Casa Cozumel takes its name from its location, which is known for its beaches and is a popular stop for cruise ships. The property encompasses 1,325 square metres, and boasts 38 metres of beach frontage on the Caribbean. The home sits on an expansive property that is densely packed with vegetation, providing the residents total privacy. "The project is based on the...
Located in Willesden Junction, the Birch and Clay Refugio project included the remodelling of the existing flat, the addition of a side and rear extension, plus a new workshop in the garden to be used as an office for the client's fashion business. Created for a family of four – the client, her husband and two daughters – the flat was conceived as a series of flexible...
La Dacha Mountain Refuge is located in Las Trancas, a ski town within Nevados de Chillan – a mountainous area that features several active stratovolcanoes. Perched on a gently sloping site, the multi-storey cabin is designed to be highly efficient and to offer views of the scenery, according to DRAA (Del Rio Arquitectos Asociados), which is based in Santiago. "Loca...
The exterior of the house is covered in weathering steel, and over time, the steel will continue to oxidise. A bright yellow pivoting front door welcomes guests to the house. Stairs, made from laser cut steel plate stringers and clear acrylic treads with a sanded finish, lead from the foyer down to the social areas of the house. In the living room, double height ceilin...
The architects used a combination of natural light, simple materials, and a new raised roof line, to create an open and welcoming home. Stepping inside, the social areas of the house are all open plan, with the living room at one end of the room and the kitchen at the other. Separating the living room and the kitchen is the dining room. Low ceilings were removed, and w...
The main floor of the apartment is a single open space, except for the bathroom. The living room, although small, feels larger due to the double height ceiling and the white painted brick walls. A window seat beside the couch has been built into the window nook, creating additional seating.
The design of the house pays tribute to modern architecture while incorporating distinctly regional elements of exposed wood and timber to create a clean, contemporary, West Coast aesthetic. The two level home has multiple outdoor areas, like this one that’s off to the side of the front door. The ceiling of the main floor living room is composed of exposed 5″x12″ stain...
Located on a steep slope overlooking the Great Ocean Road in Australia, the house combines wood and concrete in a contemporary way. In the living room, a curved concrete wall has built-in areas for a television, fireplace, and wood storage. The living room opens to the open plan dining room and kitchen. A sloped wood adds a natural warmth to the interior, while floor-t...
Paying homage to Tarragona’s historical stone construction tradition and the Roman city walls, the architect decided to treat the home’s ground floor as a dry stone plinth emerging from the ground. The upper floor’s white volume, as a purer and lighter piece, rests on the stone base, and provides cover for some of the outdoor areas of the main floor of the home, like th...
The house is comprised of a dramatic series of folded roof planes, as well as a collage of textured metal and wood exterior surfaces. A 5-ft wide pivoting glass front door welcomes visitors to the home. The entryway leads to a dining area with oversized 8-ft by 10-ft sliding glass doors that open directly to the pool, creating a seamless indoor-outdoor environment. Ou...
The home features raw materials throughout, and inside, there’s a sunken living room with a large corner couch that sits flush with the floor that surrounds it. Located behind the living room is the dining area and the kitchen. A long kitchen island draws your eye towards the swimming pool outside. The lines between interior and exterior spaces are blurred, creating an...
Inside, a neutral color palette has been used to create a relaxed atmosphere, while large sliding doors connect the living room with the balcony. In the kitchen, white cabinetry is combined with stone and a wood countertop for a modern look. Adjacent to the kitchen and living room is deck a with a dining table for alfresco dining, and a swimming pool for cooling off on...
Montreal-based yh2 introduces TRIPTYCH, a three-pavilion residence carefully nestled in lakeside surroundings. The house, with its crisp lines and sober palette, was built on a sloping site overlooking a small lake in the Laurentian Mountains, one hundred kilometres from Montreal. The architects designed this building with a classical triptych in mind. It features a...
The house is designed from inside out, creating uninterrupted views to the surrounding nature while providing shelter and intimacy. All these aspects work together to ensure the house’s sense of timelessness. The villa is situated in a green oasis of trees and plants that hide the house from view. Water plants along the water line alternate with stepping stones that...
With thrift, four layers of old construction and modifications were left untouched. All of the desks are simple glulam beams laid on their sides, all of the fixtures are custom made from raw steel, and the monolithic cabinetry is made from practical and cost-effective plastic laminate. The service spaces feel dark, hefty and crude, to contrast with the glowing, faceted ...
Starting from an excellent existing structure, a 332 m2 new apartment delivered by the construction company, targeted changes were made to the blueprint to guarantee the fluidity and integration of the spaces. The layout, designed for hosting and strengthening conviviality, stands out due to the sequence of warm and interconnected environments. There is no single ro...
The Hoddle Street gem at number 310 was built as a Melbourne base for British haberdashery manufacturing company Faire Brothers & Co who produced shoe “slipper findings” and belts, braces and suspenders in the 1940s. The building was also home to Sokara Fabrics, and industrial sewing machine repairers and sellers Kameo Textiles. The previous owner fondly recalls the ware...
The team was after a site for their own home when they came across the sloped piece of land in a part of America that is ‘rich in architectural heritage and rimmed by a number of Case Study homes including the iconic Eames house’, they explain. It took them a lengthy ten-year process to get through planning permissions, but now, the new home sits comfortably perched amon...
