Stoned and Green in Vietnam
Dong Trieu, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam – Vo Trong Nghia Architects Built: 2011 Photography: Hiroyuki Oki If you have looked at ‘Wind and Water’, you’ll know why we really like the work of this firm of architects. Their use of natural materials makes every building both unique and immensely habitable. The wonderful green […]
A Modern Chalet
La Moraleja Madrid Spain – Architect unknown Lot size: 2,627 m2 (28,372 sq. ft.) Built area: 875 m2 (9,450 sq. ft.) We saw this on Knight Frank’s site quite a few months back. Our memory may be faulty but we think it was listed at €10 million. The good news for all you […]
Sam’s Creek
Bridgehampton NY – Bates Masi Architects Lot size: 4,000 m2 (1 acre) Built area: 600 m2 (6,500 sq. ft.) Bridgehampton and surrounding areas are no strangers to large homes. In fact, the area boasts some of the largest and most luxurious homes outside of Dubai including the insanely large 110,000 sq. […]
Ken Johnson’s Incatrole
Byron Hinterland – NSW Australia – Designed and owner-built by Ken Johnson Site: 2 hectares (5 acres) Built area – main home: 540 m2 (5832 sq. ft.) The Byron hinterland has one of the world’s best climates with mild winters and comfortable summers. It’s a place of great scenic beauty and clean air. It’s […]
Enclosed Open House – Singapore
East Coast Singapore – Wallpaper Architecture + Design Year built: 2011 I confess that I first visited Singapore way back in 1974. It was a vibrant, colourful, very Asian city. I tramped over most of the island for a fortnight and loved it. It’s changed. A lot! When I first viewed this home, I […]
The Lima Residence – Calabasas
Santa Monica Mountains CA – Abramson Teiger Architects Built: 2008 Area: (4,500 sq. ft.) It’s big, it’s bold and it’s certainly not inexpensive. But it offers a lot of nice features and sits very well in its location. The raw concrete walls and polished concrete floors are nicely offset by the timber […]
Kona Residence – it’s all in the details
Kona Hawaii – Belzberg Architects Built: 2010 Area: 740 m2 (8,000 sq. ft.) While a home of this size and in this location may not be on the bucket list for everyone, we think that there are so many innovative ideas, that it is a home worth featuring. We’ll rely on the architects to […]
Hadaway House
Whistler, British Columbia — Patkau Architects Project Duration: 2007-2012 Photography: James Dow / Patkau Architects Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox. Another unusual home that you might enjoy viewing is the Dutch Underground…
M-House – Japan
Nagoya Japan – D.I.G. Architects We’re fascinated by a lot of modern Japanese architecture. It’s incredibly innovative. It has to be. There is not a lot of available building land in Japan. Every square centimetre that can be farmed, is farmed. The rest is mountainous. Add to that, very haphazard historical ‘city planning’ and the […]
Small Home in Horinouchi
‘House in Horinouchi’ – Suginami, Tokyo MIZUISHI Architect Atelier site area: 52.14 m2 building area: 29.07 m2 total floor area: 55.24 m2 Most of us would have difficulty visualizing what a 52m2 (570sq ft) building lot looks like. Think 7 metres x 7 metres (22′ x 22′). Now turn it into a triangle, add some building code challenges and […]