This beautiful contemporary home has undergone a complete overhaul in Leichhardt, a suburb of Sydney, Australia by Rolf Ockert Design. With a two-story addition to the existing home, the site is located in a heritage conservation area. Being in one of the few streets in the Inner West Sydney that are still largely original in their streetscape, […]
Whisper Rock Residence is a luxury single family property that has been designed by Tate Studio Architects, located in Scottsdale, Arizona. A truly splendid desert home, it features plenty of unique details in its 5,500 square feet of living space and sprawling outdoor areas blending contemporary and southwest styles to create a wonderful masterpiece. Lighting for […]
The Brick Bay House has been designed by Glamuzina Paterson Architects, situated in Snells Beach, Warkworth, a small coastal town in the north of Auckland Region in the North Island of New Zealand. The dwelling is an enquiry into where a site begins and ends; how to define the edges of the project; and the way […]
Creek House is a weekend retreat for a family from Manhattan, designed by Studio MM, situated in Ulster County, New York. The architect had purchased 38 acres in the area with plans to design and build five custom homes; this one is the first completed. The contemporary 2,600 square foot, three bedroom, three bathroom split-level […]
This century-old Pacific Heights, California property is the home of David Fraze and Gary Loeb, who hired Sutro Architects to transform it back to its glory. The historic home built in 1897 had excellent craftsmanship and once contained servants quarters, passageways (to ensure the owners and servants never crossed paths) and workspaces both upstairs and […]
Truly a dream home, Lakeside Residence, designed by Castanes Architects, rests at the West shore of Lake Washington, enjoying views of the lake and the growing skyline of Bellevue, Washington. The client originally wished to have an old Tudor remodeled. However, they ultimately decided to design and build a new, modern home with some of […]
RW House is situated on a beachfront site in Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, designed by Bernardes + Jacobsen Architects as an extensive program for a big family. The contemporary home was distributed exploring horizontality and sectoring, without any obstruction to the ocean view. The privacy is maintained by this site implantation, in a […]
This beautifully renovated early Victorian residence, spotted on RT Edgar, is an expansive contemporary extension designed by Jackson Clements Burrows, located in Armadale, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. This incredible 6,996 square foot (650 square meters) home has been featured in 100 More of the World’s Best Houses. Featuring high ceilings, floor to ceiling […]
This existing neoclassic house from mid 19th century has been completely redesigned by DYNAMO Studio and Güth & Braun Architekten for a client in Germany, completed in 2011. Despite the decadent state of the building, the clients acknowledged traces of previous qualities. The drive to bring back to life these lingering and latent qualities by complementing […]
Mines Road House is a modern update of a 1950s ranch in the oak studded hills of Livermore, California. Completed in early 2010 by MacCracken Architects, this 4,100 square foot private residence has undergone a complete ground up transformation from an existing Bay Area Ranch house to an open, contemporary dwelling, paying tribute to the […]
