Home Architectural Design

The aims for this Skirt + Rock House was to accomplish the client’s need of modest living, more family space and a better connection to the garden, sunlight and air. MCK Architects removes rear rooms for a larger living area, and the tiled roof to provide first floor accommodation. The introduction of new form and [...]

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 [...]

The concept developed by MPR Design Group for Vaucluse House was to reflect the topography and landform of the Sydney Harbor basin. This four level luxury home is expressed as a series of horizontal layers – the sandstone clad base echoes the stone cliffs that hug the inlets of Sydney Harbor. Incoming search terms:vaucluse house, [...]

The FI house is a dwelling designed by Punto Arquitectónico located in a low density residential zone in Mérida. The flat plot offers maximum external view. The aim for this project was to take advantage of the natural sunlight and the prevailing winds. Also, the house should be developed around the swimming pool, always in [...]

Casa Mecano by ROBLESARQ in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica: House Mecano is a body composed of a structure, a skin and a mechanism to adapt to their environment. The Concept of the residence arises in the use of passive strategies through bioclimatic design in synergy with an automation system that controls the appropriate [...]

Heatherland Pool House by Satellite Architects in Woodhouse Lane, Dorset, United Kingdom: Heatherlands is a substantial addition to an existing house, built in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the Dorset Devon border. It responds carefully to the folding of the landscape and roof pitches of the existing house. The folds create splits which [...]