Habitus Living

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Challenged with designing a home that symbolises the style and freedom associated with a Vespa, Stafford Architecture’s interpretation is the Black Vespa Home – a vision concerned with timeless quality.

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Home Design Brief Nature Interior 80

Habitus Living

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

“The goal was to create a design that would enhance the ecosystem rather than impose upon it, and that would restore the well-being of our client,” says Kate Symons, director Studio Ilk. Taking a minimalistic approach to the use of natural materials means there is no need for additional finishes.

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Client Clients Design Brief Safety 98

Deezen

APRIL 19, 2022

The design brief required collaboration with Mujeres de la Tierra, a local community organisation. The designer used beeswax from the bees to mould potes and piqueras for what he calls an "interspecies collaboration". The structures are prefabricated hives that the bees can inhabit and then finish the construction.

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Technique Deconstruction Design Design Brief 98

ArchiDiaries

APRIL 17, 2022

Vertically the internal spaces are tied together employing the double-height exposed brick finished light well visibly expanding the dining room upwards, and experientially making it the anchor point of the home. Similarly, an open kitchen and its careful interior detailing give a wonderful aesthetic feel dovetailed with functionality.

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Housing Architect Design Brief Finishes 70

Habitus Living

JULY 30, 2023

This internal warmth balances the home’s more robust external finishes, creating an intriguing interplay of materials. The living areas, which are designed for entertaining, connect seamlessly to the outdoors, drawing the eye to both the immediate and distant landscapes.

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Design Brief Landscape Zoning Materials 52

Habitus Living

JUNE 5, 2022

With hundreds of renovations for their clients under their belt, this project was an opportunity to create something that reflected their own personal design aesthetic. Taking a ‘less is more’ approach, this new build is highlighted by sleek finishes, modern materials, clean lines, and a neutral and light palette.

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Materials Building Finishes Design Brief 52

30X40 Design Workshop

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

And, quite often, if I'm stuck on a design brief, I’ll zoom in and begin sketching a detail. For me, this process always starts with a design brief and my sketchbook (or iPad ). Once I’ve fleshed out a few ideas and a direction for the design I’ll move into the computer to draw it more precisely.

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Sketching Design Brief Housing Information 52

ArchiDiaries

MAY 22, 2022

The design brief was simple! But, during the design process, it was realised that this place could go beyond being just an extension. Terracing with cow dung + mud plaster and finishing with terrazzo enhance the insulation performance! The Vault House occupies a tight location in a densely populated region.

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Housing Architecture Technique Structural Engineering 81

e-architect

JUNE 4, 2023

When designing the Kamloops Residence renovation it was important for us to maintain the character of the house, creating moments where modern and traditional intersect.

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Renovation Design Brief Exterior Contemporary 44

ArchiDiaries

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Excerpt: The Gully Home is a residence designed by the architectural firm ED+ Architecture that offered itself to the surroundings. The design brief was very simple, making it much more challenging. The bedrooms are finished with terrazzo flooring of different patterns.

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Home Architecture Design Brief Windows 80

Habitus Living

MARCH 12, 2024

The design brief was to reconfigure the heritage home and address the compact, shadowed nature of the house by extending and imbuing the residence with contemporary additions. The resulting remodel maximises space and allows natural light to permeate through the home, provoking a sense of warmth throughout.

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Art Remodeling Design Brief Interior 52

Architizer

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The Expand Loft is characterized as an open office space of 2,400 sq ft, situated in Mumbai, designed for a corporate event management company. The design brief was to create a fun and vibrant environment for its employees, while facilitating a natural flow of movement, encouraging interaction, and promoting collaboration.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 1, 2022

This vision, articulated by Aedas Executive Director Albert Tong, is illustrated by the comprehensive and well considered design. A Calm and Humane Interior The design adopted people-oriented principles from the outset, starting with the must-ride APM system. Image © Terrence Zhang.

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Design Brief Landscape Exterior Visualization 97

ArchiDiaries

JANUARY 24, 2022

Respecting the neighbouring context and retaining the worthwhile fabric of the existing dwelling were two strong points in a simple design brief. Simple ideas, but generous in their ultimate influence of the design approach and therefore the form of the finished home.

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Interior Housing Architecture Zoning 74

aasarchitecture

MAY 6, 2022

Leave a space for thoughts In the Design Brief, the client didn’t require product display and experience areas. The designers hoped to convey the spirit of human exploring the unknown through the incorporation of “light”, which symbolizes the way Breo explores the future of human wellbeing through technology.

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Architect Technology Technology Visualization 52

Architizer

APRIL 26, 2022

Part of the brief called for a general idea of a low-maintenance home, so the material palette was curated to be simple, honest and robust (Colorbond cladding, unfinished concrete blocks, aluminium slates). The new addition is finished in a dark ‘Monument’ Colorbond steel cladding as a logical counterpoint to the original building.

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Housing Exterior Concept Contemporary 66

aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 30, 2021

At the time, this area was referred to in the design brief as the Five Star Intercontinental Centre. Then, one day in June, I was contacted by Lujiazui again; they asked us to deepen the design we had submitted for the competition. The scope of our role was to draw up a proposal for a core area of roughly 1.8 For a fee.

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Commercial Sketching Development Developer 52

e-architect

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The ground floor amenity area has been designed as a community space, reflecting the diversity and energy synonymous with this vibrant city neighbourhood.”. Design Brief. It’s a special scheme, and one we’re really proud to be associated with.

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Sustainability Industrial Materials Manufacturing 86

aasarchitecture

APRIL 26, 2022

Given that Rajasthan is the stone hub of India, locally available stone has been used for the outdoor landscape as well as indoor finishes. Villas & earth breaming The villas are designed for “leisure travellers” as well as for “work from destination”. Image © Studio Symbiosis.

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e-architect

JULY 19, 2023

The site is adjacent to the Boat Race finishing line at Chiswick Bridge. The scheme has been assessed by Townscape design expert Chris Miele of Montagu Evans and is regarded as being of the highest architectural standard in both design terms and in its ability to meet the Richmond Adopted Planning Design Brief.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Our client’s design brief was loose in that they were open to any ‘blue sky’ ideas, as long as the design met the core function of a close knit family home that could accommodate frequent visitors from overseas, intergenerational living, and prolonged periods of vacancy while the clients are traveling.

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Home Design Brief Landscape Regulation 107

ArchiDiaries

MARCH 31, 2022

Considered a visionary design at the time, the reinforced concrete frame of the building and sleek international style forms represented the optimism and ambition of 1960s high modernism. While the building had great bones, the layout and finishes were outdated and out of sync with contemporary living.

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Client Clients Design Brief Interior 77

Habitus Living

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

What was the design brief, and how did you interpret it and respond to it? Located in a suburb full of modernist relics, the brief was to marry the historical roots of this ’70s house with a contemporary extension that references its modernist beginnings. Stormwater is collected to flush toilets and irrigate the landscape.

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Contemporary Landscape Home Sketching 52