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Herbst Architects was challenged to build a house on the site which 90% covered in mature pohutukawa trees as a part of a continuous belt of forest along the beach front. The program separated loosely into private and “public” components, give smaller individual masses with which to articulate the forms. The private functions of bedrooms [...]

The Tea House, located in the backyard of Archi-Union’s J-office, is constructed from the salvaged parts of the original warehouse’s collapsed roof. The site was extremely constricted with walls on three sides, and with only one side facing towards an open space that contains a pool. The space was further restricted by a mature tree. [...]

Koji Tsutsui & Associates designed the InBetween House in Nagano, Japan. A cluster of boxes united by irregular, interstitial space, InBetween House mimics the Japanese urban condition on an architectural scale. While the rectangular volumes are like small buildings, the amorphous areas in between are akin to the narrow passageways and odd gaps that crop [...]

The Wall House by Dipen Gada & Associates: The wall house, situated in Baruch, a city in the state of Gujarat, is conceptualized as an interior-architectural project, where there is no clear distinction where the architectural work ends and the interior work begins. Hence both feed off each other and complement one another in a [...]

The project site is located on a ridge in the foothills of Carpinteria. This contemporary residence is designed by Neumann Mendro Andrulaitis Architects in open plan unto the panoramic coastal ridge via expansive operable glazed walls. The glazed transparency is balanced and the home is anchored in place by substantial cut native sandstone walls. The [...]