Base Valley House
Near Hiroshima Japan – Hiroshi Sambuichi Site area: 12,000 m2 Built area: 100 m2 Photography: Katsuhisa Kida / FOTOTECA Gabion walls made from local stone and a glass roof tell you that this is no ordinary home. Hiroshi Sambuichi is an architect who appears to have little time or patience for […]
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 […]
Sukiya House
Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture – Yukiharu Suzuki and Associates Built are: Site area: Year built: 2007 This home and studio is located in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, Japan. The open plan 3-story wood frame and concrete house has an underground balcony with an amazing view. The light filled home seems to be almost anchored to […]
Stamp House – designed for the worst…
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 […]
A House Among and Within the Loblolly Pines
Loblolly House – Kieran Timberlake Location: Taylors Island, Maryland, USA Built area: 2,200 sq ft (204 m2) Named after the tall pines that characterize its site on the Chesapeake Bay, this home “seeks to deeply fuse the natural elements of this barrier island to architectural form.” Positioned between a dense grove of loblolly pines […]
Pole House
The Great Ocean Road Victoria Australia – F2 Architecture Great Ocean Road is one of the world’s great scenic destinations. Facing the Southern Ocean, Pole House seems to hover in mid-air, 40 metres above Fairhaven Beach. It was originally designed and built as a weekend retreat for a couple. It’s spacious for two, crowded for […]
When silos meet containers!
Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa – Citiq One doesn’t need to look hard to find unused, unloved buildings in the older parts of our cities. Warehouses have become sought after properties with their thick walls and high ceilings while other, less desirable properties are often left to slowly decay. If you’ve ever been close up and […]
The Pierre Concrete House
San Juan Island, Washington – Olson Kundig Architects Year built: 2010 Built area: 2,500 sq.ft. (231 m2) Photography: Benjamin Benschneider Built in, around, on and through the rock this home is as permanent as the natural materials surrounding it. Most home owners would shy away from a lot covered in huge boulders. The owner of this […]
Floating Catamaran Ecolodge
Kinderdijk, Netherlands – APEcolodges Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox. You can also view the images as a slideshow if you prefer 8-) You’ll find a link to a video below the image gallery. If you liked this project, you will also like viewing […]
H2Ome
Belize, United States – U.S. Submarine Structures LLC Built area: 334 m2 (3,600 sq. ft.) 40 feet of crystal clear water Living under the sea is no longer a fantasy. U.S. Submarine Structures, will build on your site or as a part of one of their existing developments. The homes are around 500m2 and cost […]
