Ken Johnson’s Incatrole
Byron Hinterland – NSW Australia  –  Designed and owner-built by Ken Johnson Site:   2 hectares  (5 acres) Built area – main home:   540 m2 (5832 sq. ft.) The Byron hinterland has one of the world’s best climates with mild winters and comfortable summers.  It’s a place of great scenic beauty and clean air.  It’s […]
Enclosed Open House – Singapore
East Coast Singapore  –  Wallpaper Architecture + Design Year built:   2011 I confess that I first visited Singapore way back in 1974.  It was a vibrant, colourful, very Asian city.  I tramped over most of the island for a fortnight and loved it. It’s changed.  A lot! When I first viewed this home, I […]
The Lima Residence – Calabasas
Santa Monica Mountains CA  –  Abramson Teiger Architects Built:   2008 Area:   (4,500 sq. ft.) It’s big, it’s bold and it’s certainly not inexpensive.  But it offers a lot of nice features and sits very well in its location.  The raw concrete walls and polished concrete floors are nicely offset by the timber […]
Kona Residence – it’s all in the details
Kona Hawaii  –  Belzberg Architects Built:  2010 Area:  740 m2 (8,000 sq. ft.) While a home of this size and in this location may not be on the bucket list for everyone, we think that there are so many innovative ideas, that it is a home worth featuring. We’ll rely on the architects to […]
Hadaway House
Whistler, British Columbia — Patkau Architects Project Duration: 2007-2012 Photography: James Dow / Patkau Architects Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox. Another unusual home that you might enjoy viewing is the Dutch Underground…
M-House – Japan
Nagoya Japan  –  D.I.G. Architects We’re fascinated by a lot of modern Japanese architecture.  It’s incredibly innovative.  It has to be.  There is not a lot of available building land in Japan.  Every square centimetre that can be farmed, is farmed.  The rest is mountainous.  Add to that, very haphazard historical ‘city planning’ and the […]
Small Home in Horinouchi
‘House in Horinouchi’  –  Suginami, Tokyo   MIZUISHI Architect Atelier site area: 52.14 m2 building area: 29.07 m2 total floor area: 55.24 m2 Most of us would have difficulty visualizing what a 52m2 (570sq ft) building lot looks like.  Think 7 metres x 7 metres (22′ x 22′).  Now turn it into a triangle, add some building code challenges and […]
M4 House – Show Architect
Higashisonogi-gun Nagasaki  Japan  –  Show Architect Year Built:   2013 Site area:   195.15 m2 Building envelope:   120.61 m2 Built area:    135.13 m2 Photography:    Blitz STUDIO Toshihisa Ishii A gross site area of just 195 m2 (2,100 sf) would challenge most of us. The client wanted the design to […]
Off-the-Grid Strawbale Cabin
Nevada City, California – Arkin Tilt Architects Built area: 872 sq. ft. Â (81 m2) Photography: Eric Millette Off-the-grid in every sense, this home, is a great example of sustainability. Heating, cooling, all power and even the water are generated or pumped on-site. It’s a vacation home for a young, active family. From the architect: Located […]
Sea Ranch Residence
Sea Ranch, California – Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Built area: 1,030 sq. ft. house, 550 sq. ft. guest house  (95 m2 + 51 m2) Year completed: 2007 Photography: David Wakely A pleasant mix of simplicity, atmosphere, timber hues and the view make this home a special place. The whole is further enhanced by the natural […]