Brick House

Mysuru, Karnataka, India – Architecture Paradigm Project Year :     2016 Developed Area :     325.0 m2 ( 3510 Sq ft2 ) Photographs :     Anand Jaju Bricks are favorable building materials well-suited for India’s climate. Aside from their cooling features, bricks have strong aesthetics and are relatively easy to maintain. This house makes use […]

Copper House

Belmont, MA, USA – Charles Rose Architects Project Year :     2004 Photographs :     John Edward Linden Photography   A vinyl-clad Colonial structure used to sit at the site where the Copper House currently stands. After a major addition and renovation project, the “house within a house” caught the attention of the architectural world because […]

MyL House

Olivos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina – Estudio BaBo Project Year :     2015 Developed Area :     330.0 m2 ( 3564 Sq ft2 ) Photographs :     Daniela Mac Adden The MyL House is a residential space for a single family of four, one of whom has reduced mobility concerns. What makes this […]

House with Podocarpus

Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan – Yasutoshi Mifune, Toru Atarashi Project Year :     2013 Developed Area :    319.0 sqm ( 3445 Sq ft2 ) Photographs :      Yasunori Shimomura Aptly named, House with Podocarpus features a podocarpus tree that has lived at the same site for decades and included during the design process. […]

RoadRunner Residence

300 Beardsley Ln b100, Austin, Texas, United States – North Arrow Studio Project Year : 2014 Developed Area : 426 m2 ( 4600.0 ft2 ) Photographs : Chase Daniel Seemingly isolated by the surrounding trees, the RoadRunner Residence shows what most of us want in a home – relaxing, quiet and simple. This modern home […]

House on the River Leie

Astene,  Belgium – Perneel Osten Architecten Project Year : 2016 Developed Area : 683.0 m2 ( 7376.4 ft2 ) Photographs : Arnout Fonck, Thomas De Ridder, Corneel Cannaerts Fresh foliage, a river and a home! This house was made from old and new structures that complement the surroundings. It provides a modern take of a barn that […]

The Lima Residence – Calabasas

The Lima Residence by Abramson Teiger Architects

Santa Monica Mountains CA  –  Abramson Teiger Architects Built:     2008 Area:     (4,500 sq. ft.) It’s big, it’s bold and it’s certainly not inexpensive.  But it offers a lot of nice features and sits very well in its location.  The raw concrete walls and polished concrete floors are nicely offset by the timber […]

The Ford House – Ma Modular

The Ford House Ma Modular

Austin Texas USA  –  Ma Modular Built area:  143 m2 + deck of 46 m2  (1,540 sq ft + deck of 500 sq ft) Two modules/Three bedrooms/Two bathrooms MA is part of the Austin TX based design and build group, KRDB.  As a specialist division MA is focussed on bringing quality accommodation down to the lowest possible costs with […]

Simplon – Never a Dull Day…

Budapest  Hungary  –  T2.a Architects We show lots of ideas for houses but, if you live in a major city or many parts of Europe and Asia, there’s a big chance you will be living in a shared housing project that uses available land more efficiently.  When we look at most apartment/unit buildings, they tend […]

Home in the Sand Dunes

Aquinnah MA  USA  –  Hutker Architects Built area:     2300 sf. (213 m2) Year built:     2008 Photographer:     Brian Vanden Brink This is a very nice example of a home that works with it’s environment rather than competing with it.  Situated in a town of just 311 people on the island of Martha’s […]