This apartment with a total area of 43.72 m2 is located in a modern residential multi-family housing in Moscow, Russia. The customer is a young IT specialist who spends a lot of time outside this minimalist small apartment. | Continue reading
The building is situated in the countryside near Genoa, surrounded by a chestnut trees woods. Before the refurbishment works, the countryside house was characterized by a long corridor that completely cut the flat, leading to the several rooms arranged on both its sides. | Continue reading
Composing of blue, green and gold copper colour, the visional motif is contrasting but harmonious. As if Henri Matisse’s famous painting “The Dance II”, with orange colour blending in discordant blue and green pigments, reveals a vibrant art style which called Les Fauves. | Continue reading
In an area of Wyoming known for it’s 20,000 SF, multilevel, seldom-used vacation homes, this modest one level structure serves as a primary residence. Nestled into the top of the ridge, Ridgeline house is intended to embrace nature. | Continue reading
The Winnwood project did not start with the goal of pursuing LEED Platinum certification or becoming a zero-energy residence - the original intent was to create a sustainable, efficient home. | Continue reading
The Dutch villa is situated overlooking the river Hollandse IJssel. The riverside has been kept transparent to maximise the view, the dyke side has a more modest, closed character to guarantee privacy. | Continue reading
Perched high on the hill side, the Wye River Box Home sits where the tree canopy once stood, anxiously awaiting the regrowth of the surrounding bushland. | Continue reading
Residence for two collectors in Chicago by Wheeler Kearns Architects. After a lengthy search, a full penthouse floor of a Chicago high-rise was discovered that afforded 11 foot high ceilings, a double height space looking south to the city, and 360 degrees views. | Continue reading
A modern design with an open plan was desired, and an existing 2-story Valle Vista house in NW Portland was vetted for a potential renovation. The existing main level was reorganized and opened up, and a third level addition for a master suite was added atop. | Continue reading
A restful man cave detaches from the hustle-bustle concrete jungle, a primeval model which is modernized by minimalist means and suffused with deep color scheme of forest and concepts of nature wilderness. Taichung apartment in Taiwan | Continue reading
This semi-detached modern house was rebuilt for a young family on a 60’ x 90’ piece of land. Laid out over two different levels, the lower section of the plot houses the car porch with a ramp and staircase, connecting it to the home which sits on the higher land area. | Continue reading
The xt casa project is the result of the redesign of an old apartment in Ioannina. The proposal transforms the apartment into an industrial space with a unique style. | Continue reading
Located in the south end of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Syncline residence was designed for California-based Geoff and his husband, Nova Scotia-based James – the quiet, masculine modern form sits adjacent to Point Pleasant Park and overlooks the North-West Arm. | Continue reading
Accompanying a mutual friend nearly as long ago, the architect visited the site as a guest and years later could easily recall the inspiration inherent in the site. Ultimately dream and inspiration met to create this weekend retreat: Stanley Ridge Shed . | Continue reading
The clients’ requested a dark kitchen which would also throw hints to the industrial aesthetic of the iconic Collingwood Foy & Gibson building in which it is located. The Oxford Street Apartment designed by Design + Diplomacy for a young ... | Continue reading
The future house was imagined by both client and architect to be a continuation of the long history of people living in a house on the site, and that the new Avonlea house would stand the test of time both architecturally and quality of workmanship. | Continue reading
Tucked away in a remote desert location just outside of the U.S. Capitol Reef National Park is a plot of land with some of the most impressive rock formations in the world. Capitol Reef Desert Dwellings designed in Utah by Imbue Design. | Continue reading
The Patio Residence is the response to a private entrusts for the design of permanent housing of a family of four members. It is developed on the outskirts of the city of Santa Fe, in the area of current growth of private neighborhoods and countries on the Santa Fe – Rosario high … | Continue reading
The empty and forgotten semi-basement space of EK Bistro in the 19th century Ljubljana corner building, which faces the riverside and a rarely frequented stairs-street, housed diverse ventures in the past, from a local butcher shop to a wholesale wine store. | Continue reading
The northern Georgian Bay island is remote, breathtakingly beautiful, and entirely private. However, the poor old original Georgian Bay cottage was tired, the log walls had rotted to a degree that made the structure dangerous, there was nothing to save. | Continue reading
A mid 1960´s villa by architect Guðmundur Kr. Kristinsson needed renovation and repair. The original single family house in Fossvogur was a prime example of late modern architecture in Reykjavik. | Continue reading
Wolf Creek Cabin sits in a lightly-treed meadow, surrounded by foothills and mountains in Eastern Washington. It is designed as two interlocking “L” shapes: a covered patio is located at the intersection of one “L,” offering a protected place to sit while enjoying sweeping views … | Continue reading
The Woodpeckers house sits on a low brick plinth which provides a raised entrance area, as well as larger terraces around the house. The ground conditions mean that the gardens can suffer with boggy lawns at times. | Continue reading
