Melbourne studio Wolveridge Architects designed the residence for a young family in Mount Martha, a beach suburb on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne. The client – a developer and builder – had already been working with the firm on a neighbouring property, before commissioning the design of own family home. "The client had a third child on the way and so was kee...
Japanese architect Kouichi Kimura, founder of local firm FORM, designed Cozy House for a restricted plot in a densely populated residential area of Japan's Shiga prefecture. He proposed creating an largely inward-facing house filled with a variety of spaces, from quiet nooks to more open family areas."The house is built at one of the small sites crowded with houses an...
The site for the building in Busan's Daecheong-dong district measures just five metres wide by 12 metres deep, so JMY Architects chose to combine the various functions by stacking them vertically. By uniting a three-storey apartment with a commercial gallery space used by the owner, the building aims to demonstrate the potential for restricted urban sites to merge acc...
Arnau Vergés was asked to create a multi-purpose outbuilding next to a 17th-century farmhouse in La Vall d'en Bas, a municipality in eastern Spain, as part of a renovation and extension project called Farm Surroundings. The architect had already renovated the main property to provide room for the fourth generation of the farm's owners, the Carrera family, in 2011. ...
The retreat, located in Itaipava, Petrópolis, Brazil, was created by Architectare as a place where the owner could get away to a cozy, private place where he could be inspired. The dwelling houses one bedroom, a bathroom and a small pantry. “Once the writer is in it, he is cozy and protected. He has everything he needs, as in a womb. He is secure enough to get in tou...
This home is classified as “Energy Plus,” which means that it produces more energy than it needs. Boston-area solar panel installers Transformations, Inc. will partner with PLA to complete this project. The custom zero energy home will have a rooftop full of solar panels, as well as other energy smart features. Instead of paying a utility bill each month, this homeowner ...
The 106 square-meter guest house is a modern villa that can sleep eight people in two cleverly designed rooms. The space blends in with the surrounding landscape and movable sunscreens allow inhabitants to carefully adjust the amount of light that enters the space. The owners required a space that could act as an escape for visitors, both hidden from the main house an...
Last year, the Brighton Housing Trust built 36 homes out of converted shipping containers in order to house some of the area's local homeless population. The compassionate project organized by the housing trust and QED Property stemmed from the desire to help those in need locally and to establish a pattern of social design with the low cost, durable material. The mod...
The Slim House extension introduces enough space to accommodate a new ground floor dining area, an extra bedroom on the first floor and a study on the second floor. The original building was already positioned on a narrow plot on the busy high street of St John’s Hill, Clapham. The structure, measuring just 2.3 meters wide, presented certain challenges in terms of organ...
The house is based on a LEED platinum-level-certified C6 prototype, which features environmentally friendly materials and cradle-to-cradle design philosophy. The property includes the C6 house installed at Big View Ranch and is up for sale for $485,000. LivingHomes designed the C6 series in collaboration with the Make it Right foundation, which was founded by Brad Pitt ...
To create a safe haven from the onslaught of noise, Blue Forest designed the world's first Quiet Treehouse, an enchanting and acoustically engineered timber structure. The cocoon-like treehouse was created in collaboration with John Lewis and the Britain-based nonprofit Quiet Mark, and will be donated to The Chestnut Tree House Children's Hospice in West Sussex.Luxury tr...
The Tropical Suburb House was designed by MM++ Architects for a site in a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City, where the dominant housing typology is neo-Victorian semi-detached properties. Rather than following this imported style, the architects adopted an approach guided by vernacular methods that respond to the local climate.The main practical consideration for the property ...
Akio Nakasa of Naf Architect & Design – who also recently completed a pair of houses that stand together to form an arch – planned the two-storey home for a once-empty corner plot in a residential area of Setagaya, a ward in Tokyo. To accommodate pedestrians who were used to cutting the corner of the derelict site on their route along the street, Nakasa designed the hou...
Japan-based Naf Architect & Design created this unique duo of buildings to stand together as one, although they do not touch. The arch created where one building ends and the other begins serves as an eye-catching architectural element to drivers-by. Akio Nakasa designed the pair of buildings, situated near a Japanese tea garden. Despite being two separate buildings, th...
The buildings feature locally-sourced larch wood and recycled timber from parlors and old farmhouses. Altogether, the group of chalets look like they're floating above a mountain crest. The architects designed the chalets as an extension of the prestigious “WirtshausSteirereck” restaurant. Each of the chalets has underground parking lots built underneath the existing ...
He gutted the building's interior, used the salvaged materials to redecorate, and installed flexible curtain partitions that can move with every breeze. The house was built for a young couple that wanted to renovate the old building instead of buying a new one. Everything within the interior was demolished and removed, and the architect added extra insulation and upgr...
Danish company Vipp has created the Vipp Shelter, a modern prefab escape that can pop up just about anywhere. Made from galvanized-steel-and-glass, this 600-square-foot minimalist house comes fully furnished and only takes three to five days to assemble on site. The compact two-story abode can accommodate four people and its minimalist design helps the structure blend se...
Austrian studio Juri Troy Architects designed the two-storey wooden structure for the outskirts of Hohenems, a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg that is overshadowed by the rocky peaks of the Rhine Valley. To contend with a long narrow site measuring 62 by 12 metres, the house was conceived as a 37-metre-long volume. This prompted the building's name, 37m...
