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Residential area from Prague’s old port
The former port of Prague has been revived by the architectural firm QARTA Architektura. Five residential buildings line a characteristic site on a narrow peninsula, enclosed by a green belt, with an overall effect reminiscent of Amsterdam. Let’s see!
Prague’s brownfield site has been transformed into a quiet,
modern
A house from the last century adapted for modern life
Built in Slovenia in the early 1900s, the house was renovated by a2o2 arhitekti with a focus on preservation and sustainability.
The building’s outer shell was preserved, while the owners renovated the windows with the help of a restorer. The transformations were carefully highlighted: the stripped-down interiors meet elements
czech republic
Modern metropolis | Baba Housing Estate
Although the city of Prague is mainly famous for its impressive Baroque buildings, it also boasts many modern architectural masterpieces, such as the Baba Experimental Housing Estate, which defined functionalist architecture between the two world wars not only architecturally but also socially, aesthetically and technically.
In 1927, Deutsche Werkbund introduced
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A Czech alternative to suburban villas
Two neighboring residential houses were reborn and merged in a historic part of a small town in southern Bohemia, designed by Atelier 111 architekti. The building complex is hidden in the narrow streets next to Kozina Square from the hustle and bustle of the surrounding traffic, a few steps from
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House on the edge of the forest | FIALA+NEMEC
Round shapes, graceful curves, larch and plenty of green space: the residential building of the architectural firm FIALA+NEMEC in Prague was inspired by the nearby forest and the sloping terrain.
Taking advantage of the hilly area at the edge of the forest, the designers lowered part of the house
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Modern metropolis | Baba Housing Estate
Although the city of Prague is mainly famous for its impressive Baroque buildings, it also boasts many modern architectural masterpieces, such as the Baba Experimental Housing Estate, which defined functionalist architecture between the two world wars not only architecturally but also socially, aesthetically and technically.
In 1927, Deutsche Werkbund introduced
hungary
„We represent a reactive architecture” | Noémi Varga (Numbernow), Balázs Szelecsényi and the SA43 Apartments Project
They had a plot with vastly diverse features between two main roads in Budapest, with a triangle-shaped site and a characteristic slope, and a commission to build a condominium for investment purposes. Thus, the task of the architects was full of challenges, however, Noémi Varga and Balázs Szelecsényi did not
czech republic
An old warehouse gives impetus to the industrial district in Brno | DADA Distrikt
Located in the old industrial district of Brno in the Czech Republic, this former storage facility was renovated as a residential complex by the architecture firm, KOGAA. The project not only provides housing—it also attempts to boost the community and the neighborhood with various methods.
In Europe, real estate
poland
Terrace house with a perforated brick façade | MFRMGR Architekci
Soft daylight, white and light spaces combined with a touch of nature and minimalist aesthetics – with its perforated brick façade, this terrace house in Warsaw designed by Polish architecture firm MFRMGR stands out prominently from its surroundings.
Dubbed House for W, the building came into being as the renovation of
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Modernism with a minimalist twist | IFA Group
At first glance, we wouldn’t say the house designed by architect studio IFA Group standing in a street of the suburbs of Gdynia full of modernist houses was not built at the same time as the neighboring buildings.
This was the architects’ goal exactly: to design a house that