The Shaw house has been designed by Patkau Architects, situated on a narrow waterfront property on the south shore of English Bay in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Views from the site stretch across the bay to encompass the skyline of downtown Vancouver and, beyond, the mountains on the north shore of the bay. The […]
Bacopari House has been designed by UNA Arquitetos, located in a neighborhood with abundant forestation in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The flat ground, surrounded by houses and no distant views, is longer than the standard. The project intends to build a large garden that permeates the 5,425 square foot (504 square meters) house and builds the landscape, […]
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 […]
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 […]
This building was constructed in stages from 1814 onwards and was used as a rural house in Chamoson, Switzerland. It is made up of three adjacent areas on different levels. On the ground floor it is crossed by an access way which indicates the presence of a former right of way to the next-door building. […]
The Bates Motel Suite designed by Egue and Seta offers the possibility of entertaining, working, eating, toileting and sleep, characteristics of an “apart-hotel” from a single piece of multifunctional furniture around which are distributed radially, stays free and differentiated by decorative elements that recreate the iconic stills from the films of Hitchcock. Here, Norman Bates […]
2 Verandas is a house designed by Gus Wüstemann Architects for a young South African family in Erlenbach, Switzerland just outside Zurich along the lake. The plot is in a suburban context and therefor pretty dense with family homes, typical for the area. The site is on a slope, where on top there are beautiful […]
The New Old house is situated on a small site in inner city Melbourne, Australia that has been designed with honesty, natural, light, texture, simplicity and privacy in mind by architect Jessica Liew. There is simple, relaxed feel about this 4,144 square foot (360 square meters) house, loaded with character from the natural materials used […]
This unusual family home applies the principles of an M.C.Escher painting in architecture, displaying cubes of concrete covered entirely with a soft synthetic grass that allows the structure to blend in almost completely with the landscape. This extraordinary dwelling is situated in the municipality of Frohnleiten, Austria, a project designed by Weichlbauer Ortis Architects. The […]
The Residence in Kifissia is designed by Tense Architecture Network, situated in Kifissia, Greece. The residence’s plot is small and an adjacent building almost blocks the southern sun. The main part of the field should remain free and become the residence itself: an austere prism, centrally supported, hovers above the liberated ground. At first, an […]
