As a designer, I have seldom (if ever) included a curved facade, particularly composed of curved glass, in any residential design. I tend to find it, for the most part, a self-indulgent design move on the part of architects, for the simple reason that it costs an arm...
Designed by architect Robert Konieczny, the main objective was to design a house that would make the most of the spectacular hillside views. The unusual position of the house relative to the slope of the site creates an elevated ground floor. This, coupled with the...
Board marked concrete contrasts transparent glazing in this North London extension by Paul Archer Design to create a bright light-filled open-plan kitchen, dining, lounge area… fantastic recessed light detail in the exposed concrete beams… see more at his...
A pair of separate volumes connected by a covered bridge form Atelier Pierre Thibault’s latest project, a lakeside residence in rural Quebec… Take a look at the below images and some of the architectural drawings here … ...
Clad in mottled grey tiles, the house sits on the edge of a slope above a valley ‘like a stone in the landscape’. Surrounded by cattle-grazing pastures and vineyards, its six-sided roof is angled to match the incline of the mountains and a glass curtain...
Architecture firm Bates Masi have designed a number of residences in a range of Long Island towns on the east coast of the United States. As many of their designs are located within a context of more traditional buildings, their modern holiday homes adopt an...
Previously the site of a derelict dental surgery, this Lansdowne Gardens property follows the form of the original building – creating the illusion of a one-storey structure from street level. “From the pavement the house appears as a single-storey pavilion. ...
Abode at Great Kneighton is a new development just outside Cambridge designed by Proctor and Matthews Architects. Comprising of 306 homes, ranging from studio apartments to five-bedroom houses, the 6.4-hectare site was designed as a sequence of spaces, moving from an...
Belgian studio Sculpt IT Architecten reinvents this Antwerp home with a pair of glass doors, weighing almost four tonnes and measuring three metres wide by six metres in height that pivot out towards the garden. The new glass doors form the rear wall of the house...
Strips of pre-rusted Corten steel run in vertical columns around this Belgian designed home. Designed by DMOA Architecten for a couple in the Antwerp suburb of Kontich, Corten House is a 3 story 540 sqm house named after the brand that produces the weathered steel...
This single family home in rural German designed by Kühnlein Architektur is made up of two gabled structures, one containing living spaces and the other a series of bedrooms connected with a flat-roofed extension creating protected courtyards at both the front and the...
Before soaring thousands of feet in the air, Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer Vincent Laforet’s needed clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration and air traffic control towers. Once he received...
Named after its clients, Haus für Julia und Björn is a two-storey house built on a hillside between a lime tree and a walnut tree in Egg, which is in the picturesque Bregenz Forest region. Austrian studio Innauer-Matt Architekten designed a lattice of criss-crossing...
Cozy… a private cabin in Norway by Oslo-based architectural firm Reiulf Ramstad Architects. “The cabin is gently placed on the slight slope of the site, where the volume creates small micro-climate zones with beneficial sun conditions for outdoor...
Architecture studio ‘Three 14′ designed this breathtaking house for a young family in the suburban area of Rondebosch, Cape Town. The client’s brief called for a contemporary, open plan home that provides a...
Finnish brand Artek is to reintroduce wooden furniture and home ware designs by its co-founder, Modernist architect Alvar Aalto. The small furniture pieces, lighting and textiles in the ABC collection were designed by Aalto, who co-founded Artek in 1935, and have been...
