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The Technical Reality of Mass Timber Housing: Five European Case Studies

Moises Carrasco — Wed, 20 May 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Recent years have seen a shifting paradigm in multi-family residential architecture, as more and more new projects are being built with engineered wood, specifically Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) and glued-laminated timber (glulam). Because timber is lightweight, these systems can reduce dead load and ease foundation demands, which is especially useful on sites with limited bearing capacity or over existing infrastructure. From a sustainability standpoint, timber can store carbon over the life of the building and often reduces embodied carbon compared with conventional concrete-and-steel systems. In fire design, large timber members can be engineered to char at a predictable rate, allowing the structural core to remain protected for a defined period when detailed appropriately.

From Micro to Spacious: Maximazing Space in Taiwan’s Urban Apartments

Moises Carrasco — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Despite its small size, the island of Taiwan is densely populated, with more than 80% of its people living in urban areas. Available space is often limited, particularly in major cities like Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung. Therefore, designers face the ongoing challenge of creating interiors that feel spacious, functional, and visually appealing despite their sometimes compact footprints. Rather than seeing these limitations as constraints, architects embrace them as opportunities to experiment with smart layouts and multi-functional furniture that enhances livability.

Vibrancy and Utility: Embracing Color in Urban Apartment Kitchens

Olivia Poston — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 07:30:00 +0000

Urban apartments are frequently praised for their clever use of space, but what of their approach to color? Thoughtfully incorporating color is more than an aesthetic decision; it has the potential to shape emotional responses, influence mood, and create spatial illusions. Research in color psychology shows that colors affect our social, cultural, and psychological reactions, making them powerful design tools. Variations of blue, for instance, have been shown to slow melatonin production, keeping people more awake and alert, while shades of green relieve strain on our nervous systems, helping us feel calmer and more grounded. Color in architectural spaces can even alter our perception, creating illusions of depth, movement, and texture that influence how we experience space. Warmer hues like oranges and reds tend to make a room feel more intimate and cozy, while cool whites and blues lend a sense of openness, making spaces appear taller and more expansive.

10 Tiny and Under 38 Square Meters Apartments

María Francisca González — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 07:30:00 +0000

Finding an efficient configuration for a small apartment is not an easy task. Basic housing programs should be distributed in minimal spaces without losing comfort. Below, we have made a selection of 10 apartments under 38 square meters and compiled their axonometric drawings, to inspire you.

All Purpose Homes: Are Residential Spaces Taking Over the Role of First, Second, and 'Third Places'?

Maria-Cristina Florian — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 07:30:00 +0000

Dwellings can be understood as the most significant and primary form of architecture, as the house is intimately related to the idea of shelter, one of humanity’s basic needs. In the words of architect Mario Botta, “As long as there is a man who needs a house, architecture will still exist.” Yet, in spite of its ubiquity, or perhaps because of it, an exact definition of a home is difficult to find. Throughout history, different functions and spaces have been added and subtracted from this unit, reflecting directly the character of the society that produced it.

Discover Lisbon Interiors in 15 Apartments

Romullo Baratto — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:00:00 +0000

With a vast built heritage, Lisbon's contemporary architectural production is rich in rehabilitation projects. Lacking space for new buildings - unless one is willing to pay for the land's high market price - Lisbon's current architecture prescinds tabula rasa and faces the challenge of working with what already exists - often limiting itself to design only interior spaces.

Under 30m²: Multifunctional Solutions in 13 Tiny Apartments

Matheus Pereira — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000

With residential developments offering ever-smaller housing units, the challenge for architects and interior designers to develop compact and multifunctional solutions for interior projects increases. From this perspective, it is increasingly common for professionals to focus on their clipboards in creating new solutions for joinery and multifunctional furniture that allow the space to transform completely in a few seconds, such as strategic cabinets and bookcases to supply the lack of storage space; sliding furniture on rails or pulleys; cabinets that turn into beds through vertical rotation; drawers in stairways, etc.

13 Residential Projects that Use Raw Brick Facades

Susanna Moreira — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Rotation, displacement, and interleaving of blocks are some of the options that enable the diversity of raw brick patterns in architecture. The shape of these elements, usually used for the construction of walls, has been explored in a creative way to compose facades of residential buildings, representing the formal identity of the building itself and its relationship with its context.

A House within Thirteen Steps / Limu Design Studio

舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 02:00:00 +0000

Ten years after EXPO-2010 which made the south of Shanghai attractting global attention, the avantgarde temperament in this region fades and a strong smack of everyday life takes the position. Among thousands of households this case of house renovation brings a poetic Garden of Eden in the bustling world.

Cedrus Residential / Next Office–Alireza Taghaboni

Pilar Caballero — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Density and its distribution in Tehran is the root cause of many issues related to building and structures in this city and has arised a spectrum of problems in infrastructures as well as urban design. The continuous modification in the regulations of buildings’ occupancy areas has led to a noticeable difference in height of buildings in various districts in Tehran. Buildings which are closely attached to each other, will bring about a joint called third facades.

GDP93 / Ventura Studio

Martita Vial della Maggiora — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 14:00:00 +0000

The apartment was refurbished to fit a young couple with their two dogs.

MD Apartment / Studio Saransh

Martita Vial della Maggiora — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 21:00:00 +0000

MD Apartment, located centrally in Ahmedabad, is the house of a designer, designed to meet his specific requirements. Originally a two bedroom apartment, it has been converted into a Studio.

Grid House / Studio Guilherme Torres

Daniel Tapia — Thu, 02 May 2019 13:00:00 +0000

The project for this apartment of 100m2, in São Paulo, offered the challenge to unite two apartments, a duplex and a smaller single floor unit, to be attached to the floor of the mezzanine. The solution was to take advantage of the entrance in the smaller apartment, joining it to the mezzanine and transforming the whole area into the living room.

Eretz Apartment / Fernanda Marques Arquitetos Associados

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:00:00 +0000

In order to achieve the maximum integration of all social areas, including a large existing terrace, the architect Fernanda Marques, added pivoting doors that could be permanently opened or closed. The decision to merge all areas or not then resided with the residents, as they could choose what position to have the doors.

Architectural (Dis)Order / Corpo Atelier

Rayen Sagredo — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:00:00 +0000

Inside a white box, three differently configured yellow objects are individually placed. As an immediate consequence, one ́s physical experience of the previously empty space has been dramatically altered. The perception of one ́s movement, of the box ́s limits and of the position of the yellow objects is now inevitably intertwined. Their significance, however, remains unclear.

Apartment in Santa Apolonia / SER-ra

Rayen Sagredo — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:00:00 +0000

The apartment in Santa Apolónia is located on the first floor of a Pombaline building whose interior has been overwhelmed by the layers of time and the needs of those who inhabited it.

Retrofit Apartment / SuperLimão

Rayen Sagredo — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 13:00:00 +0000

An apartment that has the Praça da República, in the center of São Paulo, as a garden. The Retrofit apartment is a rental property that has received a project of SuperLimão designed to receive varied profiles of residents.

The Bund 188 Mansion in Shanghai / gad

胡天宝 — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 22:00:00 +0000

Continuation of Spatial Context and Recovery of Urban Memory