Esplanade Residence is the renovation of an existing house from 1910 by Emilie Bédard Architecte together with designer Maria Rosa Di loia, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The client had just purchased this un-renovated 1910’s triplex and wished to make the top floor his own. Inspired by his Scandinavian origins and the apartment’s characteristic Montreal […]
Wentworth Road House is a contemporary suburban home that was completed in 2012, by Edward Szewczyk Architects in Vaucluse, Sydney, Australia. This house takes full advantage of being on the sunny side of the street. Where sun access and vistas to Sydney Harbour are the same you have to embrace it. Three levels of the […]
This early Victorian mid-terraced house lies on a peaceful residential street close to very popular Westbourne Grove in west London, England. A lengthy collaboration between the owner and Gianni Botsford Architects has resulted in a bachelor playground designed to indulge and please at every turn. This masterpiece of design and style is more or less […]
Downley House is a large new country house designed by BPR Architects in the South Downs coastal range of Petersfield, England. The client called for a tranquil yet playful place, full of natural texture, contrasts, and indigenous materials. BPR created an entrance sequence which commences in a circular stone entrance court, extends along a pergola into […]
The West Lake Hills Residence was designed to preserve and nestle into the lush live oak canopy and rolling hills of West Lake Hills in Austin, Texas. Designed by Specht Harpman, code and permitting regulations required the original slab and certain walls to be reused. The new house is articulated by cantilevered volumes, ribbon windows, […]
This stunning penthouse sits atop iconic Greenwich Street in New York, meticulously crafted to exceed conventional luxury standards, and customized to enhance the prolific architecture of Winka Dubbeldam. The duplex is comprised of 3,560 square feet of living space, it is a work of un-paralleled sculptural architecture: The creation of something beautiful and thought-provoking is […]
This 1925 Jackson Street Penthouse boasts a complete contemporary remodel in a stately Pacific Heights building in San Francisco, California, designed by De Meza + Architecture and built by Matarozzi Pelsinger Builders. Having only been remodeled a few times the space suffered from an outdated, wall heavy floor plan. Updating the flow was critical to […]
Nestled in the quaint, tree-lined South Park enclave, 41 South Park is hidden behind a traditional San Francisco, California facade, which is technically a two-unit building that has just recently been rebuilt and remodeled in a non-traditional and quirky fashion with all the bells and whistles. The Edwardian appeal of the building’s original 1911 facade […]
Contrast House is situated on a corner lot in a dense neighborhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designed by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design. The intent of the remaking of this narrow 125-year-old residence was two-fold: to increase natural light in the interior using contrast, and to reduce the house’s ecological impact. An increase of natural light […]
Baker Street Residence is an existing single fronted weatherboard in Melbourne’s beach suburb of Elwood, designed by FGR Architects. The client brief was to compliment the residence with a contemporary addition to accommodate a family with three bedrooms and two bath and create space and volume in an otherwise constricted residence. The tight sight presented the challenge to […]
