Alterstudio’s design not only respects the existing landscape but uses a plethora of environmentally friendly technology. Settled amidst a grove of ancient oak trees, the house takes full advantage of stunning views of the Bright Leaf Preserve and the Colorado River. The shade from the trees also naturally cools the house, while strategically placed skylights still let n...
Floating homes are surfacing all over Europe. In a step up from liveaboard vessels and traditional houseboats, they offer the space and comfort of terrestrial abodes. A Danish-English firm builds 2-story houses with 140 m2 of living space on a concrete hull designed to last a century without maintenance. Fish are often attracted to the seaweed and mussels that grow below...
Named Wikkelhouse, which translates from Dutch as Wrap House, the completed prototype comprises a series of interlocking cardboard segments that each weigh 500 kilograms. Each of these tubular components is 1.2 metres deep, and can be connected and disconnected to extend or reduce the length of the building. They also make it easily transportable.Each section is made ...
The 11 properties were designed by local firm Guy Hollaway Architects for developer Harriss Property and are located to the west of the town centre on the site of the former Royal Seabathing Hospital. Margate is a traditional British seaside resort that is undergoing a process of regeneration, with the completion in 2011 of David Chipperfield’s Turner Contemporary art...
The home is currently for sale through Hilton & Hyland and MariSol Malibu.The home has a landscaped path lined with palm trees that guide you to the front door.Upon entering the home, there’s a living room, focused on a built-in fireplace with concrete surround.Behind the fireplace, there’s a bar and games area.The home has been designed for indoor/outdoor living, with a...
Gota Dam Residence: A House on a Rock is designed by London-based practice Studio Seilern Architects with architect Muzia Sforza. The 1,500-square-metre dwelling is sandwiched between two pairs of overhanging timber-clad slabs, which direct views to the artificial reservoir as well as providing shade from the strong sun for the main living spaces. "The area is, to sa...
Architecture studio Rever & Drage was asked to replace a dilapidated holiday home from the 1950s with a contemporary cabin that makes the most of the spectacular vistas from its site in the district of Straumsnes. The original building was demolished. But a swimming pool from the same period was retained and refurbished, along with a recent annex that the studio integ...
Completed in 2015, the three-storey Beijing townhouse was re-planned as a single-family residence separated into distinct units, in order to create a distance between the owners and their visitors to result in the guest areas being shared out between the two lower levels while the uppermost storey has a separate entrance providing private access to the owners. The 510...
The pool house and outdoor area wrap around the edges of the pool.The pool house has a full outdoor kitchen, with built-in oven and wine rack.Stepping down from the pool house, you reach the main outdoor dining and lounge area.In case the amazing views aren’t enough for you, there’s also a built-in television in the lounge area.There’s also a bathroom hidden in the pool ...
The House boom. Many young couples with kids wanted a house of their own with a garden, where family activities and leisure could take place. The client. A young family of four dropped by my office one day, hoping to design a fun filled house with a limited budget. They had made a big decision to move from a city to a country side, where there were only few peopl...
Located on a small island in Loosdrechtse Plas, a region famous for its beautiful lakes, the 215-square-foot holiday home is built with large glazed end walls that frame views of the surrounding scenery. The customizable elements of the house, such as the movable wall and rotating fireplace, let residents expand the footprint of the cabin to accommodate a variety of weat...
The site's surrounding nature was key to the design development, with the architects aiming to create strong connections between inside and outside in several parts of the house. Brutalist references also helped mould the exterior's graphic concrete shapes. This also informed the material selection. A mixed palette of concrete, wood, marble, glass and mirrors was put ...
A Dutch client, entrepreneur, hobby pianist and racing driver, was not entirely satisfied with the cluttered layout of the chalet design that was included purchasing the building plot, and asked our advice on adjustments. SeARCH proposed to start from scratch and tailored the program more compact and site specific (the steep hillside). The “traditional” chalet, origina...
As in the famous Lewis Carrol tale, Wall House is not what it seems. Is it a fortress that closes itself to the world? Or is it an isolated place that avoids all communication with the exterior? Wall House is the physical expression of a family’s life; a large shell protecting everyone that inhabits it. This shell embraces four patios which are developed three dimension...
The uneven topography of the site, the good orientation and the views to the Mediterranean sea are the game rules. The difficult nature of the site is used as an opportunity to define the nature of the house. As if it was a chain of causes and consequences, minimizing the resources needed for the intervention. The house is presented in one single floor, placed above the...
Gateira is a hamlet placed on a beautiful hill planted with vineyards, pines and olive trees with splendid views over the southern tip of Serra da Estrela, the highest point in mainland Portugal. The clients – a British couple – wanted a second home to give them space, open air and silence, in contrast to their life in London. The first question was: how to design on su...
Upon closer inspection, it is not hard to imagine how the visually striking Konieczny's Ark got its name. Created for the firm's owner, Robert Konieczny, the home becomes vulnerable to landslides due to its slopeside location, which can be a frequent occurrence in this part of the Polish mountains. To safeguard the building, the architects created a design that 'floats' ...
The architects designed a large open volume to house a living room, dining and kitchen. To create more square footage to the living space, they added a small patio accessible via a sliding door. The tight lot was maximized by efficiently massing the volumes according to the programmatic wishes, and site considerations were strategic with a grass paver system tucked into ...
