Daintree Dreaming
Daintree FNQ Australia – M3 Architecture The Daintree is one of Australia’s iconic tropical rainforest regions. It abounds with lush vegetation, cassowaries, tree kangaroos and more than a few salt-water crocodiles! The region is environmentally sensitive, sitting on a spur of the Great Dividing Range that runs down to the Coral Sea, approximately 125 kilometres (80 […]
Home in the Sand Dunes
Aquinnah MA USA – Hutker Architects Built area: 2300 sf. (213 m2) Year built: 2008 Photographer: Brian Vanden Brink This is a very nice example of a home that works with it’s environment rather than competing with it. Situated in a town of just 311 people on the island of Martha’s […]
Cliff Face House
Palm Beach, NSW Australia – Fergus Scott Architects and Peter Stutchbury Architecture Project duration: 2007 – 2011 Completion: 2011 Photography: Michael Nicholson Awards: Winner 2012 AIA Wilkinson Award There are many ‘Palm Beaches” around the world, but I doubt that any can claim to have the extraordinary natural beauty of […]
Pole House
The Great Ocean Road Victoria Australia – F2 Architecture Great Ocean Road is one of the world’s great scenic destinations. Facing the Southern Ocean, Pole House seems to hover in mid-air, 40 metres above Fairhaven Beach. It was originally designed and built as a weekend retreat for a couple. It’s spacious for two, crowded for […]
H-House – not just another letter…
Trosa, Sweden – Widjedal Racki Bergerhoff Built area: 240m2 (2,600 sf) Year built: 2006 Photography: Åke E:son Lindman Concrete, corten steel and pine have been used to create this low-maintenance, ocean-side villa. The site, on an archipelago near Stockholm is very scenic but the environment is harsh and unforgiving. Summers are short […]
Casa Kike – 16,000 books and a grand piano
Beachfront Cahuita Costa Rica – Gianni Botsford Architects Year Built: 2007 Surely, one of the toughest gigs an architect must face would be designing a home for his father. But in this instance, Keith Botsford, a writer, gave free rein when he decided to retire from Boston, USA to Costa Rica. The over-riding requirement […]
Step Island Bach
Bay of Islands, New Zealand – Crosson, Clarke, Carnachan Architects Year: 2005 Photography: Patrick Reynolds This renovation and addition is on Motukawaiti, a privately owned island in the Cavalli group, just to the north of the New Zealand’s beautiful Bay of Islands. The project included the restoration of an existing turn-of-the-century cottage and the addition of […]
Tiburon House
San Francisco, California – Andrea Ponsi Architecture Site area: 4500 mq (2.2 acres) Built-up area: 850 mq (9.146 sq.ft.) Project: 2005 – 2006 Construction: 2006 – 2008 Completion date: 2008 Photography: Richard Barnes Could this house on the San Francisco Bay be any more grandiose? In it are a courtyard, four gardens, and an art […]
Up-Over-Between House
Edgartown, Massachusetts – Hutker Architects Built area: 650m2 (6,750 sq ft) Year Complete: 2010 Photography: Brian Vanden Brink At first glance, it’s hard to believe that this home is 650m2 (6,750 sq ft)! The simple elegance precludes any hint of ostentation allowing the home to integrate perfectly with the site. The home is elevated to capture […]
The Treehouse at Separation Creek
Victoria, Australia – Jackson Clements Burrows Australia is a country with a dry, hot centre. In fact, much of the country quickly turns to arid or even desert landscape within 100 kilometres of the coast. Is it any wonder that the ‘great Australian dream’ has always been ‘a shack on the beach somewhere’? Those shacks were usually […]