Casa Talia

Casa Talia

Sicily, Italy – Marco Giunta and Viviane Haddad Photography: Andrea Ferrari Marco: “My wife and I once organised a workshop for architects in Tuscany. We thought about place, hospitality and food. For us, it was a good opportunity to feel how nice it is outside of the big city. Then, in 2001, we came to Sicily […]

Killarney – Aging Gracefully

Byron Bay – NSW  Australia Built:     1904 Refurbished:     2012 Site area:     3,060 m2  (33,000 sq. ft.) Built area:    290 m2  (3,132 sq. ft.) If you’ve visited Byron Bay in recent years, it’s easy to forget that the area was once a quiet ‘hide-away’ with few homes and lots […]

Rock Mountain Cottage

Rock Mountain Cottage

North Carolina, United States  –  Travis Mileti/MountainWorks Lot size: 5 acres Built area: 1,500 sq. ft. (139 m2) This home won the 2011 ARDA (American Residential Design Awards) ‘Best Model Home Under 2,500 sq. ft.) award.  It’s in a lovely creek front setting some 3,700 ft. above sea level where the style and design are certainly […]