The architect’s description Located within an eclectic community in the north end of Halifax, Nova Scotia is a self-commissioned mixed use project by Susan Fitzgerald Architecture and her builder partner Brainard Fitzgerald. Neighbors include: the city crematorium, the Centre for Islamic Development Mosque, a print shop, a legal marijuana grow operation, a recycling dep...
The architect’s description Sited gently on the lower slope of a dramatic sixty foot high coastal bank and surrounded by miles of undeveloped Cape Cod National Seashore beaches and scrub pines is a warm, modern beach house that is more than just a place to enjoy uninterrupted ocean views and sea breezes. Our clients dreamed of a house that would work equally well as bo...
The designer’s description This approach necessitated completely tearing down the rear façade and improper installations of an Antwerp residence, and replacing it with the largest glass pivoting doors in the world. The sleek, contemporary glass rear with gigantic custom-made doors (3m wide, 6m high) stands in stark contrast to the solemn front. The stunning three-level...
The designer’s description The traditional, street facing facade remains untouched, concealing the dramatic change to the interior and rear facade. Given the clients goals for cleanly detailed spaces oriented to the northern view of the Ship Canal, the rear facade of the existing house was blown open and replaced with an aperture that spans the entire width of the struc...
The architect’s description The house stands on the island of Vega in the Norwegian archipelago not far from the polar circle. The site is distinctive for its grand and harsh northern landscape with wide panoramas of the Norwegian Sea and the jagged mountains rising from it. Not far from the site, near the ocean shore, stands a group of traditional seaside huts, in Nor...
The architect’s description The Spiegel Haus is home to a young family and a home-away-from-home for a string of overseas visitors, so it was important to our clients that the spaces be not just beautiful, but restful, robust and low-maintenance. With frequent guests and a house operating across three levels, grey-ironbark was used to line and demarcate the circulation...
The architect’s description The client brief called for one renovated 1890 cottage and one small concrete house, both on a single steep waterfront site in Hobart, Tasmania. Heritage constraints and eventual Planning Appeal success resulted in a single residence which can be zoned into separate living environments. The suburb of Battery Point has great historical import...
The designer’s description Positioned on Edgevale Road in Kew, the property belongs to a young couple and their two children. The couple purchased the site in 2010, with the intention of creating something extraordinary. Living in the house for two years gave them a better understanding of the type of spaces they wanted to inhabit; spaces with an emphasis on raw materia...
It all started as a simple snapshot; At a very steep site with clear view towards the sea a holiday retreat protects its inhabitants from the sun heat and the strong winds while soothing the senses under the moonlight. We have placed the building at the only available naturally formed plateau of the site in order to avoid unnecessary groundworks that could spoil the reli...
The architect’s description This project is set against the backdrop of the pre-Andean landscape of the Central Valley, famous for its remarkable landmarks. Facing the breath-taking mountain range of the Andes towards the South and the East, and looking onto a rolling, luxuriant valley of almond trees to the West, the house is located eastward next to a water reservoir,...
The designer’s description The “L” shaped house generates a square garden in which there is a huge ash. In order to keep the magnificent tree and to avoid seeing the house from the inside of the studio, two main windows will focus the views to the corners of the garden. The plan of the studio is cross-shaped, where the main working space is double-height while the othe...
The architect’s description The conditions of the existing house lack of an optimum spatial and functional distribution that could fulfill the needs and the manners that the summer house is being lived and experienced: the existing house sits far away from the lake shore neglecting the most privileged views towards the lake and its landscape, while at the same time both...
The architect’s description Retrospect Vineyards, a 20-acre plot in the Russian River Valley, has been producing pinot noir grapes and selling them to nearby wineries for fifteen years. However, when the new owners bought the property in 2010 they knew they wanted to have a greater involvement in the winemaking process. The result was a modern home designed to function...
The architect’s description Vacant parcels of land that offer a clean slate for development are rarely available in San Francisco, and almost unheard of in Noe Valley. Committed to finding opportunities to design and build in one of the most popular neighborhoods in the city, the development team of Zack de Vito Architecture + Construction have proven that vision and cr...
The architect’s description As a typology, the semi-detached house is often perceived as a Siamese twin, reluctantly conjoined to its symmetrical other via a single party wall. The desire to challenge such a notion drives the parti of this single-family house. By separating and pulling the main building block away from the party wall, a semi-detached house breaks free. ...
The architect’s description Nature lays down the law. Its wonderful setting dominates, walls become plate glass windows. Light guides us. Trees creep through construction. The pool is soon a feature of the countryside. The liquid element connects us with the sea. Beyond, the story of the house ends on an untouchable horizon, like all other stories. A butterfly conserv...
Here is the description from the architects The small & dysfunctional rear portion of the existing house has been demolished & replaced with a new contemporary and sustainable three storey house (including basement). The front double storey Victorian section has been entirely retained & upgraded. Many existing features, such as structural & flooring timbers, windows, do...
Here’s the architect’s description about the project The house replaces a drab bungalow on the clifftop site – a scenic area protected by very strict planning conditions. From the outset, Hudson Architects were determined to replace the existing house with a superior contemporary scheme that would fully do justice to its setting.The site sits on a plateau with extensive...
