– which follows the London home with a combined bookshelf and staircase we published yesterday.Buj+Colón Arquitectos incorporated storage space into plywood structures for its redesign of an apartment interior in the centre of Madrid. The Plywood Trio Apartment renovation comprises three elements made from the engineered timber – a staircase that steps over a row of c...
Located in the heart of the Beaminster conservation area in West Dorset, the design comprises 3 timber pods, which are linked via glazed connections. Each pod has an external terrace and pergola above, with these external spaces all formed around mature oak trees, which evokes a ‘house in the trees’-feel. The whole site is covered by a Thermoplastic PolyOlefin, but a...
Stage 1 includes the main living space, kitchen, laundry, bathroom and 1 bedroom - enough for the owners to live on site.The original house was designed to be comfortable standing alone, or to be added to in the future. It was a small one bedroom house, located in a small seaside settlement an hours drive north of Wellington City, New Zealand. Resting on gently undul...
The main design concept is to create a house which has close relationship with nature and this is achieved by having a swimming-pool linking the house with the landscape and ultimately visual connections with the sea. The idea of connection is reinforced by having the basement level media-room with a u-shaped acrylic window which allows diffuse natural light in and also ...
Set on the first third of a plot of land 150 m long, it stands in an isolated residential area in the Perche countryside. A minimalist object, a line diagram cube with 50 m² base on the ground, its black tinted wooden wall panelling responds to the woodland environment. With just one opening on each side judiciously oriented and highlighted with white, the front is made ...
Housing project in Tarragona. A steel structure supports lego-like prefab container houses. The building mixes several uses like community centres, local radio station, kindergarten and shops. The public space merges with the private space, proposing a new kind of housing typology for the neighborhood.The building intends not to be a physical nor visual barrier.
The site associated Allende is located at the western entrance of the city center, at the intersection of "rue du President Salvador Allende" and "rue Maingoval" and close to the main departmental road and the tramway. The site is located at the intersection of three poles constituting the center of Denain: the commercial center, the mixed urban center and the Emile ...
Our central idea was to wrap the original workers' cottage with a continuous series of indoor and outdoor spaces. Spatially, we have used the small block to maximise advantage, setting up a dialogue between the garden space and the interior living areas to create the illusion of a bigger site. Each downstairs living room - interior and exterior- 'borrows' space from ...
The architect’s description The first in a series of studies into the adaptation of vernacular Australian suburban typologies, ‘Blurred House’ is a major renovation and extension to an original 1930’s Californian bungalow in Melbourne’s inner-north. Reacting to the established convention of jarring juxtaposition of existing ‘old’ and introduced ‘new’ architectural ...
This 5 bedroom residence was designed for a couple with three children in the south coast of the state. The residence was designed with the living room as the heart of the home. There all parts of the house communicate and the family interacts. On the ground floor, a front balcony encourages traditional moments of interaction with neighbors. This balcony is fully ...
David James Architects & Associates Ltd were appointed by Husen Developments Ltd to design this luxurious family home on a challenging site with varying ground levels. The site in question faces southwest on a steep slope with views towards Poole harbour from the first and second floors. The area of Evening hill is set within the borough of Poole, Dorset and within close...
In the spirt of a Japanese kimono, the house is conceived as a single sweeping volumetric “sheet” enclosure that wraps and folds into itself to form and define two major interior spaces. The primary interior space is used for living, dining and study. An extended closed-in porch like aperture, analogous to an engawa or “in-between space” found in traditional Japanese arc...
In the outskirts of Gothenburg, overlooking a beautiful lake surrounded by birch and pine, you find Villa Bondö, a family house with a seamless interior. The volume, clad in larch with a Rheinzink roof, which climbs down and opens up the building towards the lake. The main character of the building is “the church”, a gable-roofed extruded space facing the lake. The cl...
This house was originally a two story, nondescript, 1970âs âfarmhouseâ with no architectural merit, clad in baby blue vinyl siding. The house had mold problems, and, consequently, its inhabitants had respiratory issues. Despite its pedestrian character and inadequate size, the house did have one thing going for itâit sat on the right place on its site, within ...
This North facing extension to a protected structure in Dublin is pivotal in connecting the existing house to the garden and the original mews beyond. The design recesses the upper bathroom block into the lower kitchen block to minimise the overall height while the pitched roofs maximise the internal volumns. The massing of the volumns responds to the scale of th...
The Aldo House is comprised of three slipping volumes of varying heights and lengths, staggered to respond to site and programmatic conditions. Each one is clad with a different material to hint at its interior function: cumaru wood planks; white quartz stone; and custom, diamond-shaped corten steel panels. The interior of the house continues the clear lines and filigree...
planted between the trees, ‘izabelin house’ serves as a country retreat for a single family, occupying its plot with a minimum of disturbance to the natural terrain. formed of two horizontally configured volumes, the home’s lower storey is clad with reflective paneling. consequently, these mirrored surfaces appear as an extension of the forest floor, with opaque area...
The house was renovated from a simple cottage with a 60’s extension into a contemporary home with a living area that is designed to maximize the available light and space. The description from the architect Located in the north Brisbane suburb of Wooloowin, Kent Road residence is a contemporary extension to an existing character residential cottage. Originally constr...