And the result is breathtaking! At the beginning of this amazing project, the client only had two basic requirements: that it should have a flat pitched roof and enough room for his collection of cars and motorcycles. After more than five years of planning and collaboration with architect Harald Eppler and the home technology innovators at GIRA, construction began on the...
Developed by CNX Construction and owned by Sebastian-Justus Schmidt, the Phi Suea House is powered entirely by a solar-hydrogen system — a world’s first for energy storage of its size. The solar-powered hydrogen storage system provides 24-hour, year-round access to clean energy, even during periods of bad weather. The 100% self-sustaining Phi Suea House development c...
Located in Nukerke at the heart of the Flemish Ardennes region, the renovated building overlooks panoramic views of the hilly countryside through large windows that extend up to a high gable roof. The architects clad the home in handsome black aluminum siding and wooden slats to give the building a contemporary appearance, while complementing the rural surroundings. W...
Located in Glen Echo, Maryland just outside Washington D.C., the Mohican Hills House is a handsome modern home set on a beautiful forested property. Large expanses of Energy Star glass clad the dwelling to flood the interior with natural light year-round and frame views of the landscape and distant Potomac River. Surrounded by a grove of mature trees, the Mohican Hil...
The area around the home features mainly traditional homes, but the site is so large, with no close neighbors, the clients felt free to build a fully modern home. They also wanted a home with lots of glass, so they could enjoy the spectacular views of the changing seasons. At night, the lit front stairs guide you to the home’s entrance. Inside, on the main level is th...
The house was built around the existing trees so as to not disrupt the natural landscape. Tapered Lueders limestone cladding was used to create a weaving effect on the facade of the house, and its appearance changes throughout the day as the sun creates continuously shifting shadow patterns. Interior designer Jennifer Vaughn MIller, worked together with Aamodt / Plum...
after the residence was acquired by new owners, the dwelling was required to provide its occupants with more light and better views. surrounded by natural rock faces, ‘chalet solelyâ’ appears as a fortress, nestled into the rugged terrain. the site’s new addition is an open-plan living room consistent with the scale of the entire building. the space, a volume made of ...
The luxurious Trio Apartamenty development is among the most exclusive in Warsaw. Located in the heart of the capital, it was designed by JEMS Architekci and built by Eco Classic. The project serves both as a high-end residential building and a cultural hotspot. It hosts concerts of popular artists, art exhibitions and fashion shows. The building not only appeals to citi...
The 459-square-metre residence named El Mirador House is located on the 95-hectare El Eterno estate in Valle de Bravo – a forested municipality that wraps one corner of Lake Avándaro, approximately 150 kilometres southwest of Mexico City. Mexico City-based CC Arquitectos designed the house so that its living areas are sunken down below the level of a road at the back ...
in proposing the complete overhaul, the design team added a series of volumes that result in a dwelling three times the size of the original building. a fresh material palette is employed externally, with locally sourced larch wood contrasting pale ceramic tiles. primary living accommodation is found at ground level, with other smaller communal areas positioned throug...
located adjacent to an agricultural area, with distant views to the atlantic ocean, the site is limited by a deed restriction. the rule stated that the maximum height of the structure could not reach more than six feet above grade at the plot’s highest point. the design team responded to the situation by sinking the upper floor into the hillside to the north, and step...
Among these experiments was the architect’s use of carbon fibre, a material most often associated with boats. To do this, Tayar travelled to the Isle of Wight, where Gurit, the company that supplied the material, has an office. ‘They have extensive experience of using carbon fibre in boats, so we transferred that knowledge, applying it to architecture,’ Tayar explains. T...
According to Boeri, the building in the Chavannes-Près-Renens district of the city will be the first tower in the world to be covered with evergreen trees. The predominantly residential 117-metre-tall building will contain apartments ranging in size from two to five bedrooms, as well as offices, a gym and a panoramic restaurant on its top floor. Renderings released...
The client asked Thai architecture firm NPDA Studio to design Somjai House primarily as a retirement home. But the beach house near the town Tong Sala also serves as a reception for guests at the Coco-NutNume resort. A wide concrete patio in the centre of the building is open on two sides to provide views of the sea and nearby hills. It is used by both guests and perm...
Named after the Portuguese word for "garden", the Jardim development will be located on 27th Street, just west of the High Line park and one block away from a Zaha Hadid-designed condo building that is now under construction. Isay Weinfeld is one of Brazil's leading contemporary architects. Born in São Paulo in 1952, he studied at the School of Architecture at the cit...
Called East 44th Street, the 41-storey glass tower is slated to be constructed in midtown Manhattan on a site that currently contains a mid-rise residential building. The top half of the building will feature 16-foot-high (4.8 metres) "gaps" between every two to three floors that will be occupied by open-air terraces. Each private garden will be connected to two ap...
using this notion, korean firm SsD architecture created the ‘songpa micro-housing’ scheme composed of 14 ‘unit blocks’ which uniquely allows the residents to adapt their home’s configuration depending on their changing life and work situations. residents can either claim a single space, or in the case where a couple or friends desire to live together, recombine the b...
Located on the outskirts of a Berkshire village, the Old Water Tower is the home of practice co-founder Tom Gresford. The property has been certified as a Passivhaus – a title granted to buildings that use natural methods of heating and cooling, rather than relying on electrical systems. But Gresford Architects – which has offices in London and Oxford – didn't want...
