Courtyard Villa at Sengokubara

Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan  –  Shigeru Ban Architects Built area:     453 m2  (4,900 sf) Site area:     1,770 m2  (19,100 sf) Year built:     2013 Built on a easement/battleaxe block, this home focuses on the central, teardrop shaped courtyard. The home uses feature timber beams throughout and has ceiling heights ranging from […]

Mountains and Openings…

Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture  –  Eastern Design Office Photography:     Koichi Torimura A home and home office for a shoe designer, the family had differing priorities. The designer needed light and openness while others in the family sought the warmth that comes from being close to the earth. Accordingly, the living and bedroom areas are on […]

Stamp House – designed for the worst…

Stamp House waiting...

Daintree / Cape Tribulation QLD  Australia  –  Charles Wright Architects  Lot size:     30 hectares  (75 acres) Year built:     2011/2012 There is only one place in the world where two World Heritage sites meet – Cape Tribulation. Here, the Daintree Rainforest meets the Great Barrier Reef. It’s wild, beautiful, primitive, sparsely populated […]

The Clock Tower Penthouse

Inner city living at it's best...

Brooklyn, New York – Corcoran Real Estate Group Original Build:     1915 Rebuilt:     2013 Built area:     6,813 sq. ft.  (631 m2) Photography: Corcoran Real Estate Group Ever wondered what $18 million might buy? No, we haven’t either but we now know. It will get you four working clocks and this […]

Hillside at Kentfield

Kentfield California  USA  –  Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects Built Area:     5,900 sq.ft.  (546 m2) Year built:      2010 Photography by:     David Wakely Photography Situated on a steep site overlooking mountains and the bay, this home has been designed for a long term, sustainable existence.  Comprising three levels, with the master bedroom […]