Eastern Oregon Modern Ranch
Portland, Oregon – Scott Gilbride/Architect Inc. Built area: 2,540 sf Completion Year: 2011 Photography: Paula Watts If your idea of a ranch house is a structure with rustic features reminiscent of the traditional farm houses, then the Eastern Oregon Modern Ranch certainly breaks from the mould of traditional farm structures. This modern ranch house sits […]
Tresarca – a desert oasis
Las Vegas, NV – assemblageSTUDIO Built area: 8,000 sq. ft. (741 m2) Completion Year: 2011 Photographs: Bill Timmerman, Zack Hussain When most people think of Nevada, they picture Las Vegas with its glitz and glamour, desperation and forlornness. In fact, most of the 40 million visitors who get to Las Vegas each year see little […]
The Integral House
Toronto, Canada – Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Built area: 18,000 sq. ft. Completion Year: 2009 It has a floor area of 18,000 sq. ft., overlooks a ravine, 4 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, an indoor and outdoor pool, a spa, a blown glass staircase, an elevator, and a concert hall that could seat 150. It was also a family […]
Atherton – a pond needing a new home
Near San Francisco CA – Turnbull, Griffin Heasloop Year Built: 2009 Built area: House 3,335 sf | Garage 815 sf | Home office 575 sf | Cabana 505 sf Lot size: 49,770 sq (4,600 m2) Photography: David Wakely A dilemma! A beautifully landscaped lot with a structurally unsound home! Doesn’t sound too hard […]
Highland Residence – it’s all in the detail
Weston MA USA – Marcus Gleysteen Architects Year built: 2008 Lot size: 6.5 acres (2.5 hectares) Built area: Large Most of us have no need for a home of this size. None-the-less, it’s featured here as much for the superb attention to detail as for the design. While homes like this […]
Modular Design in Rural Victoria
Kilmore Victoria Australia – Carr Design Group + Intermode Concept Total built area including decks: 850 m2 (9,150 sq. ft) Year: 2008 mod·u·lar Of, relating to, or based on a module or modulus. 2. Designed with standardized units or dimensions, as for easy assembly and repair or flexible arrangement … Modular is a concept […]
Casa Grecia – quiet in the midst of chaos
São Paulo Brazil – Isay Weinfeld Architects Lot size: 4,830 m2 (52,100 sq. ft.) Built area: 1,900 m2 (20,520 sq. ft.) Year built: 2009 Photography: Fernando Guerra San Paolo is one of the world’s mega-cities. With a population exceeding 19 million it offers little in the way of […]
Bangkok House – Finding Peace Within
Central Bangkok Thailand – Jackson Clements Burrows Built area: 700m2 (7,532 sq. ft.) Melbourne, Australia based JCB have earned an enviable, well deserved global reputation. They have won many local and international awards for both residential and commercial works. This two storey residence is located in central Bangkok, Thailand. It sits within a gated community […]
Light, Water and Landscape – Daeyang Gallery and House
Seoul, Korea – Steven Holl Architects Built area: 1,760 m2 (10,700 sq. ft.) Year built: June 2012 (concept 2008) Photography: Iwan Baan and Holl Architects Many of us choose to work from home, but an artist’s needs are, perhaps, somewhat different to most. This is especially evident when the home […]
Hilltop Residence – Brad Norris