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.
Holiday Home on a Budget
Stavanger, Norway – Tommie Wilhelmsen Built area: 24m2 (260 sq. ft.) Casa Kolonihagen is a small summer holiday residence comprising a sleeping nook and living space. The home reflects the modern Scandinavian way of life – not too flashy, nor too common with balance being a major factor of the design. The two rooms are contained in two […]
Hanare – Schemata Architects
Two Families – One Patagonian Holiday Home
Rio Negro, Argentinean Patagonia – G2 estudio Built Area: 396 m2 (4,277 sq. ft.) Year Built: 2010 Materials: Concrete, steel, local stone and timbers Photography: Laila Sartoni Aptly named Ribbon House folds and bends to create a home as dramatically stimulating as the landscape within which it sits. The design explores another […]
Seasonal Ontario Cabin – Altius Architecture
Dani Ridge House
Big Sur California USA – Carver + Schicketanz Year built: 2011 Lot size: 30 acres (12 hectares) Built area: 2,000 sq. ft. (185 m2) Cor-ten steel, reclaimed timbers, rock walls, limestone floors, laminated beams and a green roof ensure that this ocean-side vacation home will always be minimum maintenance. […]
Villa Valtanen
Lappland, Finland – Arkkitehtitoimisto Louekari Built area: 55.5 sqm Year built: 2012 Photography: Lauri Louekari and Kaisa Siren Those wanting to disappear from the world temporarily might find this award winning log house interesting. Surrounded by forest trees and remnants of old fires, this hideaway resembling tarred timber blends in well with the wilderness. Its […]
Housing Boreraig
Glendale, Scotland – Dualchas Architects Year: 2011 Photography: Andrew Lee, James Benedict Brown, Courtesy of Dualchas Architects Low walls of stones as barrier and its light charcoal exterior demonstrate that this house is an adaptation of the blackhouse. Indeed, it does not seem to be out of place in that Scottish farm. The client […]
Off the Grid in New Zealand
Great Barrier Island, New Zealand – Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects NZ Wood Award for Residential Architectural Excellence 2009 World Architecture Festival Finalist – 1 of 5 worldwide 2010 The Land of the Long White Cloud is also the land of frequent seismic activity. The flexibility of timber construction has proved itself many times. Great Barrier Island is […]
Villa Krona
Kemiö island Finland – Helin and Co Architects Built: 2010 Floor Area: 130 m2 dwelling + 42 m2 decks Site area: 1.3 hectares (3.21 acres) Thanks to fan Suzanne Martin for introducing us to this lovely home. This part of the world is dotted with thousands of small, rocky islands. And while the winters are harsh, […]
