When a couple decided to extend and refresh their duplex apartment in Brooklyn by purchasing and adding the upstairs apartment to their own, they turned to New York-based architecture studio WORKac for help. Co-founders Dan Wood and Amale Andraos applied their signature approach to the interior, combining rigorous research and a rich dollop of imagination and experimenta...
The house is implanted in the Atlantic Forest to obtain the combination of the ocean view and the native vegetation view. Composed of two distinct blocks of stone and concrete coupled to the main volume delimiting functions, the project prioritized the integration of social spaces and the privacy of intimate rest.The first volume marks the garage, lavabo and social entra...
The interior space consists of one basement and two floors on the ground, and each floor features staggered interior structures, which enriches the interaction between the occupants and spaces.The atrium and staircase are in the central area, with a green maple brought into the atrium from the previous residence. The underground rooms, tea drinking area and kitchen are d...
Welcoming visitors to the home is an entrance path with concrete steps that lead from the off-street parking below the house, through the garden, and to the front door. A large oversized black pivoting front door opens to reveal the interior of the home, which was conceived as a gallery-like space. Inside, there’s an open floor plan with the main living room and entert...
A little ‘village’ has appeared in London’s northern neighbourhood of Finchley. The project is the work of Dalston-based architects kennedytwaddle, headed by Gary Kennedy and Chris Twaddle. Arranged like a composition of open and closed volumes, the boutique development – named Spencer Courtyard – consists of five homes built in the challenging site of a former disused t...
Set in the historic centre of the city, the original house dates from the beginning of the 20th century. La Errería gutted the property internally and built a number of rooms from orientated strand board (OSB) in a new building set back from the house's original facade. "We decided to keep and protect the facade in order to respect the memory and the common facade com...
The studio designed the single-storey cabin, which is located in a holiday park near the German border in the Dutch province of Drenthe, so that its structure would become a key part of its interior. "Structural and material expression was the main driver for the design," said founder of Crafted Works James Jeffries. "The various building elements were considered i...
Two stacked rectangular volumes clad with black siding by Aspyre and large windows comprise the geometric 4,352-square-foot (404.3-square-metre) house, which is set on a concrete foundation. The house called Royal is situated on one of nine plots owned by the local studio and its partners that extend into Forest Park, an urban forest with hiking trails, near downtown ...
Hale Lana is a 17,200-square-foot (1,598-square-metre) house designed for a couple who wanted ample space to host large gatherings on Hawaii's Big Island. Its name translates to "floating home" as each structure is lifted slightly above the lava bed – a plain of flat lava flows. Piles of the red and black rocks are situated around the grassy property and form a cascad...
The founder of Rodrigo Simão Architecture lives in House in Samambaia with his wife, the artist Katharina Welper, and their children. A huge curved metal structure forms the roof and is covered in hardwood floorboards on its underside, an asphalt blanket and then shingles on top. Glass walls reach to the tip of the curve – a feature Simão was able to create by usin...
On the other hand, many green spaces and fields like farm left for development by the Green Land Law remain. The owner has lived in this area for many years and has long been a landowner who owns this site and many others.When we build a new apartment in a rural area, we think about parking space. Around this site, where household income and marriage rates are high, two ...
SURCO and our partner Sindar are part of the exclusive project of Jean Nouvel in Andorra. An innovative residential project, located in the village of Ordino, in a privileged setting, with easy access to all the services of the village on foot. Ordino is a parish of Andorra and is considered the most preserved valley in the country. SURCO provides the project with floo...
The six-story BREEAM Excellent building includes 15 residential apartments, a shared rooftop terrace, and green roofs. The design plays with interlocking volumes, reinterpreting the original structure in a new way. Curved corners emphasize the continuous lines along the high street and Montserrat Road, activating more pedestrian space. Horizontal and vertical elements...
The home features four separate structures with views of sky, sun, and water that are inspired by traditional Hawaiian villages. “They’re like modernist lean-tos,” explains Greg Warner. Fostering a strong connection with the site’s natural surroundings of lava and grass, the structures all open to the outdoors and are connected with a lush courtyard and koi pond. C...
Minale originally planned to demolish the home and start from scratch, but in the end he decided to renovate and restructure to create his desired family abode. The home features an abundance of bespoke designs from the London-based studio that reference its industrial roots, including a drive-in garage and the brand’s signature LED Buster Bulbs. Minale settled on ...
An exercise in efficiency, the 225-square-meter residence was constructed in a controlled factory environment and comprises just three modules. Dubbed Project Kangaroobie, the contemporary home combines floor-to-ceiling glazing, a neutral palette of natural materials and a minimalist design to keep focus on the outdoors. When the Sydney-based clients of Project Kangar...
Their latest design, the TENZO, is a modular 430 square foot home on wheels that comfortably accommodates an entire family of six! While most tiny homes are usually designed for two to four occupants, and maybe a pull-out sofa for guests, the TENZO tiny home is an outstanding design for families that would like to experience a more minimalist lifestyle. At 430 squa...
Designed by Milan-based architecture firm JMA, the holiday home was prefabricated, installed and furnished in just six months. The high-performance building envelope has been engineered to guarantee near net-zero energy usage throughout the year. Located on a compact plot, the Jesolo Lido Pool Villa makes the most of its small property size by emphasizing indoor-outdo...