Designed for a manufacturer of outdoor furnishings Kettal, the Kettal Cottage allows you to spend more time lounging in your yard and enjoying nice weather. Spanish architect and designer Patricia Urquiola is known for her unique furniture pieces and her collaboration with furniture manufacturer Kettal has resulted in interesting lines of outdoor furnishings that use ...
The Vancouver firm rose to these building challenges in their unique design for the space ship-like Hadaway House. Perched high on a snowy northwest slope in British Columbia, the timber-clad ski chalet overlooks stunning panoramic views of Whistler valley. Its sharp angles and dramatically sloped roof allows snow to easily slide off and avoid build up. Commissioned b...
On the outskirts of Adelaide, Australia, a 135-year-old church has been converted into an idyllic living space. From the front, the residence looks like an ordinary, modest place of worship, but inside, the high ceilings and arched windows create a sense of serenity. Paired with meticulously manicured landscaping, the unusual home was only on the market for a few days be...
Projected for competition by the end of 2016, the eight-story tall Chausseestrasse 43 building will feature large asymmetric windows to maximize natural light and a shining ceramic facade etched with a striking geometric pattern. The building’s most awesome feature, though, is that its shimmering ceramic tiles will consume carbon dioxide and release oxygen back into the ...
A++ Architecture recently unveiled plans to construct a cluster of net zero energy buildings in Bodrum, Turkey. The new development will feature a number of highly efficient, low cost homes made from recycled shipping containers. The high-performing, low-cost homes will be finished so that the original form is perfectly disguised within the new architecture, and the inte...
Working alongside Arterra Landscape Architects and Flegel’s Construction, Klopf opened the home to the surrounding landscape. The airy pavilion-like renovation provides the best of indoor and outdoor living, and allows the home to be naturally cooled by California’s breezes. When the homeowner discovered the property, she saw potential, but the existing structure was ...
A disused industrial building in Johannesburg may be getting a plant-covered overhaul by New York-based designers, Adjaye Associates. Headed up by David Adjaye, the design would revamp the Hallmark House in the Maboneng district, transforming it into luxury apartments and a hotel. The structure will breathe with foliage, as plant-covered balconies will adorn each of its ...
Clad in concrete and timber slats, the simple structure is built into the slope and retains existing architectural elements such as the footprint of a former well. An accessible green roof that’s connected to the farmhouse’s stone gable by a black metal bridge tops the outbuilding. The multipurpose outbuilding serves as a warehouse and workshop with space for changing r...
Lezze designed the four-bedroom home, named House VR, for a plot between two existing properties in Lembeek – a small town 10 miles south west of Brussels. The house boasts a narrow profile, wide facade and a flattened pitched roof, and the architects chose contrasting grey and terracotta bricks for the exterior and interior walls. The furrowed texture of the grey bric...
Located in the Laurentian forest outside of Montreal, Canada, the boxy modernist home is lined with planks of natural local wood, both inside and out. The home has large floor-to-ceiling windows and it hugs the forest, giving residents a connection with nature even while sitting indoors. The rectilinear home’s façade is a mix of glass and timber, with knotty wooden plan...
Built to last generations, the design also leaves enough space for the existing rare and mature magnolia and Japanese maple trees to safely grow alongside the home. The energy-efficient structure has an airtight building envelope to reduce heat loss and follows passive design principles. The Bedford Park House’s modest and traditional appearance—the house matches the ...
Coy Yiontis Architects answered their brief with a bold geometric extension to the rear of the property that celebrates timber and brings in plenty of natural light. Check out the gallery to see what lies behind the humble heritage street facade. The small plot of land in Balaclava, Melbourne needed to house a family of six and provide space for the grandparents to co...
The prototype is made almost entirely from sustainable materials and is equipped with an efficient water-treatment system and rooftop solar panels. The team is currently building and testing the house in Austin, Texas. This project addresses the lack of affordable housing in Austin, which is experiencing rapid population growth. The students decided to build a structu...
The project calls for the construction of a complex of 3 residential buildings in the area north of the Masterplan of Cascina Merlata to be used as an Expo Village in the first phase, and then to be converted into subsidized housing. The project stems from a complex operation of refinement of forms and volumes, developed in collaboration with Teknoarch, B22 and Pura, wh...
When one client needed a flexible vacation spot on a budget that could sleep up to ten people, architects Hunter Leggitt Studio (HLS) created the 510 Cabin in the high desert near Lake Isabella in California. In the end, seven students were chosen to come live in the area and work on the project as part of a hands-on learning experience. The result is a modern cabin tha...
Khamsa, the eye in the hand, recognized as a sign of protection is the symbol Atelier Koe played with in the design process for this house in Senegal. The project concept revolves around the notion of connexion and transition, from inner to outer, from light to shadow, from public to private, from reflection to absorbtion, from dry to wet, from social to intimate. The ...
Lot 4.2 is part of the new Clichy-Batignolles mixed development area and is located at the edge of boulevard Pereire, at the meeting point of two different periods in the history of Paris’ urban development. The building plays a key role in linking these two architectural worlds. The project renders homage to Paris and the 19th century architecture of the Haussmann bui...
The house is located in the Rua do Lindo Vale, in the city of Porto. It is a row-house, 3 stories high, built on a plot of 5 m width and 40 m length. This building has four fundamental characteristics. The first is that the architects are also the clients of this project. The second characteristic is the sound sense of urbanity of this house. This is a house built in t...
