15 Residential Projects with Metal Facades and Structures

Published by purnosidi at January 19, 2017

1. Caterpillar House by Sebastian Irarrazaval

Second hand shipping containers became the main material for building the house for reducing the cost and time of construction.

2. Shokan House by Jay Bargmann

The material for building the house including wood, ceramic, concrete, glass, and also steel remained unadorned and exposed for creating laconic and lucid house.

3. House Pegasus by Frederic Saint-Cricq

This house could offer people with the way for combining the underground life quality and also the entire social life.

4. Single House in Haut by Atelier Lame Architecture

This house project was done for renovating and extending the stone house which comes with traditional design. It was located on the quiet street and it got better since there is large green area as well.

5. House on Todos Los Santos Lake by Apio Arquitectos

This weekend residence for single family was built in the southern shore of Lake Todos los Santos in Chile. The structure was surrounded by volcanoes and native forests. For accessing the building, people could only use boat. Unique as well as extreme terrain could be found since it was located on the high slope edge complered with rocky shore.

6. Casa Gate by Pedro Oliveira

This house became the 19th century house reinterpretation from Porto. The project rebuilt a ruin. There were some issues which can be found from the pre-existing building so some ideas were used for establishing some conceptual platforms of the house.

7. RR House by Delfino Lozano

This is a house for single family. It has two stories but originally, it was a building which did not has any architectural value at all. The structure was demolished but the lateral party walls remained. Many aspects from economic to local labor work and material use were used as building approach.

8. House V by Arkosis

This building was built in the area which is surrounded by the informal structures from old traditional house to cattle pens. It is a house which comes with minimal dimension but it also has nostalgia and anticipation of the owner.

9. Tinman House by Junsekino Architect and Design

The main material for building this structure was the structural steel. The building expressed the design which is straightforward and simple yet distinctive. Structural steel offered benefits about performance and resiliency under tough condition. At the same time, it can also be flexibility reflection of construction process as well as best quality material representation.

10. LLM House by Obra Arquitetos

The building was located on the area which has many native trees. The most challenging thing was that the trees must be preserved. The location had 30% average slope. That is why there is intense dialogue done with the existing vegetation and topography for project implementation.

11. VIMOB by Colectivo Creativo Arquitectos

This structure was built from the notion of making shelter in the area which has difficult access. It means that building the traditional construction will be hard because there limitation for transporting the labor and material. In this circumstance, modular housing becomes the solution.

12. House in Salineiras by RVdM Arquitectos

The structure was built on the four by ten meters site. The plot was narrow and the building had to face the north side. The upper floor was used for social space. Meanwhile, there is futher exploration for creating all purpose room possibility.

13. H House by Bjorn Lundquist Arkitektur

This vacation house wad made from wooden material and it was built to overlook Lake Sommen located in southern Sweden. This building comes in gray color which becomes reflection of granite rocks as lake characteristic. Residential Projects with Metal Facades and Structures.

14. House JP by Bevk Perovic Arhitekti

Black aluminum profiling which is extruded covers this family house. The profiling thinness gave the building appearance which is sharp and monumental. The detail make this residential building completely different from other buildings in the neighborhood although they basically has same building type. Residential Projects with Metal Facades and Structures.

15. BLM House by ATRIA Arquitetos

Some aspects of this residential building were used as consideration when building Villa BLM including the climate, existing vegetation on location, low cost maintenance, as well as the energy efficiency. One volume with corten steel was connected with two main volumes with brick line by the concrete slab with rustic style. Residential Projects with Metal Facades and Structures.