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Harborview Broadmoor by Laidlaw Schultz Architects in Corona del Mar, California: Set on the upper tier of a residential development overlooking Newport Bay, this unassuming neighborhood became the context for a truly unique home. While the standard residential pad offered little in terms of inspiration, the creation of a faux topography offered the possibility of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]