The ultimate man cave featuring a skate bowl!
Cape Town, South Africa – Inhouse Project Year: 2016 Area: 195.6 sqm Photography: Riaan West An enormous entertainment room that includes a pool table, a bar and a skate bowl – what more could a teenage boy wish for? This young surfer/skater is definitely living the dream in their home in Cape Town, South Africa! This impressive project was […]
Contemporary Home with Roof Garden in Vietnam!
Nha Trang, Vietnam –Â Vo Trong Nghia Architects & ICADA Photography:Â Hiroyuki Oki This home, featuring an amazing green roof, is a result of a collaboration between Japanese architectural firm ICADA and Vietnamese group Vo Trong Nghia. The home is being surrounded by beautiful landscapes, mountains and a neighbouring sea. And to make the most of […]
Muskoka Boathouse
Muskoka, Ontario, Canada – Christopher Simmonds Architect This boathouse won ‘Best Project in the Open Category’ at the Ottawa Housing Design Awards in 2011, and it’s no wonder why! This stunning boathouse is situated at the end of a lake in Muskoka. It’s an aesthetically lightweight floating structure that houses a clean, modern interior  that connects with the natural environment […]
Courtyard Villa at Sengokubara
Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan  –  Shigeru Ban Architects Built area:   453 m2  (4,900 sf) Site area:   1,770 m2  (19,100 sf) Year built:   2013 Built on a easement/battleaxe block, this home focuses on the central, teardrop shaped courtyard. The home uses feature timber beams throughout and has ceiling heights ranging from […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Lima Residence – Calabasas
Santa Monica Mountains CA  –  Abramson Teiger Architects Built:   2008 Area:   (4,500 sq. ft.) It’s big, it’s bold and it’s certainly not inexpensive.  But it offers a lot of nice features and sits very well in its location.  The raw concrete walls and polished concrete floors are nicely offset by the timber […]
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 […]
M4 House – Show Architect
Higashisonogi-gun Nagasaki  Japan  –  Show Architect Year Built:   2013 Site area:   195.15 m2 Building envelope:   120.61 m2 Built area:    135.13 m2 Photography:    Blitz STUDIO Toshihisa Ishii A gross site area of just 195 m2 (2,100 sf) would challenge most of us. The client wanted the design to […]