For an architect, the challenge is the fuel that subtle keeps him alive... We had a vague idea about what it meant accepting the challenge to design a shelter at 2,100 m within
Originally, the local government aimed to construct an observation tower here. After visiting place and speaking with all stakeholders ambitions to develop Straník were narrowed down to: how to make this place attractive for tourists,
The project is developed and realized through series of design workshops conducted at University of Belgrade – Faculty of Architecture with the participation of the following students: Aleksandra Banjac, Ana Toljic, Sonja Rajic, Jelena Tasic,
Obrenovac is a small town near Belgrade. As Belgrade has developed very fast, Obrenovac recently became suburban Belgrade’s municipality. The Obrenovac First Elementary School is the first established school in Belgrade, almost 200 years old.
The new pavilion of the elementary school follows the design of a building encircling an inner environment. The inner garden serves as an atrium – an outdoor classroom shaded by a plane tree in the
The Museum of Chios Mastic presents the cultivation, industrialisation and commercial exploitation of the mastic gum. It develops a symbiotic relationship with the sensitive gumtree landscape in which it sits. Two large parallel timber sheds
Peter Pichler Architecture, in collaboration with Arch. Pavol Mikolajcak, won a competition to design a new mountain hut at 2.000m in the Italian Dolomites in 2015. The new hut contains a restaurant and is located
The traditional hiking hotel is located on the „Bühel", a small elevation right next to the village church, at 1200m above sea level. In order not to limit the existing structure in usage, view and
On the historically and cultural important site crowded with valuable trees and greenery it was necessary to “clip in” the new Zoo entrance building in an aesthetically and functionally acceptable way. Great efforts were made
Visegrád is a thousand-year-old settlement, formerly used as royal residency, however the town today is rather rustic in terms of its scale and buildings and with its 1800 inhabitants, is considered to be the smallest
Urban Modular is an urban furniture initiated from the idea to create a seat for one person in public space. It experiments the possibility of combination between the different modulars in order to escape
A 150 year-old barn that was no longer in use (and was about to be demolished) was torn down at its original site and rebuilt on the building site (about 800 meters further). the required
Contemporary “Chalet Jelovac” is a family house for leisure and research work of architect Sonja Radovic Jelovac, PhD, Principal of Studio Synthesis Architecture & Design from Montenegro. This architectural realisation is example of successful
Magura is a mountain village in Romania, situated between the Piatra Craiului mountains and the Bucegi mountains, included in the Piatra Craiului Natural Park. Benefiting from both an exceptional landscape and a strongly
Building a house in the picturesque Bregenzerwald valley in Western Austria, on a very steep hill outside the village centre, on a quiet road where several homes of varying size and artistic value had
Situated just meters by the sea, in a remote newly built area, the project takes maximum advantage of the site's qualities. The combination between wood and concrete feels like it has always been part of
Koleliba as we called this tiny vacation house ( koleliba – a made up word meaning a hut with wheels) is our response to the invading consumerism that encourages us to always want our homes
Upon the vineyard, there is a great old oak. This treehouse is the just a fusion of those two. And a little bit of local wine too. DUBoDOM is a small unique treehouse just few
Černá Voda, a small mountain lodge, is situated next to the “old” ski run in the Krkonoše mountains. The original lower ski-lift station was replaced with a new wooden structure on the confluence of Kolben
The area in which the house is positioned is a flooded ground and in spring time most of the terrain is under water. The location of the house is 30 kilometers away from Belgrade. Terrain
Family house is part of a complex of six CLT houses situated on the edge of a riparian forest in Rusovce. The author's consistent style applied in this project did not only predict the construction
Kersko. A well-known place, a "forest town" with a population of about 200, yet mysterious and ever-surprising. The plot is square, with sides of 100m. Two thirds of the original pine trees are still standing,
In this case of redesigning the interior of a chalet, we were asked to intervene in an existing awarded building and revisit the idea of mountainside design, in order to counterbalance the dynamic design of
In the middle of a forest a perfect square surface 50x50 meter is enclosed with high stone wall. An ancient anonymous builder managed to achieve, with this gesture alone, almost a renaissance plan of a
A single-storey pavilion of glass, concrete and wood, located in the suburbs of Chisinau.Flat plot of a trapezoidal shape, with three sides surrounded by the existing low-rise buildings, which dictated the shape of the house,
The starting point was the careful removal of wooden elements and structural joints. After the building had been dismounted, many wooden beams and boards were cleaned and restored whilst others were replaced with treated wood
Our goal was to adjust the characteristics and values of the traditional folk building of previous centuries to modern needs. The area which used to be dominated by agricultural activity with the changing of
Greece is one of the countries with splendid historical heritage and it is impossible to imagine the world without it – a Greek island Tinos in the Aegean Sea is no exception here considering its
Hribljane, a small hamlet, is one in string of few little villages that lie between Rakitna and Cerknica. A deep serenity, bothered only by an occasional encounter with a bear, rules the forests. Investors
Davor Mateković and his PROARH office architectural team started renovating a traditional house in Kumrovec in 2011. The house is worthy of attention due to its innovative use of straw material, both – on the