The design is both innately beautiful and functional; a concept that Shelly and Avi Osadon, the husband and wife duo behind SEE Materials and SEE Construction, flawlessly choreographed. The main level living area flows to the outdoor living area, without one step or change in elevation. Engineered marble slabs measuring 5 x 10 feet are Italian-imported and create exqu...
The East Van House is located on an atypical 50′ x 75′ lot with no lane access (compared to the standard 33′ x 120′ lot) that backs onto a schoolyard. The neighborhood is eclectic and colorful, with streetscapes that reflect the diversity of the community and its inhabitants. The house is designed with a dominant asymmetrical geometry to comply with the prescriptive z...
The black house was born by the request of a young couple, brought to us by another of our projects “The Waterfall House”, which gave us the challenge of improving what we had done at that moment, taking advantage of the freedom they gave us during the design. This single house is located in a closed neighborhood, 30km. away from Buenos Aires. The lot, 20 meters wide ...
The house is situated in Thorpeness on the Suffolk coast, and replaced an existing building at the site. The house will be a holiday house for rental. To get a planning permission it was important to relate to the existing, typical, British seaside strip of houses. The roofscape, the bedroom floor, somehow plays with the formal presence of these buildings, and also br...
David James Architects & Associates were chosen by developers Towncourt Homes Limited to design two single level homes, Vetro I & II, located in Sandbanks, Poole. From the architects The style of architecture celebrates simple, refined design, using open plan layouts to maximise living spaces and utilise the fabulous views of the harbour. The two houses are set ba...
situated on the shores of bennett lake in carcross, yukon, the program called for 1,000 – 1,200 square foot dwellings that had views to the lake and to the mountains beyond. owing to the wide variety of outdoor activities available in the region, the target demographic included active professionals, retirees, and vacationers. while the aim was to build something both ...
designed by studio zero85, ‘trabocco’ is named after the region’s old fishing machine structures, and comprises a simple gabled volume perched on an elevated steel jetty. Internally, a simple 4.5 meter space doubles as both living and sleeping accommodation, with a small kitchen positioned at the rear of the plan. timber decking surrounding the beach house provides a...
By carefully configuring the design and choosing the materials and colors, the firm has tried to blend in the building with its context of pine trees, american oak, beech, and heath. the concept of the house is strongly influenced by the character of the landscape. the soft and natural shades of the brickwork and the contrasting colors of the window frames compliment ...
held by the housing development board (HDB) and, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the country in 2015, the aims of the work are to renew the image of the society and to open the field of exploration of a new generation of affordable residences. with this scheme, the firm has become the first foreign architecture practice to design public housing in the south...
Located next to a highly visited tourist area just 20 km from the city center, the master plan is slated to be one of the most modern and efficient structures in the country. utilizing two sweeping walls that transition into overlapping roof planes, the buildings are laid out in a north-south orientation to benefit from natural sunlight, as one half of the structure is f...
originally, gumnos were places of both labor and public congregation, where villagers would thresh grain and meet to discuss important issues. rather than replace the structure, the design team decided that the existing structure should be restored, consequently forming the centerpiece of the property’s gardens where the family could meet with guests, friends and other m...
the demonstration residence’s distinctive tilt towards the southeast instigates its environmental performance, with a sloped roof surface clad in photovoltaic panels. the solar energy collectors are complemented by geothermal wells on the site, resulting in a total gain able to service the house with surplus to power an electric car year-round. to reach its classificatio...
With a dense green surrounding, the home engages the landscape with a careful combination of opaque and transparent vertical planes supporting two parallel planes forming the floor and roof. the bedrooms are situated within the the footprint of the structure forming a continuous walkway around the entire floor plan. at the center, an existing tree is allowed to penetr...
Situated in an ideal environment on a green plain next to the ocean in svencelė, lithuania, the housing prototype departs from the traditional orthogonal-walled constructs and introduces a new form of living within the infinitely cyclical circle. the wood-clad sectional pipes are oriented in the same direction with the transverse facades featuring full glass curtain ...
In response to this idea, malin persson has developed a project for student housing in an area on the outskirts of the city center. the concept is located within the constraints of a small, narrow site next to a rock dividing wall. the façade is defined by strips of glazing whose rhythm is randomly disrupted by diagonal portions of pink and yellow. this manipulation i...
Titled ‘atelier in negishi’, the project is arranged around two gardens: a large area of greenery to the north, and a smaller courtyard positioned to the south. The ground floor of the dwelling can be accessed through a doorway that leads into a gallery used for a range of exhibitions and events. an internal stairway then ascends to the upper level of the plan, where...
The residence is a masterpiece of design fusing traditional Thai architecture with organic, contemporary forms. World-renowned designers of the villas include The Campana Brothers of Brazil, A-cero from Spain, Joseph Walsh of Ireland, Mark Brazier-Jones of New Zealand, Graham Lamb from Britain and Thailand’s Eggarat Wongcharit. Every bedroom and living space is completel...
Iniala Beach House is comprised of three villas (each with three suites), and one spectacular penthouse suite. The residence is a masterpiece of design fusing traditional Thai architecture with organic, contemporary forms. World-renowned designers of the villas include The Campana Brothers of Brazil, A-cero from Spain, Joseph Walsh of Ireland, Mark Brazier-Jones of New Z...
