The Jones House – an exercise in efficiency
Brunswick Victoria Australia – Kavellaris Urban Design Lot size: 200 m2 (2,160 sq. ft.) Built: 2006 Photography: Michael Payne You’ve seen them! The McMansions on little blocks of dirt, looking for all the world as though they are waiting for the low-loader to come and cart them away. They […]
Villa F
Rhodes Greece – Hornung And Jacobi Architecture Year Built: 2011 Built Area: 220 m2 (2,376 sq. ft.) Project Team: Peter Thomas Hornung & Elsa Katharina Jacobi, Jan Escher Photography: bloomimages The island of Rhodes lies in the Mediterranean about 20 kilometres off mainland Greece. The climate is pleasant, the waters […]
A Chameleon in the Treetops
Ulster County, New York, USA – GLUCK+ Site Area: 20 acres (8 hectares) Built Area: 2,545sq ft (236 m2) Year Built: 2012 We always find it interesting to view a home that an architect has designed for personal use. The home shown here is a vacation home for Thomas Gluck and his […]
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, […]
The Curved House
Springfield, Missouri USA – Hufft Projects Photo Credit: Mike Sinclair Built: 2009 The Curved House is a modern residence with distinctive lines. Conceived in plan as a U-shaped form, this residence features a courtyard that allows for a private retreat to an outdoor pool and a custom fire pit. The master wing flanks one side […]
Camping in Style
Montauk NY – Bates Masi Architects Built area: 296 m2 (3,200 sq. ft.) Lot size: 1.6 acres Architect’s Notes: The house occupies a hill in Montauk with a distant view of the ocean, a site that the owners, a couple with two young boys, spent years to find. It is the couple’s reprieve from […]
The Bridge House
California, USA – Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects Site area: 10.5 acres Built-up area: 6,800 sf building, 2,500 sf pool Completion Year: 2007 Photography: Natoma Architects Difficult site – elegant solution! This is not a home for the faint hearted or those with shallow pockets. ”The house is a continuous 22′ wide two-story bar. A […]
Barrier Island House
Vero Beach Florida USA – Sanders Pace Architecture Built Area: 2,400 sq ft (222 m2) Year Built: 2011 Great site and views and surrounded by friends and long-standing neighbours, the original intent was to refurbish the existing but tired,1950’s home. But as is so often the case, the economics of major […]
North London Eco Home
Highgate London – SHH Most of us want to live ‘green’, minimising our footprint on this one earth of ours. So what does it take to win an international ‘eco’ award – especially if you are building a 288m2 (3,000 sq.ft.) home? “A new-build £1.1m house in North London for private clients, which seeks to […]
Balhannah House
Adelaide Hills South Australia – Max Pritchard Architect Photography by Sam Noonan This part of Australia challenges architects with its cool, wet winters and very hot summers. Multi-award winner, Max Pritchard, has specialised in designing exceptionally liveable and clever homes in this area for more than 20 years. This home is another fine example of his talent, bought to […]
