Cliff Face House

Palm Beach, NSW Australia  –  Fergus Scott Architects and Peter Stutchbury Architecture Project duration:     2007 – 2011 Completion:     2011 Photography:     Michael Nicholson Awards:     Winner 2012 AIA Wilkinson Award There are many ‘Palm Beaches” around the world, but I doubt that any can claim to have the extraordinary natural beauty of […]

12 feet wide in Barcelona

Old Barcelona Spain  –  Ferrolan_LAB Photography by Raimon Solà Casacuberta Site area:     92.5m2  (1,000 sq ft) Developed area:     350m2 (3,780 sq ft) If you take a moment to visualise a five level home on a lot just 3.7 metres wide by 25 metres deep (12′ x 81′), it’s easy to assume it […]

Muskoka Boathouse

Muskoka, Ontario, Canada – Christopher Simmonds Architect This boathouse won ‘Best Project in the Open Category’ at the Ottawa Housing Design Awards in 2011, and it’s no wonder why! This stunning boathouse is situated at the end of a lake in Muskoka. It’s an aesthetically lightweight floating structure that houses a clean, modern interior  that connects with the natural environment […]

The Lilypad House

The Lilypad House

Sydney  Australia – Jorge Hrdina Architects Year built:     2010 Photography:    Brett Boardman The appropriately named Lilypad House is the work of Australian studio Jorge Hrdina Architects. The design objective had two primary purposes in mind – total wheelchair accessibility and to provide the owners with a “sanctuary from typical suburban consolidation”. The twin […]

Cubes House

Brasília, Brazil – Studio Valéria Gontijo Project Year :     2015 Developed Area :     1150.0 m2 (12,400 sq. ft.) How do you blend a need for privacy and a massive built area into a comfortable, inviting family home? That was the challenge given to architect Valéria Gontijo. At 1150m2, this home is about 10 times […]

Jodlowa House

Jodlowa House Poland

Krakow, Poland – PCKO Architects This home sits on a virtually undisturbed site that has been left very much in its natural state.  Grasses but no lawns and gardens designed by nature.  If you’ve spent time in Europe, you’ll know that they think of ‘lawns’ very differently to how we do in both Australia and […]

Tucson Textures

Sonoran Desert, Tucson, Arizona – DUST Architects Built Area: 3,640 sq ft (337m2) Year: 2012 Photography: Jeff Goldberg/Esto, Bill Timmerman Nature still provides the best building materials as this rammed earth home demonstrates. Extensive use of texturing throughout the home adds to the drama of the desert location while careful positioning has protected the environment in which […]

The Wilkinson Residence

The Wilkinson Residence Portland

Portland , Oregon 2004 Architect:    Robert Harvey Oshatz Photography by Cameron Neilson Great architects seem to have the ability to blend art with function. Robert Harvey Oshatz knew where he was going early in life. In his final years in high school, he worked 30 hours a week in a Los Angeles architectural firm developing construction […]

The Schell-Wheeler Home and Office

Cascades  Washington State  USA  –  Johnston Architects We think there’s a huge amount to like about this home, but rather than us write about it, here are the architect’s notes: “As mountain guides, Scott Schell and Margaret Wheeler are used to the upper reaches of the Cascades. Their site in the foothills above Snoqualmie is […]

The Wedge House

Athens, Greece – Schema Architecture & Engineering Project Year :     2017 Developed Area :    360.0 m2 Photographs :     Nikos Alexopoulos, Marianna Athanasiadou The Wedge House is a home custom-built to suit the needs of a single family. It stands in a pine tree-filled area in the suburbs of Drafi, Penteli, […]