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Francis Bell House is designed by Parsonson Architects in Eastbourne, a seaside suburb in Wellington, New Zealand. The topography was offered by the large layers of hills that surround the harbor. The property is steep and borders a large area of native bush reserve and is only by accessible by steps and cable car. Incoming [...]

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 [...]

The Casa Franca is a townhouse designed by Brazilian-based Andrade/Scroback a rectangular-shaped site. The rooms are divided in half levels. The ground level provides access to the living room, gardens, pool, spa and a gourmet area. A half-height staircase leads up to the kitchen and dining room. Another half-height staircase allows access to the TV [...]

This project is a result of renovation and expansion made to a house at 2711 First on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill which designed by Paul Hayden Kirk. It was a bold compact composition with shingled walls that wrap over to become the roof. The idea was reinforced inside with cedar clad walls and ceilings. Incoming [...]

Beached House continues BKK Architects interest in the curation of the domestic as a sequence of unfolding spaces that deny, and then release views. The journey through the house is through a series of subtly shifting spaces that alter one’s orientation to climate and terrain. Beached House has been conceived formally as an exercise in [...]

The Aquavilla House by Winn Wittman Architecture sited on some prime real estate of Lake Travis, Austin. This mid 80’s lakeside wreck was extensively renovated to reflect the exuberant and whimsical personality of the owner. A custom-designed and fabricated metal panel system was the solution for solar and aesthetic problems. The specifically designed and fabricated [...]