Cove Residence is a family home with ocean views designed by Stelle Lomont Rouhani Architects, located in Water Mill, a hamlet of the town of Southampton, in Suffolk County, New York. This house is configured as two volumes separated by a central circulation core. Taking advantage of the bay and ocean views, the larger of the […]

360 House is a private beachfront retreat designed by Boora Architects, perched above Arcadia Beach at the edge of the tree line on the dramatic Oregon Coast. The design directive was simple: the site is ruled by the sea, the landscape and the climate, and the homeowners wanted to keep it that way. So the designers pared […]

Desert House is a modern prototype prefab home designed by architecture studio Marmol Radziner, located in a beautiful oasis in Desert Hot Springs, California. The two bedroom, two bathroom residence is located on a five-acre site and oriented to best capture views of San Jacinto peak and the surrounding mountains. From the architect: Doubling the […]

Skidmore Passivhaus merges contemporary design with the highest level of energy efficiency, designed by In Situ Architecture, located in an existing neighborhood or post-war houses in Portland, Oregon. From the architect: Comprised of 1,956 square feet of gross living space, the residence provides a true live / work condition. Two separate buildings address the program […]

M4-House is a contemporary single family private dwelling completed in 2013 by Architect Show Co, located in Higashisonogi District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The 1,291 square foot (120 square meters) residence makes extensive use of variously-toned wood to merge together the different spaces of the home. From the architect: M4-house (overlapping house) was built in silent countryside […]

Skylight House is a residential alterations and additions project completed in 2013 by Andrew Burges Architects, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located in a predominately Federation and California Bungalow neighbourhood on the north shore, the architects brief was to rework a badly planned existing dwelling, and previous alterations project, to create a functional house […]

59BTP-House is an additions and alterations project on an existing home, carried out by architecture studio ONG&ONG, located in Bukit Timah, Singapore. The owner’s father built the original house and the building was in an awkward position on the plot. From the architect: According to the brief, the client wanted to have two master bedrooms […]

Orchard Way is a stylish family home designed by McLeod Bovell Modern Houses in collaboration with McKinney York Architects, sited in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Completed in the summer of 2011, this 7,300 square foot home is nestled on a very spacious and wooded lot of 12,000 square feet. The materials used in this […]

Groveland House is a contemporary single family home designed in 2013 by Mcleod Bovell Modern Houses, located in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Nestled on a 27,000 square foot lot, the 9,000 square foot home encompasses materials of architectural concrete, basalt stone, stained cedar, composite panel. A gentle three-story sloping site offers significant connections to grade […]

Alexandra Residence is a new two story live/work house completed in 2013 by studio NatureHumaine, located in the Mile-Ex district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The client’s priority was to maximize the natural light in their new 3,300 square foot home. This was made challenging by the east-west orientation of the infill lot. However, the architect’s design fills even the core […]