Spiegel Haus – inner Sydney living

Alexandria Sydney  Australia  –  Carter Williamson Architects Photography:     Brett Boardman Sydney’s inner suburbs were subdivided in the mid to late 1800’s. Little thought was given to the Australian climate or to the needs of those intended to live on these lots – typically low paid unskilled or semi-skilled workers.  The lots are small, many […]

Living on the ridge

Massachusetts, U.S.A. – Marcus Gleysteen Architects Contractor: Bensley Construction, Inc. Size: 4,368 sq ft Year: 2006 Photography: Marcus Gleysteen, Eric Roth   Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox.

U3 House

Fukuoka, Japan – Architect Show Project Built: 2012 Photography: Toshihisa Ishii   Location and area can be a challenge when designing a house, but this relatively small residence stands out in a dense neighbourhood. Its dark walnut angled base gives the bare structure above it some character.     The living area of this house […]

Never a bridge too far…

Olivebridge, NY – Gluck+ This country retreat for an urban family sought to reconfigure the shape and function of the typical vacation house, which is often just a regular house, built somewhere else. Here the design expresses, boldly and forthrightly in space and form, the uses and structure of what is in effect a guest-and-gathering house. […]

Jln Angin Laut

Singapore, Singapore – Hyla Architects Area: 582.14 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Derek Swalwell There’s a reason why that main door is elevated. The already striking façade of this home still would not prepare you for the remarkable interior that you are about see. Its layout and design offers guests the urge to have a tour […]

Vertical Garden Keeps Casa CorManca Cool and Comfortable

Ciudad de México, México – PAUL CREMOUX studio Lot size:     156 m2  (1,685 sq. ft.) (Built area: 176 m2, (1894 sq. ft.) Year built: 2013 Photography: Héctor Armando Herrera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNYvZLVioa0

The Fish House

Singapore – Guz Architects Built area:   726 sqm Gross Floor Area:   540 m2  (5,832 sq. ft.) Project Year:   2009 Photographs:   Patrick Bingham Hall It’s easy to think of Singapore only as the city itself. Neat. Ordered. Spotless. Effficient.  Full of high-rise apartment complexes. But there is another side to Singapore as this home demonstrates. The […]

Polygon House

Tosu,Saga  Japan  –  Architect Show Year Built:     2013 Photography:     Blitz STUDIO Toshihisa Ishii D-house 「 House of Polygon 」 This house was built in the subdivision in Tosu in Saga. A lots of Subdivision was homogenize site, and also houses were similar environment. D-house(House of Polygon) concept was unique house in among them. Interior space […]

La Cornette – designed multi-family vacationing

Quebec  Canada  –  YH2 Architecture  Awards:  1st Prize of jury, Prize of Excellence of Architecture Residential building category single-family type Ordre des architectes du Québec, 2011 Site area:   2000 m2  (21,500 sq. ft.) Built area:    3000 sq.ft Photography:     Francis Pelletier / Loukas Yiacouvakis Based on the philosophy that vacation experiences are best shared, […]