provides a contemporary interpretation of vernacular architecture: economy of space, radical simplicity, and organic forms. Like Santorini’s yposkafa – cave-like dwellings with rounded walls and domed roofs excavated from the rock-face – no furniture is free-standing. Custom-built storage and vanity units are moulded into alcoves. All-white interiors with brushed concrete floors reiterate the trademark whitewashed houses of the Cyclades. The infinity pool’s jagged outline echoes the zigzag paths that criss-cross Santorini’s sheer terrain. Santorini’s hotel rooms are invariably front-loaded to face the view, leaving residents exposed to passers-by. To ensure privacy, fragments of volcanic rock are positioned in the windows of four rooms, interspersed with apertures that provide glimpses to the sea.”
If something beautiful is what you desire and you’re really down on your knees begging for a vacation spot, stressed up with the work you’re working now, perhaps this holiday destination to Greece in Grace Santorini Hotel will relax you down and make you put away your notebook or whatever device that your boss might be able to reach you. For us now, we’re completely astonished and have our mouths completely unable to shut as this is absolutely very mesmerizing aka Drop-dead-gorgeous.