The architect’s description Dwelling is to put oneself in an interactive environmental domain that surrounds humans and other living creatures. There unfold various activities to which living creatures engage themselves for survival. Further expansion of such domain will surely lead us to view the totality of environment as a dwelling as it stretches unsegmented from ci...
From the architect The clients for the Mill Valley Cabins wished to add some accessory structures to their existing hillside home. Programmatically, the clients sought to provide space for an artist studio and a yoga space which would also serve as a private guest cabin. The program was divided into two small cabins which could be placed lightly between existing trees ...
The architect’s description Deep in the heart of Kensington Market, this laneway house is distinguished by its monochromatic, robust form, and a sculptural interior awash with light. Designed with its neighbourhood in mind and tracing the footprint of the existing building, this archetypal house is sited on an unconventional “L” lot, tucked away from the street, and sh...
The architect’s description America has many spectacular sites but this property is unique among them. The site is located at an elevation of 9,200 feet and had already been excavated for a discontinued residential project. Our normal preoccupation with not impacting the landscape reverted here to rehabilitating and reforesting the uprooted site. This was not a situati...
Some prismatic volumes come out from the four stone sidewalls, thus enclosing the space and differentiating each room. The area between the rooms is covered by a timber roof acting as a hall and a connector. “The opening sequence of the gaps of the house reflects the hierarchical order of the outdoor areas.” Ramón Esteve. The aim of the proposal is the creation of diffe...
The architect’s description The budget was tight so the house is really simple: a clean cuboid form with no frills, assembled from a flat pack of structural insulated timber panels. The drama is focused in three areas which give the house its lift: the cantilever at the front so the house hangs out, the huge opening onto the garden (which did require a big steel in the...
The architect’s description This project consists of a single-story addition and renovation to an existing mid-century ranch house in Menlo Park, California. Conceived for a retired couple, the open and accessible design integrates the living space with the rear garden to create a well-lit domestic extension. Comprised of two floating volumes, the addition formally des...
The architect’s description This ocean front residence captures the sense of indoor-outdoor living by introducing large cantilevered decks and roof decks. Designed for an active family who loves to cook and entertain, the ability to do so on each level is a driving element. As a measure to preserve the integrity of the dune, the house is pulled back from it to create t...
The architect’s description House H has been developed on a 1,000 m2 plot, on a busy road in the outskirts of Lima. The project developed as an architecture that analyses and recognizes the context, generates paths and handles an extensive program while keeping as much open space for landscape as possible. The proposal responds to the request of the owner who sought fo...
Pivot Studio’s description The project is for a secondary dwelling which will be used as an art studio and home office. The project is characterized by its high level external aesthetic detailing. A black glazed brick is chosen as the base building material with a blonde timber wall paneling system used as a secondary decorative cladding. The timber paneling is both d...
The architect’s description The property once was a part of a northern situated villa. A pavilion which belongs to the historic ensemble is part of the wall, which encloses property at three sides. The 4-storey single family house is reached via a forecourt and a ramp. The main entrance on the northern side and a second entrance via the carport lead to the entrance are...
The architect’s description Edge House is an attempt at designing a contemporary urban house in a mountain environment, where the local law requires traditional form. The house owes its narration to a local anomaly – a slope plot with a view on the mountains surrounding Krakow is knifed through by an 8-meter lime rock.The rock edge divides the plot into two levels, t...
The architect’s description The Holleb Residence is a home for a family of four in the Ocean Park neighborhood of Santa Monica. Its main organizing feature is a sculptural stair and second floor “cut-out” terrace that splits the house into front and back zones. On the ground floor, the structure’s main entry separates the garage and guest room from the kitchen, dining,...
Description from Prototype Design Lab The Bella Vita Villa celebrates its natural, oceanfront site. The villa explores lightness, filtering natural breezes, layers of transparency and integrating indoor / outdoor spaces within dynamic patterns of light and shadow, providing a simple frame within which a contemporary sustainable lifestyle can unfold. The beachfront faca...
The project simply and directly extrapolates existing formal qualities in plan and section, with extension of key existing materials and finishes to retain some memory of its previous incarnation – while providing a significantly expanded series of connected interior volumes that harness access to sunlight, ventilation and views of tree canopies, sky and district beyond....
About the project The neighborhood where architect Pitsou Kedem designed a home for himself and his family was established in the 1950’s by army veterans and can be characterized by buildings with low silhouettes and horizontal lines set in a rich grove of eucalyptus trees. Kedem’s home was designed to blend in with the architectural characteristics of the other home...
The approach for the renovation and extension of the Hopetoun Road Residence is to retain the existing structure as an anchoring element, adding a series of pavilions underneath a floating copper roofline that wraps around the original building. Embracing the client’s desire to maintain a fairly conventional residential structure, the design strengthens the form by cr...
The Wolesley residence is a unique property, designed to cater to the needs of a young family of five, how they live and share space. The home welcomes an energetic social life, so zones to entertain are well considered within a clever use of introspective architecture. The house is large, however the zones ensure the family never feels too far apart. The house and inte...
