Encompassing 357 square feet (33 square metres), the Drake is the debut camper from Land Ark. The company was founded in 2016 by husband-and-wife team Brian and Joni Buzarde and is based in Buena Vista – a town in central Colorado. The couple formerly lived in Texas, where Brian studied architecture, and Joni studied management and marketing. In 2011, the two decided ...
Vienna and Beijing-based architecture studio Penda has revealed plans for the 116-metre-high Tel Aviv Arcades, which has alternating setbacks to provide residents with sunny garden terraces or secluded private balconies. "When I first walked through Tel Aviv, I was taken by the vividness on its streets and its shores," said Penda co-founder Chris Precht. "The rhyth...
Named Skywalk, the viewing platform is built above an existing WWII military platform in the Upper Rock Nature Reserve that once served as a base for anti-aircraft Bofors guns. Arc Designs wrapped the existing stone platform with a 2.5-metre-wide glazed walkway and balustrade, which cantilever over the steeply dropping terrain. Steel stairs lead from the walkway up t...
Impressed by their previous work, the client tasked the studio led by architects María Victoria Besonías and Guillermo de Almeida with designing a property in the coastal Costa Esmerelda resort that had a simple pared-back aesthetic and low-maintenance construction. The Forest house is similar to another summer house completed by the architects on the same resort and ...
Pacific Gate by Bosa stands 41 storeys tall at the junction of Broadway and Pacific – the main access into the downtown area from the coastal highway. With plans to create a "gateway" into the city, developer Bosa aimed to capitalise on the revitalisation of the surrounding waterfront and continuing work in the area. The company built a tower filled with luxury con...
The 16 brightly pods are oriented to enjoy views over the Suncheon Ecological Bay, which is located around 300 kilometres south of Seoul on the southern coast. The glamping tents at the SJCC Glamping Resort are designed for would-be campers who want to be close – but not too close – to nature. Plumbed and wired into the mains, tourist can enjoy cooking in their pod...
As size and configuration of prefabricated houses have to be flexible in order to adapt to the needs of different families and their location, the concept behind Tind is based on a few simple features. The roof, for instance, starts with a pitch that is typical for detached Swedish houses. However, it is not capped with a roof ridge but flattens off. The house also only ...
Trees sprout out of the rainbow-coloured cubes that make up the facade of this bank in northern Tokyo – the fourth building that architect Emmanuelle Moureaux has designed for Sugamo Shinkin (+ slideshow). Emmanuelle Moureaux, a French designer based in Tokyo, applied her signature colour spectrum to the facade of the Sugamo Shinkin Bank in Nakaaoki, but also developed ...
The residential tower has been commissioned by Masharii & The Land, and will be comprised of 10 apartments that will sit above a commercial space. The building has been designed as a series of stacked apartments, with each floor representing a single home that enjoys 360 degree views. Each floor is shaped uniquely with the interiors able to be opened for indoor / o...
occupied by a family of four, the clients set the brief with building requirements including: no magnetic field in the inhabited space; no wireless communication protocol; the use self-sufficient energy; materials free of volatile organic compounds and little construction waste. as well as integrating all the elements requested, the home is given a value of place; an...
The architect’s description This private house proposes a new way of living in the tropical Hawaiian climate. Whereas most houses on Maui are sealed air-conditioned boxes, this residence is predominantly naturally ventilated, designed to take advantage of the sea breezes to cool the interior and exterior spaces. The roof overhangs are carefully designed to ensur...
The designer’s description The house is located on a hill in the highest corner of a village amid an agricultural area in Northeast Bulgaria. The site of the project is distinguished both by its panoramic views and distant visibility. In order to strengthen them, a part of the program is located in the seemingly blind bastion-like volume and the living area is eleva...
The property was designed by Pitsou Kedem's Tel-Aviv studio for a couple and their three children, and is located in the northern Israeli village of Shavei Tzion, close to the owners' factory in a nearby industrial area. The house's plot is situated just 70 metres from the sea and looks directly onto an area of scrubland leading to the beach. The design aims to accent...
Tel-Aviv-based design studio Pitsou Kedem Architects actually stacked three rectangular prisms on top of one another and created a glass-dominated facade with a concrete linear element that meanders upwards and frames the building on the south side. From the front, the house looks mostly opaque. The monolithic volume is pierced with glass openings, with a translucent ...
name ‘kloof road house’, the distinctive property was designed with the aim to create a family oriented environment, integrated for a multitude of indoor and outdoor activities. maximizing views towards the north, each room has doors opening to the outdoors and connecting to the landscaped gardens surrounding the property. a black, morphed cladding wraps and distingui...
The architect’s description A house of contradictions, between sealed and closed, to open to natural light and to the outside area. Contradictions between colors and drama of volumes. All of these create interest in a house built on a relatively small plot A square plot, relatively small for the program’s requirements, has dictated the structure’s concept. A gr...
in order to emphasize the scheme’s location, the house is formed of strategically fragmented elements, which direct and channel carefully selected sightlines. the residence, which rests on a stone plinth, is accessed at its basement via a staircase that leads to the upper levels. an open terrace connects to a garden area at the rear of the plot, filled with typical medi...
The project description The clients’ ambition and aspirations for the property is for the creation of two high quality contemporary residences, which boast a unique and sophisticated architectural design style. Whilst the design must generate dwellings with drama and excitement through the use of scale, volume, elegant materials and clever design, the dwellings must be...