Kiah House is an addition to a weatherboard cottage in North Fitzroy, Melbourne. The extension comprises two separate pieces of architecture, the master bedroom ‘haven’ - which sits beside the original house extending to the northern boundary, and the separate office poised above … | Continue reading
The original pattern of the material itself is quite enthralling, acting in concert with the changes of light beams inside the spaces of this industrial-style home. This allows a further incorporation of lifestyle and residence. | Continue reading
Kumaon Hotel is a small hotel in Uttarakhand, India Situated 1600m above sea level in the village of Kaser devi near the town of Almora. Its named after the region it is situated, ‘kumaon’ a region of mountains, valleys, forests and scenic lakes. | Continue reading
This elegant minimalist house can be described as a minimal composition of 2 seemingly floating masses intersecting at right angles. A 5m cantilever adds drama and gives the composition its unique character. | Continue reading
The Garden Wall house had to sit alongside the existing studio/garage building, allow for direct entry to the second dwelling from the lane way plus maintain access into the garage and to the studio above whilst retaining sunlight in the existing studio room, where the owner work … | Continue reading
We were very fortunate to work with a couple who, devoted to the ideals of minimalism’s stark allure, asked us to design a desert house in the foothills of Tucson, Arizona, located in the profoundly diverse Sonoran Desert. | Continue reading
Villa 9010 is a new, two-storey, energy-efficient home for a young family in the seaside village of Dalkey, South County Dublin. | Continue reading
Located on a unique inside-corner lot backing onto a ravine, the Thornwood house is composed to respectfully address the scale, opacity and materiality of the rich and historic streetscape in which it is placed. | Continue reading
The architect was contacted to provide design services completing the unfinished adaptive reuse of the historic 19th century Cohen Building in downtown Nashville. The Cohen Loft Nashville completed renovated by Sanders Pace Architecture | Continue reading
Freshwater Place apartment on the fifty-sixth floor is like a theatre box from which to view the city. Completely re-planned to accommodate a couple with a growing family, spaces for family engagement are balanced with others for retreat within a small footprint. | Continue reading
This four bed family house sits in the heart of the Kent countryside surrounded by mature trees and gardens. This black modern house encompasses a mixture of framed and linear views across four carefully sculpted gardens that aim to each capture a piece of the surrounding landsca … | Continue reading
A contemporary duplex apartment in a new, residential building. The central idea behind the design was the creation of visual link between the floors (15th and 16th), to reinforce the vertical relationships and transform the cross sections of the spaces into more important and si … | Continue reading
A wooden construction on a concrete slab, the rural cottage is clad with burnt hardwood panelling on the outside, utilizing a method well-known in Japan, among other countries, to enhance the durability of the wood. | Continue reading
This lovely apartment is located in Via Cernaia, the axis of expansion of the late nineteenth century city focused on the Porta Susa station, in the center of Turin. | Continue reading
The main façade of the Palau Sator house is made with local natural stone and characterized by its openings framed with iron sheets and the predominance of vertical proportions. | Continue reading
The owners found the original Marsh house while kayaking on the stream that passes within a few yards of the house. They fell in love with the location, especially the marshes and the feeling of being surrounded by nature. | Continue reading
Modern Mountain Cabin Methow Valley designed by Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects. The Chechaquo Lot 6 Cabin sits in a small meadow ringed by ponderosa pines. | Continue reading
In this mansion, an old Bordeaux hotel, the living space is revealed by the encounter between past and present. It is in the interpretation and the articulation of the existing architectural signs that has emerged the project, where each new architecture fragment fits and dances … | Continue reading
The Cobourg house, adjacent to Cobourg’s Victoria Park, is set deep into the site while accommodating local zoning regulations. Screened by large mature trees, it is intended to have a discreet presence in this conservation area. | Continue reading
Treetop House explores architecture that responds to its environment pragmatically but also emotionally, allowing a young family to connect with their leafy surrounds. | Continue reading
This red brick house is the result of the collaboration between Proyecto cafeína and Estudio Tecalli. The project integrates regional material element and is located in San Pedro Cholula, Puebla in México. | Continue reading
A family cottage on a remote and private north-Ontario lake. The Algonquin cottage is on the doorstep of the vast Algonquin Provincial Park. | Continue reading
Located on a heavily-wooded property minutes from downtown Dallas, this project was a complete redesign of a dilapidated 1950s split-level home. | Continue reading
Located on a characteristic street in Madrid’s Barrio de Salamanca, the Penthouse H forms part of the seventh floor of a typical bourgeoisie twentieth-century building. It originally housed an Academy of Fine Arts. | Continue reading
Paramount Residence is a reimagining of an existing 1959 brick bungalow. Our clients’ previous home was a striking mid-century modern structure in California. | Continue reading