Description from the designer: The home owners have supported Sergey’s idea and resolved to do some trailblazing experiments. Interaction of external and internal is highly important in this project. The distinction between them is eliminated due to a large-scale vitrescence of public zone and owner’s bedroom located on the second floor. On the house face we can see de...
The project description from thirdstone inc. Built on an elfin 25′ x 140’ infill lot, this affordable modern house was designed as a two-storey in order to make best use of the narrow site. The transparency of the front facade encourages ‘eyes on the street’ and active engagement with neighbours while providing a sense of belonging to the community. Comprised of main l...
Pitsou Kedem Architects gave this house a palette of rough gray concrete, that still has texture from the forms they used when casting it, black steel that maintains the industrial theme of the concrete, and wood that constrasts the cold industrial with a bit of earthy warmth.
For the extensive landscaping around the property that has a variety of outdoor spaces, including a saltwater pool, poolhouse, a sand play area and more, LGA Architectural Partners collaborated with landscape architect Scott Torrance. The architect’s description The parents of a close-knit, multi-generational family wanted a quiet and easily maintained urban retreat as...
The project description from Pleysier Perkins Accommodating the slope of the site as a terraced floor plan and landscape, this 5 bedroom family home extends around a central courtyard soccer pitch and pool. Strong horizontal canopies combine with a vertical split faced concrete core to create a home combining intimacy, volume and sheltered openness.
The architect’s description Located on the Silver Strand Beach in Oxnard, this house responds to extraordinary site conditions as a progressive revealing of a sculpted interior. The bottom level is a mix of colored glass tiles that gives the appearance of lightness and incandescence. Cantilevering on 3 sides, the top level is sculpted to express openings and finished q...
Studio Sarah Willmer’s project description Location Description This modern retreat is tucked into the site amongst tall Douglas fir trees and bedrock outcroppings overlooking the Skagit River just north of Fir Island. The building site was minimally disturbed as the new residence occupies the location of a former residential structure that was not re-usable. Perched...
The owners saw potential in this 1914 craftsman home when they bought it in 2013. The Seattle family had the intention of restoring the home’s original details while also making modern modifications to the traditional layout on the main floor. Influenced by years of living in Japan, the clients wanted a clean and simple aesthetic to suit their minimal lifestyle. The cen...
The property is also currently listed on the market with CBRE Residential. The narrow deep plan of this tall terraced late 19th century building was ill-suited to its previous use as offices, with escape distances pre-determining the necessity for the centrally located lift and stair core that sub-divided the floor plate into small inflexible work spaces. This configur...
The architect’s description This residence, located in a noble and leafy suburb in western Sao Paulo, is on a flat and deep site, with the main premise of taking the most advantage of the existing green area at the back of the site. The spaces are distributed across four floors, including the basement, so the extended program could be concentrated in a very compact are...
The project description from Stephenson Design Collective A small home in the residential neighborhood of Ballard in Seattle, WA was carefully dismantled by hand to save and salvage every piece of available material in order to create the Lark House. The existing home contained a full height basement that was inspected and reused as the foundation of the new home in or...
The house was meant for a single family, situated in Amwaj, Bahrain. The plot was 690 sq mts and the total built came up to 778 sq mts/8371sft. The owners wanted a modern, contemporary styled home with strong emphasis on interior architecture and strong interior/exterior connections. The home was planned on 3 levels with just the living levels and kitchen plus dining o...
The description from Forestgreen Creations Centered in the heart of the Niagara Peninsula, surrounded by fruit orchards, vineyards and the gently rolling hills of Fonthill, you will find the “Treehouse”. Nestled amidst the trees of a century old Carolinian forest, the Treehouse, a contemporary compact design, welcomes you with a stunning cantilevered porte-cochere. A ...
The architect’s description House V is located in a traditional residential urban area of Lima, with mainly single family homes and low rise buildings in a site with a northwest facade facing the afternoon sun. The project was conceived in a small plot wedge between two existing houses as a four story vertical building with a large program for a family with three child...
Feldman Architecure’s project description This complete remodel to a classic San Francisco Victorian set about to respect the grace and character of the original house while infusing a modern sensibility of space, light and materiality. The front facade of the house was kept largely intact; only a bright green door with a translucent polycarbonate panel hints that the ...
Encompassing 131 acres of lush Catskills forest, Lang Architecture’s Hudson Woods features 26 architect-designed dwellings meticulously crafted from locally-sourced, sustainable materials. The two-story, 2,800-square-foot model residence is private yet welcoming, with generous spaces for living and entertaining, and distinctive wood details throughout. On the upper le...
The designer’s description The apartment of 70 square meters (753 square feet), located in a newly built building in a new district of Brasilia, was designed for a young couple. Originally, the property was distributed into well-defined environments, including living room, kitchen, laundry area, two bedrooms and a toilet in the social area. The new design should addres...
The project description The existing Spanish Style house had been modified ad-hoc (not to mention illegally) over the years with little attention to the net effect. As with many of the transformations we design, we took the existing conditions and capitalized on the best features of the house. These were the big, open back yard, the opportunity to connect the house to ...