As with all “Leap Houses,” the home’s entire design and construction process was managed by the Leap Factory team and was constructed with a modular system built of natural, recyclable materials to allow for maximum flexibility. All of the components provided by Leap Factory for the House in Chamois were also designed and produced in Italy. The House in Chamois was cr...
Located just outside the coastal town of Matanzas in Navidad, the building was designed for a reduced environmental footprint, from the use of elevated foundations that minimize site impact to the rooftop solar panels that meet all of the home’s electrical needs. Set atop hilly remote terrain high in the pine-studded mountains, Casa Rural #01 marks the first home to b...
Designed by the team from Woodenwidget, the Plurt is a lightweight yurt that can be assembled quickly with just a few simple tools. What’s more, the round yurt offers a sustainable and highly insulated home that can be built in just about any landscape. While we’ve seen some pretty impressive DIY yurt designs over the years, the Plurt is designed to take the guesswork...
Mexican architecture studio Manuel Cervantes has a growing portfolio of context-sensitive work under its belt, including private houses, infrastructure and commercial projects; all schemes designed with particular attention to their site and built and natural environment, employing generous proportions, natural, local material and architectural cues rooted in their local...
The clients, a couple with 3 children, purchased an empty triangular property, and asked to have a 4 bedroom / 3 bathroom home designed on a limited budget. Open to exploring materials and methods of construction, the architects suggested a shipping container home that could be prefabricated offsite and provide the kind of design experimentation that they were open to...
Designed from the inside out, the original building has been shaped into a ‘shoebox style’ apartment where architecture becomes part of the interior decoration, resulting in a series of beautifully contemporary living spaces. On the plot measuring 3.60m x 10m, the original construction has been reinforced with more than 200 tons of concrete poured on site, turning the...
John Lum Architecture renovated the dwelling on a sloping property in the city's Eureka Valley neighbourhood, which spans 19th Street and Thorp Lane. The project, called 19th Street, features a one-storey, gabled portion at the front and an addition in the rear that scales five levels. The studio demolished a large portion of the rear of the existing residence and rep...
Naturehumaine designed the Poisson Blanc cabin in Laurentides, Québec with the striking shape to take cues from the rocky, inclined site. Its name references the nearby lake and park called Poisson Blanc, which translates as white fish. "The concept of this chalet results from the rugged topography of its site, a sloping terrain on which the project is anchored in the...
The house is made up of a set of pieces that move in one direction, offering exterior spaces as patios between the various volumes that contain the different interior uses. Thus, with this movement, a volume is fragmented into small parts, giving each of them a unique character and their own autonomy. The house is conceived with natural materials, but built with curre...
With that kind of description, you might wonder what exactly that homeowner’s house in Los Angeles might be like. The answer is the Collywood House. Kipp Nelson was looking to find a home in Los Angeles as his travels so often take him there, but he didn’t want any of the “soulless white-box spec houses” glutting the market. So he purchased a promontory in the Hollywo...
Located in Caufield in Melbourne’s south-east, the home of the same name is an expression of the owner’s personality through architecture. A combined appreciation of materiality and contrast saw the birth of this considered and curated home that neatly wraps around its own central courtyard, bringing natural light and key living landscaped elements into the interior. Wit...
That such a sculptural work of architecture could emerge as a result of deeply pragmatic considerations is perhaps surprising, yet, as architect Tony Chenchow explains, a ‘top-down’ approach to spatial planning is applied in all Chenchow Little’s work. “We work to address the pragmatic part of the client’s brief and then we look at the site conditions. What’s really impo...
With three generations of the same family sharing the space, the living quarters for the older couple is situated on the 1st floor, while the 2nd and 3rd levels house the younger couple and their child. Spanning from the front yard ground level to the peak of the third floor is an expansive "stairway-like" structure that penetrates through the building. Offering sepa...
Named CyberHouse LIFE, the project features various angular surfaces that offer its own unique panorama towards the landscape and the lake. Described as "the architecture of the future", the house, covering 1,370-square-metre area, is located on a rocky slope on the coast of a mountain lake. Organically inscribed in the relief, the house, as it were, takes its form w...
Named Santa Teresa House (or Casa Santa Teresa), the studio has completed the construction of the Casa Santa Teresa on her native island, on the Route des Sanguinaires in Ajaccio. There would be the primitive memory of a house by the sea, memory of the days blushed by the sun, slow or dancing evenings, clear dawn which opens their arms to the one who finally dozes off...
Paul Michael Davis Architects PLLC solved this tricky brief by designing a home that wraps around a private, southwest-facing courtyard space. Over time, the landscape design will grow into a final layer of privacy. The main living area and the master bedroom surround the outdoor space in an L-shape, and the rest of the rooms are arranged as an outer layer around thos...
Beirut is one such city, leading to micro apartments growing in popularity. The Shoebox, which spans a mere 16m2 (approx. 172 square feet), makes scaling back much more feasible with built-in functionality added everywhere for maximum efficiency. Designed by Elie Metni, the micro apartment is located on the roof of an older building in the center of the Achrafieh distric...
For one, the foundation of the Old City is made up of ruins, vaults, and rubble that can date up to a thousand years of age. Houses also sometimes span multiple street levels and are built over layers of precious archaeology. Architect Shlomit Mamon Zaresky was tasked with restoring a single family vacation home in the Old City that takes up two different street level...
