Hillside at Kentfield
Kentfield California  USA  –  Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects Built Area:   5,900 sq.ft.  (546 m2) Year built:    2010 Photography by:   David Wakely Photography Situated on a steep site overlooking mountains and the bay, this home has been designed for a long term, sustainable existence.  Comprising three levels, with the master bedroom […]
Light, Water and Landscape –
Daeyang Gallery and House
Seoul, Korea – Â Steven Holl Architects Built area: Â Â 1,760 m2 Â (10,700 sq. ft.) Year built: Â Â June 2012 (concept 2008) Photography: Â Â Iwan Baan and Holl Architects Many of us choose to work from home, but an artist’s needs are, perhaps, somewhat different to most. Â This is especially evident when the home […]
Bangkok House – Finding Peace Within
Central Bangkok  Thailand  –  Jackson Clements Burrows Built area:   700m2  (7,532 sq. ft.) Melbourne, Australia based JCB have earned an enviable, well deserved global reputation. They have won many local and international awards for both residential and commercial works.  This two storey residence is located in central Bangkok, Thailand. It sits within a gated community […]
Casa Grecia – quiet in the midst of chaos
SĂŁo Paulo  Brazil  –  Isay Weinfeld Architects Lot size:   4,830 m2  (52,100 sq. ft.) Built area:   1,900 m2  (20,520 sq. ft.) Year built:   2009 Photography:    Fernando Guerra San Paolo is one of the world’s mega-cities. With a population exceeding 19 million it offers little in the way of […]
Modular Design in Rural Victoria
Kilmore  Victoria  Australia  –  Carr Design Group + Intermode Concept Total built area including decks:   850 m2 (9,150 sq. ft) Year:   2008 mod·u·lar Of, relating to, or based on a module or modulus. 2. Designed with standardized units or dimensions, as for easy assembly and repair or flexible arrangement … Modular is a concept […]
Highland Residence – it’s all in the detail
Weston MA  USA  –  Marcus Gleysteen Architects Year built:   2008 Lot size:   6.5 acres (2.5 hectares) Built area:   Large Most of us have no need for a home of this size. None-the-less, it’s featured here as much for the superb attention to detail as for the design. While homes like this […]
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 […]
Stoned and Green in Vietnam
Dong Trieu, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam –  Vo Trong Nghia Architects Built:   2011 Photography:    Hiroyuki Oki If you have looked at ‘Wind and Water’, you’ll know why we really like the work of this firm of architects.  Their use of natural materials makes every building both unique and immensely habitable. The wonderful green […]
A Modern Chalet
La Moraleja  Madrid  Spain  –  Architect unknown Lot size:   2,627 m2  (28,372 sq. ft.) Built area:   875 m2  (9,450 sq. ft.) We saw this on Knight Frank’s site quite a few months back.  Our memory may be faulty but we think it was listed at €10 million.   The good news for all you […]
Sam’s Creek
Bridgehampton NY Â – Â Bates Masi Architects Lot size: Â Â 4,000 m2 Â (1 acre) Built area: Â Â 600 m2Â (6,500 sq. ft.) Bridgehampton and surrounding areas are no strangers to large homes. Â In fact, the area boasts some of the largest and most luxurious homes outside of Dubai including the insanely large 110,000 sq. […]