The architect’s description The rear addition presents as a long, tall timber-clad tube wrapped around the remaining existing boundary walls and cleared out GFL interior. The newer works provide a more generous engagement with the exterior and garden foliage via extensive use of glass and continuity of material externally. A whimsical and artistic ‘giving back’ to t...
concrete’s description concrete has designed Zoku, a new hotel industry brand facilitating global living and working for the travelling professional. Zoku, which is Japanese for family, tribe, or clan, will disrupt and create a new category in the hotel industry. A home-office hybrid, also suitable for long stays. Zoku will have the services of a hotel and the social ...
The architect’s description On the small plot, the maximal possible cubature and the existing parameters have been used in an optimal way. The building follows line of the houses in the street and thus continues the urban edge along the link road. The front garden area next to the street is thereby supported and the roof orientation of the surrounding buildings contin...
The architect’s description Sited above a cliff overlooking Rangitoto and the Hauraki Gulf. The client sought a two-storey glass volume that could maximise the views while providing shelter from prevailing weather.
The architect’s description Complexities of the project were the site’s light industrial zoning, its location in a flood zone, under a flight path and heritage issues requiring the retention of the existing roof trusses and street facade. Another key issue in the design was getting light and air into the living and bedroom areas given less than 15% of the enclosing wall...
The architect’s description The design of this adaptive re-use project was born initially out of a design competition initiated by the City of Muttenz/Basel. The design was based on the renovation of an historic farmhouse situated within the historic center core of the city. The original farmhouse was constructed in 1743. Today the converted farmhouse serves as an offi...
The architect’s description Our clients wished for a greenhouse where they could practice the art of training bonsai trees. Colin Flavin of Flavin Architects collaborated with Peter White of Zen Associates on the design of this modern glass house set in the garden. White suggested the idea of transforming Philip Johnson’s glass house. A large chimney clad in glazed con...
The designer’s description The Showhouse was built to display the full range of design and fabrication capabilities offered by the Hufft Projects. It serves as a model unit for clients, testing ground for design prototypes and the Hufft family home. We used the home to explore new materials, test new construction methods and the ensure the functionality of new forms, r...
The architect’s description A two storey extension to a classic Edwardian villa in Malvern East’s heritage Gascoigne Estate, which includes a double garage, open plan living area and master bedroom on the ground level, with a study and guest retreat on the first floor. The north facing living ‘pavilion’ includes full height glazing and an adjacent loggia characterised ...
About the project A wood and steel structure creates a modern indoor outdoor oasis featuring three open, yet defined living areas. On either side are two enclosed cedar shingled boxes, one a bedroom and one a spa, with a connected roof stretching over the central entertainment area. The structure is scaled proportionately to the length of the rectangular pool, with a b...
The architect’s description Composed of 2 longitudinal zones located to north & south of an east west spine – living spaces to the north and sleeping/utility spaces to the south, the Concrete House utilises vertical connections and void spaces to provide strong visual connections between levels. Formally simple, lofty and airy, the main spaces are reminiscent of mid ...
The existing condition of this residential neighborhood is no different from most other neighborhoods, with multi-plex housing having held the majority. The aim of this project was to offer a compact spatial richness for living, while finding new architectural solutions in satisfying the specific needs of the user, client, as well as contributing to the improvement of th...
In November 2012 he wrote: “The Engihuus with its components from various eras, expanded by a contemporary one, aims to make the space suitable for both festive and casual gatherings, large and small events, and for planned or chance meetings. The Gasthaus avoids the more forbidding aspects of meeting rooms. Its rooms feature a different type of character altogether. The...
It is set on the side of a mountain at 1,300 m . above the sea. The land has a slope of 30 degrees and has a leafy tree vegetation. The compositional idea of the project stems from the intersection of two light planes with a sturdy stone wall , which , in turn , marks the entrance to the house. The focus of the project is to the west, so I will work with the dime...
It doesn’t place at all yet, so I can imagine many things. When I saw the landscape, I couldn’t say anything. It was amazing. I felt like part of landscape.... I thought that the place would create grate harmony with architecture. This place designed by light and remember (White & Write). I thought that the house have to be empty like bowl for people to record th...
The site It can be quite crowded during the holiday seasons. The irregular plot of land situated right in front of Bang dong lake boasts a beautiful open view of the lake and a low mountain as a back drop. When visited for the first time, the vacant site seemed to invite some kind of a sculptural object, unhindered by its neighbors, standing rather conspicuously... ...
Schueco's first TropTec System project successfully completed in 2014 together with its longterm partner CN Progress Inter Group Co., Ltd. Many thanks to the Schueco Thailand team and Consultant RP & Consultant and developer AP (Thailand) Public Company Limited who trust in Schueco.
The main features of this project is the separation of the cabins to provide privacy to guests . The proposal contains two classifications of chalets: single chalets : 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom and 1 bathroom. Totaling 2 simple cabins. And a main Chalet: 1 suite , 1 bedroom , 1 living room , 1 bathroom . All chalets have an independent balcony. The advantages of this project...
