A two bedroom guesthouse that sits along a ridge in a grove of over 120 coast live oak trees. The building utilizes a small footprint and height to maximize panoramic canyon views while strengthening its connection with the trees below. An existing barn was rehabbed...
On a wooded site in Deephaven, Minnesota, Snow Kreilich Architects conceived a geometric cedar-clad retreat overlooking Lake Minnetonka. “This new holiday house by Minneapolis-based Snow Kreilich Architects balances the quiet and the dramatic. Its stained-cedar...
Colbost House on the Isle of Skye, Scotland by Dualchas Architects An ‘abstracted shed’ with oiled Siberian larch cladding and aluminium roof sheeting on the Isle of Skye. “The whole arrangement of Colbost House – which also includes a separate...
“We did not want to make a regular shed, but more a little house. Contrasting with the dark, rough, textured exterior, the transparent white-lacquered birch plywood interior appears seamless and light.” Check out this amazing angular garden studio by Serge...
Transformation of a small, damp, single storey bungalow in North Cornwall into a modern minimalist designed family home constructed almost completely from a prefabricated German ‘cross laminated’ wood panel system, or giant sheets of plywood… and all...
Amsterdam architecture studio M3H’s project consisting of 5 different living units in Amsterdam’s old Bellamy district. The project at No. 65-69 Wenslauerstraße is part of a greater project spanning nearly 10 years that has seen the renovation of nearly...
70 Rue de Pont de Planches This private home is located in an old pasture just outside a village in Vezet in France. The 110sqm house was completed in 2013 for a construction cost of just over €200,000. The design for the house is a very simple volume that uses...
I recently came across this fantastic home in South West England on Dezeen by London based architecture firm Studio Octopi and thought it was certainly worth sharing. The private dwelling was commissioned by a client with very specific needs, but the exceptional...
Check out this amazing revival of a 12th-century fortified manor in north Warwickshire… Astley Castle is this years winner of the RIBA 2013 Stirling Prize by Witherford Watson Mann Architects. ...
Extension & Upgrade in Rathfarnham, South Dublin We were delighted to have another Planning Application successfully granted this week by South Dublin County Council. Really looking forward to seeing the extension and refurbishment of this fantastic semi-detached...
Shou Sugi Ban Maarn by Rotterdam-based BYTR architects I recently spotted this really interesting extension on Archinect.com. The sculptural form and the cladding which is made of wood which has been carbonised with fire on the front side making for a really...
Issue 9 | Volume 5 – December 2011 jharchitecture is delighted to have had our recently completed upgrade project in Co. Wicklow featured as a 2 page spread in Decembers issue of Construct Ireland magazine. The project to upgrade an existing timber frame house...
Private Residence, Rathfarnham, South Co. Dublin Stage: Sketch Design / Pre Planning, Completion: Summer 2012 The project is to extend and upgrade an existing semi-detached family dwelling in Rathfarnham, South Co. Dublin. The existing house consists of a generous...
The High Line, New York City On a recent trip to NYC, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to visit the High Line, a new linear park located on Manhattan’s West Side. The High Line is a public park built on an historic freight rail line elevated above the...
The Shed, Tokavaig, Isle of Skye A beautiful architect designed guest house located on a stony, seaweed-strewn beach along the west coast of the Sleat peninsula in the highland hamlet of Tokavaig in Scotland.
The Shed, Tokavaig, Isle of Skye I stumbled across this design recently in a list of Island Hotels featured in the gallery section of Wallpapers* website. The house is a beautiful architect designed guest house located on a stony, seaweed-strewn beach along the west...
RIBA Awards 2011 For the second year running, Zaha Hadid Architects won the prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize for the best new European building built or designed in the United Kingdom for their Evelyn Grace Academy, a school in Brixton, south London. However, it was a...