Green Oak Writer’s Studio
Los Angeles, USA – Bertram Architects Built Area: 18.5m2 (200 sq ft) Designed as a quiet space with minimum distraction for a writer. Furniture is plain and built in to both maximise the available space and avoid distraction. Here are the architect’s notes: “Inspiration for the home office came from the “Russian word пустынь or poustinia (which literally means […]
Black Tea House
Česká Lípa, Czech Republic – Lenka Křemenová, David Maštálka / A1Architects Built: 2011 Area: Veranda – 10m2 (108 sq. ft.) Interior – 3.5m2 (38 sq. ft.) Traditional Japanese teahouses are as much a refuge from the chaos of life as they are a ceremonial focal point. But the concept and meaning has spread to […]
Hat Tea House
Ostrava Czech Republic – A1 Architects Does it seem a little incongruous to find a classical Japanese tea house in suburban Ostrava, Czech Republic? Initially, probably, but why shouldn’t a Czech – or Briton, Canadian or New Zealander, seek the same sense of calm that the Japanese have found for centuries in their back yard tea houses? […]
Tea House in a Garden
Prague Czech Republic – A1 Architects Built: 2008 Area: 7 m2 (75 sq ft) This firm of architects has a definite penchant and finesse in designing and building teahouses. They have taken the essence of the classical Japanese concept to Europe. We’ll let the owner do the talking: The Garden At the foot of […]
Tea House with Hanging Garden – A1 Architects
Concept only – A1 Architects This concept is so simple yet so lovely we thought you might enjoy it. Imagine this in your garden somewhere, birds singing as you read without interruption, breathing in the serenity, hearing leaves rustling in a light breeze. Sold? Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to […]
Tree Houses for the child within…
Just for fun! If the idea of a tree house doesn’t stir your imagination, you might want to check that your heart is still beating :D The great news is that there are lots of inspired adults around the world determined to fulfill their childhood desires! Of course, you may have to fight the kids […]
Earth House – An Ode to Yoon Dong-joo
Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, Korea – Byoungsoo Cho Site area: 660m2 Floor Area: 32.49m2 Project Year: 2008-2009 Photography: Wooseop Hwang, Yong Gwan Kim It would seem odd to think of a 14m x 7m concrete box set deep in the ground as a ‘house of the sky’ and yet it is! The tiny home […]
More Bamboo Brilliance
Flamingo Dailai Resort, Vietnam – Vo Trong Nghia Architects Gross Floor Area: 1,600 sqm Photography: Hiroyuki Oki OK – so it’s not a home. But it is a wonderful example of the beauty and flexibility of the world’s most renewable timber… bamboo. Bamboo is incredibly strong due to it’s long fibres and high silica content. […]
Tula House Sits Lightly
Quadra Island, British Columbia – Patkau Architects Photography: James Dow and Patkau architects You’ll find this home set on a remote clifftop on Quadra Island, some six hours drive to the north of Vancouver. A home for two and the unofficial headquarters of the Tula Foundation, the home replaced an old, dilapidated cottage on the […]
A House Among and Within the Loblolly Pines
Loblolly House – Kieran Timberlake Location: Taylors Island, Maryland, USA Built area: 2,200 sq ft (204 m2) Named after the tall pines that characterize its site on the Chesapeake Bay, this home “seeks to deeply fuse the natural elements of this barrier island to architectural form.” Positioned between a dense grove of loblolly pines […]