Considered one of the most important pieces of modern architecture, architect Moshe Safdie’s landmark housing scheme is a vision of utopian communal living in concrete and has inspired residential architecture and ideas about domestic living across the world. With views across the Saint Lawrence River towards downtown Montréal, the duplex originally belonged to the Co...
Born in 1931, Kaptur studied architectural engineering at the Lawrence Institute of Technology, before opting, in an almost spur-of-the-moment decision, to stay in Palm Springs for good, during a trip there in 1956. He quickly set up shop and began what would become an over 50-year-long career spanning many typologies from private and multi-family houses, to civic and co...
Built on a narrow site, the slim house that stretches towards the bay, is a telescope for the views of the water and the Miami beach skyline. The ‘modest 0.3 acre wedge-shaped lot’ in a densely populated neighbourhood was the major challenge for the architects, who had to think outside the box to create the illusion of endless, luxuriating space. Part of the soluti...
The old house had to be restored as one corner of the property had settled and required subsoil injections to level the building. The new additions sit to the right of the original house and are slightly connected. At the rear of the home is a 22 foot (7m) high rammed earth chimney for an outdoor fireplace and an open air living room. The verandah that wraps around the...
The architects used retractable glass walls, so that the fig tree in the backyard could easily be viewed and enjoyed, and the natural light could be enjoyed year round. A new kitchen was created inside the extension, and the dark cabinetry is a strong contrast to the white walls, ceiling, and light concrete floor. Adjacent to the kitchen is the dining room. When the gl...
The exterior of the home features clear, unfinished Western Red Cedar, that’s been combined with painted Hardiepanel siding. The natural finish of the cedar will grey over time. The clients, who are avid cyclists, wanted a home that would not only have storage and maintenance space for their 18 bicycles, but would also be fun for entertaining. The social areas of the h...
A stone driveway lined with trees leads from the street up to the house. The design of the house has a large extruding box frame that has a 13 foot (4 metre) overhang to provide protection for the lower floor, and a 9 foot (3 metre) overhang for the upper floor with the bedrooms and bathrooms. A large infinity pool runs the length of the house, while a large deck provi...
The design of the home was inspired by the Queensland lifestyle of indoor/outdoor living with plenty of space for entertaining.
Inside, light colored walls and plenty of windows help to keep the living room bright and airy, while exposed steel beam give a slight industrial feel to the interior. The social areas of the house are open plan, with the living room, dining room, and kitchen all sharing the same space. Sliding glass doors open to extend the amount of livable space, with a covered pati...
architectural practice 2001 has completed hercule, a monolithic concrete single-family house in mondorf-les-bains, in the south of luxembourg. situated between an old farmhouse and a suburban villa, the residence emerges from the ground like ‘the tip of an iceberg’, emphasized by the stepping of its plot which occupies a residual portion of land at the front. the luxe...
the stone house by MM++ architects is located in nha trang, a sea side city of vietnam’s south east coast. carved into the hill, the vacation villa has a privileged location as the site of 500 sqm boasts a unique ocean view overlooking the bay and mountains in the background. given the impressive surroundings, the main goal of the architect’s design was to find ways to o...
in the wooded mountain region of santa cruz, jeff waldman, his partner molly and their friends worked together to construct a cabin and network of tree decks integrated into the native california redwoods. over the past two years, the group had cleared and carved out land, with respect for the largest trees which were maintained and surrounded by the timber structure. to...
before the first design stage started, deborah roig had to think about solutions for the lot, which was the last available in the neighborhood — the area had a triangular form, a narrow entrance, and an inadequate insolation. in addition, the neighborhood was already complete, with houses whose dimensions covered the view ahead. the architects have used typical indus...
masahiro harada and mao harada of mount fuji architects studio have been awarded this year’s g-mark japan good design award for their kiraku-no-ie prefabricated housing. demonstrating how the use of CLT, a cross-laminated wood panel material, can benefit the construction of low-cost, simple structures, the project seeks to increase the product’s demand and ensure its sta...
Through a kind of 'Freudian flight forward' – a passionate embrace of the inevitable in order to conquer and overcome one's initial fears – the prescribed building envelope was adopted as a given. Its initial vertical segmentation was complemented by a second, horizontal segmentation that gives the buildings' exterior a single, homogeneous treatment: a rough skin, formed...
The building is located in Low-rise building within residential districts and High-rise building within neighborhood commercial districts. The third, fourth, and fifth-floor are recessed in accordance with sun shadow control volumetric calculation. As the building stands out from the surrounding area of Low-rise buildings, we studied the mitigation of oppression agains...
Its shell encloses a series of inwardly facing living spaces. AGi Architects, which has offices in Madrid and Kuwait, designed the Rock House as a single-family home to be eye-catching but entirely private. "The concept stems from a controversial duality imposed by the client's need for complete privacy as well as the desire for distinguishing the house as an iconic b...
Taking inspiration from the rural vernacular, the designers styled the three-building project after farmhouse architecture with a modern twist. Dubbed Erve BE and powered by solar energy, the energy-efficient abode consists of a main building and two annexes, all with simple gabled forms and strong sight lines to the landscape. The long and slender volumes of the Erve B...
