The House in Urgnano, Italy has been designed by Matteo Casari Architetti, built on a small lot within an expanding residential area. The conditions of the project site are interpreted by discordance and none of the facades overlook outside the perimeter. In the typological and stylistic multitude of the context, the volume of a rectangular […]
The Stinson Beach House is a modern home designed by WA Design and is situated just north of San Francisco, in Stinson Beach, California. The small town of Stinson Beach is one of the few Marin coastal towns where the rocky coastline yields to a beach—in this case a beautiful, five-mile-long beach. “We searched for […]
The Bridge House is comprised of 1,184 square feet of living space, suspended above a creek in Adelaide, Australia, designed by Max Pritchard Architect. The clients requested a permanent home with an office on their small property, which would “touch the earth lightly.” An idyllic site, a bend in the winter creek that divides the […]
A former warehouse established in 1985 for the spice trade was transformed by Marie Burgos Design into an expansive contemporary loft with dramatic Hudson River views in TriBeCa, New York. With its 25-inch-thick base and enchanting Beaux Arts facade, this regal structure later housed a thriving Hudson Square printing company. After an impeccable renovation, the […]
Kaipara Bridges House is a contemporary property designed in 2009 by architect Simon Twose in South Head, New Zealand. The lake house is composed as a simple horizontal form part dug in and part spanning over the dunescape. The building is ‘wrapped’ in a timber skin which forms the cladding and soffits, and also continues […]
Christopher Rose Architects designed this stunning Blue Heron Pond Road residence on the north end of Kiawah Island, South Carolina. The architects refer to this home as “high-tech-meets-Lowcountry” – a fitting description for the contemporary property. From the moment the design process began, it was very much a balance of stretching the architectural imagination and […]
Designing your home in a casual beach-chic style should be bright and airy, visually transporting you to the beach no matter where you live. Coastal interiors blur the line between indoors and out or remove it altogether. Casual coastal style incorporates beautiful accessories such as shells, coral, maritime instruments and coastal art, aiming for a […]
Casa Lluvia Blanca is a modern, three-story estate nestled into the quiet middle of a block in the historic center of the beautiful colonial town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Designed by House + House Architects for a couple with an innate international style (she’s from San Francisco, he’s from Denmark, and they live […]
SeARCH and CMA collaborated to create Villa Vals, a holiday retreat dug in to the alpine slopes of Vals in Switzerland. The surrounding nature has been left undisturbed and unobstructed by any sort of architectural development. Not only does the project defer to the natural landscape, but also to the vernacular architecture while protecting the […]
Waldfogel Residence is a stylish and sophisticated home designed by Ehrlich Architects in Silicon Valley, California. This 8,000 square foot property takes its cues from the surrounding community and its art collector owners. The house opens on all sides through a pinwheel plan organized around a 3-feet-thick poured-in-place concrete axial wall that is punctuated by […]
