The Mary Lake Residence was designed by Toronto-based studio Altius Architecture in the Village of Port Sydney, Huntsville, Ontario. This year-round house takes advantages of the entire site set amongst towering white pines. The project consists of two solid volumes connected by a glazed entry space and indoor/outdoor living room. The roof of the living [...]
Posted on April 4th, 2012 under Lake House Design | No Comments »
Mountford Road by Shaun Lockyer Architects in New Farm, Brisbane, Australia: The “Mountford Road” project is a small but dramatic intervention into a 1950’s post war house, originally designed by the “Bell Brothers” (also well known for their furniture). The design exercise comprised essentially two aspects to the brief; the first being about the pragmatics [...]
Posted on April 2nd, 2012 under Contemporary House Design | No Comments »
Paz Arquitectura have designed the Casa Luz in Guatemala city, Guatemala. With intent to emphasize the structural elements, and to seek to highlight the local construction methods and materials, design work was done using fine timber formwork in order to leave a permanent imprint on the exposed concrete. Incoming search terms:casa luz paz arquitectura, arquitectura [...]
Posted on April 2nd, 2012 under Contemporary House Design | No Comments »
Nettleton 199 by SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects and OKHA Interiors in Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa: The brief was to create a building that maximised the connection with the view and the sea, create a garden on the mountain side of the site and to minimise views over neighbouring buildings. Incoming search [...]
Posted on March 26th, 2012 under Luxury House Design | No Comments »
Colombian studio GM Arquitectos has designed the GM1 House (Casa Peñon) in Girardot, Colombia. The house was designed for 2 families. Therefore, the aim for this project was a modern house with spacious area where they could share, a “good” pool, and a shared budget. Incoming search terms:casa gm1, casa peñon girardot arquitectura, dizajn house, [...]
Posted on March 22nd, 2012 under Modern House design | No Comments »
House in Jozefow by ZAG Architekci: The design of the building was influenced by spatial conditions of the terrain. From the central and at the same time the highest point of a two-hectare plot there is a beautiful view over the Lodz Hills Landscape Park. Therefore it was clear that the house had to be [...]
Posted on March 14th, 2012 under Landscape House design | No Comments »