Della Torre – standing the test of time
Kangarilla, South Australia  –  Max Pritchard Architects Lot area:   Large rural acreage Owner-Builder:    Claire Groom Year Built:   1999 Max Pritchard is an architect with a fierce reputation. He designs for the environment, totally unaffected by the transient trends and fashions of the day. Each of his homes is unique, speaking eloquently […]
Casa Camino a Farellones
Santiago  Chile –  Bernado Valdes Site area:   7,000 m2  (75,600 sq. ft.) Built area:   230 m2  (2,484 sq. ft.) Year built:   2006 Located on the north side of the River Mapocho Valley foothills, this home focuses on the outlook and the client’s need to get away from city stressors and […]
Wall House
Shizuoka, Japan – Keiji Ashizawa Design and Rachel Hudson Project duration: 2007 – 2009 Photography: Michael Nicholson Look at this house from the street, it’s difficult to imagine that a very different and beautiful landscape awaits inside. This visually dramatic home is a perfect fusion between east and west… Japanese and Australian design. The Wall House is called […]
Never a bridge too far…
Olivebridge, NY –Â Gluck+ This country retreat for an urban family sought to reconfigure the shape and function of the typical vacation house, which is often just a regular house, built somewhere else. Here the design expresses, boldly and forthrightly in space and form, the uses and structure of what is in effect a guest-and-gathering house. […]
Jln Angin Laut
Singapore, Singapore – Hyla Architects Area: 582.14 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Derek Swalwell There’s a reason why that main door is elevated. The already striking façade of this home still would not prepare you for the remarkable interior that you are about see. Its layout and design offers guests the urge to have a tour […]
Walkabout
Cedar Park, Texas USA  –  Nic Deaver Built Area:   174 m2  (1,875 sq. ft.) Builder:   Stacy Pearson Photography:   Roger Williams, AIA  and Jonathan Jackson There’s a town called Texas in Queensland, Australia and every Aussie is familiar with the term and concept of  ‘walkabout’. We’ve also all grown up […]
MZ House
Valle de Bravo Lake, Mexico – CHK arquitectura Constructed area: 780 m2 Designed In: 2009 Built In: 2010 to February 2012 Photography: Yoshihiro Koitani A hilltop home on a steep site. Raw concrete, stone walls and beautiful landscaping and natural forest externally, brick , glass panelling, steel, marble and warm timber beams internally. With extensive […]
Vertical Garden Keeps Casa CorManca Cool and Comfortable
Ciudad de MĂ©xico, MĂ©xico – PAUL CREMOUX studio Lot size: Â Â 156 m2 Â (1,685 sq. ft.) (Built area: 176 m2, (1894 sq. ft.) Year built: 2013 Photography: HĂ©ctor Armando Herrera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNYvZLVioa0
Port Fairy House
Port Fairy  Victoria  Australia  –  Farnan Findlay Architects Situated some 290 kilometres from Melbourne, Port Fairy is close enough to be a ‘weekender’ location for a Melbourne family. It also offers permanent residency for those lucky enough to be able to build a career in nearby Warrnambool. Facing onto the Southern Ocean, it is an […]
Z House – Bruce Stafford Architects
Architects Site:Â http://brucestafford.com/?project=z-house