The designer’s description Nestled into a forested slope along the eastern edge of the Case Inlet, this small retreat opens to a western view of the Olympic Mountains and the Puget Sound. Anchored by a weathered cedar clad bedroom wing, a bold concrete cantilever projects the living and dining into the dense forest and toward the view. An ipe deck slips from inside th...
The architect’s description The house location, relatively close to the sea, had a strong influence on its design, in spite having a view to the sea only from the second floor bedrooms. Direct connection between the interior and exterior and the ability to enjoy activities both inside and out, with all accompanying functions, were part of client requirement and were ad...
The architect’s description Sited between a suburban development and a protected wooded area, the Bridge House appears as a single family home from the front. Its rear elevation reveals an internal organization designed to accommodate three generations living together under one roof—or in this case, within three volumes that act as a number of roofs. These three volume...
The architect’s description The assignment is a single unit house in a residential park in northern Santiago.The sites, around 5000 m2 each and mostly surrounded by golf fields and green areas, have the constant presence of the Andes, high temperatures during summer time and winds from the south. The project seeks to incorporate the landscape in the household daily lif...
Each side of the building has been shaped to optimize its environmental orientation, creating a sequence of interconnected internal and external courtyards, gardens and public spaces for both residents and neighbours. By gradually fragmenting the overall volume of the design, its relationship with its context is customised to become solid in some areas and permeable i...
Though views out were paramount this needed to be carefully balanced with the required privacy from within. The living areas were to be open plan – enhancing everyday life. “The architecture needed focus on creating a contemporary, uncluttered and sculptural building,” said Tamaryn Fourie, senior associate and project team member. The site is excellently positioned ...
It is an unclad statement on the simplicity and harmony of contemporary architecture. It is a chameleonic living space, created to serve its owner and respect the environment. It is the inverted reference to Casa Malaparte, encased and protected by the tender earth that has hosted the human civilization for millennia. It is a complete study of aesthetics, structure, func...
with its location informed by the site’s natural topography, the new structure’s glazed façade opens on to an artificial lake populated with buoyant water lilies.to achieve a feeling of continuity throughout the scheme, small white ceramic tiles were chosen to line the pool as well as its neighboring surfaces. the front of the pavilion houses a sliding door that disappea...
the dwelling’s minimal structure and transparent walls create long, encompassing views regardless of on-site location. when approaching from street level, guests are greeted by a floating, striped wall that stretches the entirety of the plot. aside from it’s aesthetic purpose, it also aids in heat-retainment due to its thickness and insulation properties. inside, teak wo...
bromley caldari architects, in charge of the project, were handed a derelict structure with a tight spiral staircase haphazardly placed, four dark musty bedrooms, a leaky roof, and a cracked pile foundation. still, it had potential. bromley caldari began the project by taking advantage of a local law that permits bay windows to project up to two feet from the building ...
it’s both coarse and refined, characterized by huge frigidly cold lakes, snarling, snow-capped mountains, and dense vegetation. perched on a hillside near gutiérrez lake, in northern patagonia, is the ‘MD house’ by alric galindez architects. the architects explored a variety of ideas within the dwelling. most apparent is in the examination of interrelationships between...
positioned between cabo de creus and the urban settlement of el port de la selva, the cubic form in many ways become intrinsically connected to its coastal landscape. due to its context, the house is prone to strong winds so thick glass has been put in place. referencing mediterranean architecture as well as the addition of contemporary touches, the exterior uses a white...
the design opens up the tower’s inert shaft to embrace both city and nature in a three-dimensional sculpture, which projects the space of living outwards into the surrounding context. located on the canadian city’s main avenue, the tower, developed by bosa properties, stands as a new beacon at the gateway to vancouver and forms an urban pivot strategically positioned whe...
In this beautiful homes from the designers at the Fedorova firm use stone and wood to create an ultimately beautiful and relaxing interior. The emphasis on right angles and clean lines is truly impressive, with every element from sofas to stair railing cutting the same sharp silhouettes. The two story home also features modern luxuries, like an indoor swimming pool and g...
The house was designed to evoke a feeling of continuous and permanent breadth. As the designer of both the architecture & interiors, Marques brought a contemporary feel to this three-story structure, which is now the home to a young couple and their children. It measures in at three floors, with ample terraces throughout the top floor. The landscape surrounding the prope...
But for the lucky few, it is possible to make these dreams come true a bit earlier, as is the case for this modern Australian home from the architects at Rolf Ockert Design. Overlooking the ocean, this house was designed to feel like a vacation home despite its status as a primary residence. From the angular exterior to the sleek furnishings and luxurious backyard, it is...
This was an Additions and Alterations project on an existing house in Bukit Timah. The owner’s father built the original house and the building was in an awkward position on the plot. According to the brief, the client wanted to have two master bedrooms along with four bedrooms – this required additional floor area as the original house area could not comfortably fit in...
The architect’s description Conceived as a compact and low maintenance residence for a retired couple in Cottesloe, Western Australia, the Salvado Street Residence is a modernist inspired beach home with a clear and rational design to suit the needs of its occupants which breaks with its suburban context of 1970’s brick and tile townhouses. The design draws inspiration...
