A French Resurrection
London, England – Blee Halligan Architects Photography: Sarah Blee In 1981, Londoners Anthony and Gillian Blee purchased the ultimate fixer-upper. The property in southwestern France was idyllic, but its old mill, built in 1822, and three flanking outbuildings had fallen into terrible disrepair. “We really wanted to capture the ruinous quality of this old building […]
The Treehouse at Separation Creek
Victoria, Australia – Jackson Clements Burrows Australia is a country with a dry, hot centre. In fact, much of the country quickly turns to arid or even desert landscape within 100 kilometres of the coast. Is it any wonder that the ‘great Australian dream’ has always been ‘a shack on the beach somewhere’? Those shacks were usually […]
Headwaters Camp
Big Sky South Central Montana – Dan Joseph Architect Site area: 22 acres (8.9 hectares) Built Area: 1,800 sq. ft. (167 m2) Year built: 2012 Builder: Highline Partners Photography: Audrey Hall Set on the edge in a series of man-made ponds, streams and falls designed by the lead […]
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 […]
Amazing Vacation Homes
Vacation home, cabin, beach shack, lodge, weekender… we call them by many names but they all should serve the same purpose – a place to relax away from the everyday world. We’ve collected these amazing vacation homes for you to choose from. Included below are links that will take you to full details of these […]
Pavilions at Lennox Heads
New South Wales, Australia – Philip Pratt – Vista Architects Interior Design: Melina Pandelides – Dovetail Design Landscape Design: Melina Pandelides – Babylonia Photography: Saul Goodwin Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox.
BKK Holiday House
Mornington Peninsula Vic, Australia – BKK Architects Completion Date: 2012 Photography: Peter Bennetts Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox.
Surfing in Costa Rica
Guanacaste Costa Rica – Datum Zero Architecture Year built: 2008 Built area: 3,540 sq. ft. ( 328 m2) A vacation home designed for a young lawyer with a passion for surfing, a modest budget and a difficult site with views over the Pacific. The architect’s notes: “The house is organized as a horizontal […]
Two Hulls House
Nova Scotia, Canada – Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Completion Year: 2011 Photography: Greg Richardson Water calms and refreshes. It cleanses the soul. A bath at night, a glass of cool water, or even just the sound of the waves all help us breathe out the tension in our lives. This waterfront home creates the illusion of being on […]
