Minimalist Dolomite House Remodeling by JM Architecture

Called Dolomite House, is a house remodeling project by JM Architecture, located at Dolomite Mountains, Italy. The idea of remodelling this house in the Dolomite mountains at the border between Italy and Austria started because of an uncomfortable living situation. On the ground floor, the kitchen, dining room, living room and the stube were not proportioned to the size of the house and they couldn’t get enough light.

The structural silicon curtain wall was installed in the facades to allow the maximum amount of light into the room. The garden is enclosed by a 2.5m tall wood wall with horizontal slats to emphasize the perspective and cast shadows of sunlight from above and of spotlights from below. A wood deck made of 14cm wide Ipe wood planks surrounds the house, runs up a sunbathing platform with a Jacuzzi inserted, and covers two long desks.

The house is controlled by a fully automated iBus system, and a particular attention has been given to the audio video equipment, which also includes invisible speakers plastered into walls or ceilings of different areas.

Photographs: Hermann Gasser, Jacopo Mascheroni

Modern Concrete House in Zwickau – Maison du Beton by Atelier ST

This modern concrete house by Atelier ST, located on an urban block of Zwickau, Germany. Called Maison du Beton, the concrete is improved, in addition, with a fine colour glaze optically and is protected by a clear hydrophobizing prolonged before decomposition.

The house exterior built in minimalist style with concrete and glass materials. Of the hardness of the concrete above all natural materials step here, like dark wood, bright natural stone, cream-coloured materials and against colours which emit a big warmth and security in the combination. The kitchen, as well as the large-size and surface-terse doors were sketched as individually by the architects and were integrated into the total concept.

Architects: Atelier ST
Location: Zwickau, Cainsdorf, Germany
Photographs: Bertram Bolkow

Amazing Two Apartment Towers in Chicago by Krueck & Sexton

This amazing restoration of two apartment towers in Chicago by German-American architect Mies van der Rohe. Called 860-880 Lake Shore Drive residences, the 26-storey glass and steel towers were built between 1949 and 1951. Widely recognized as one of the 20th Century’s most iconic residential projects, 860-880 Lake Shore Drive consists of two 26-story rectangular condominium buildings surrounded by an irregular travertine plaza. The steel and glass towers are connected by a covered walkway.
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