Hebil 157 Houses
Bodrum, Turkey – Aytac Architects Area: 4791.0 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Courtesy of Aytac Architects The idea of volcanoes, more so living near a (once) volcano spot, has never been pleasant until now. These five villas, nicely positioned to provide wide views of the Hebil Bay, are built with the inspiration from volcanic elements. All […]
Castlecrag Rebuild
Castlecrag  NSW  Australia  –  CplusC Architectural Workshop Year built:   1960’s / 2012 Built area:   237m²  (2,560 sq. ft.) Lot size:   560m2  (6,000 sq. ft.) Photography:   Murray Fredericks Castlecrag is a peninsula suburb only eight kilometres from the Sydney CBD. The suburb is best known for it’s selection of […]
Shipwrecked!
Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand – Crosson, Clarke, Carnachan Architects Year: 2007 Photography: Patrick Reynolds Sitting a short distance from Auckland, facing west onto Bass Straight, the entrance to Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand has an unenviable record as the graveyard of ships and people. Many of these shipwrecks remain visible. This home overlooks the harbour entrance […]
Tucson Textures
Sonoran Desert, Tucson, Arizona – DUST Architects Built Area: 3,640 sq ft (337m2) Year: 2012 Photography: Jeff Goldberg/Esto, Bill Timmerman Nature still provides the best building materials as this rammed earth home demonstrates. Extensive use of texturing throughout the home adds to the drama of the desert location while careful positioning has protected the environment in which […]
Casa B – dressed in yellow
Segovia  Spain  – ch+qs arquitectos Built area: 150.0 m2 Year built: 2011 Photography: FG + SG A landscape of meadows, walls, ash and streams, a landscape where absolutely everything turns yellow at some time through the year – flowers in spring, the Castilian summer heat. the cereal crops at harvest, the leaves in autumn and in winter glowing […]
Riverhead House
Auckland, New Zealand – Hamlet Projects Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox. You can also view the images as a slideshow if you prefer 8-) If you liked this project, you will also like viewing …
NEXTHouse
Seattle, Washington – David Vandervort Architects Project Area: 2,700 sqf Photography: Michael Jensen Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox. You can also view the images as a slideshow if you prefer 8-) If you liked this project, you will also like viewing …
Spiegel Haus – inner Sydney living
Alexandria Sydney  Australia  –  Carter Williamson Architects Photography:   Brett Boardman Sydney’s inner suburbs were subdivided in the mid to late 1800’s. Little thought was given to the Australian climate or to the needs of those intended to live on these lots – typically low paid unskilled or semi-skilled workers.  The lots are small, many […]
Invisible House
Blue Mountains  NSW  Australia  –  Peter Stutchbury Architecture Australia is the oldest and driest continent. It’s a land of contrasts with awesome deserts, verdant rainforests and the iconic Blue Mountains. The latter are a series of impassable valleys and peaks edged with magnificent sandstone cliffs. It took the early white settlers more than 30 years to […]
Cottage Point House
 Sydney  Australia  –  Richard Cole Architecture Year Built:   2013 Photography:   Simon Wood Sydney sits on a massive sandstone basin. It surfaces in may places but nowhere as spectacularly as along the Hawkesbury River, an hour north of the city. The tiny settlement of Coal and Candle Creek pre-dates the declaration of the entire […]