The pre-existing traditional Zagorje cottage is situated on the green slopes near Kumrovec and was structurally and statically in poor condition. It was renovated taking into consideration the characteristics of local heritage and design. The pre-existing house form is kept, while the porch is substituted with a glass cube. To give the cottage southern exposure, the glass form is slided out of the main house volume, simultaneously forming an entrance area. Interaction of interior and exterior spaces...
Modified: December 07, 2018Situated on a volcanic Peninsula this remote cottage is set into a rock escarpment in a tiny boulder strewn South Pacific cove. It is a shelter designed as a honeymoon retreat for paying guests and consists of a lobby, living/sleeping and a bathroom. The retreat is built using all local materials and is constructed largely from rock quarried near its site with in-situ poured concrete floors and an earth turfed roof. The structure is integrated into the escarpment above to protect its occupants from...
Modified: December 06, 2018The design of this boathouse, on the shore of Lake Joseph, is driven by stringent guidelines prescribed in the zoning by-laws. The project carves into the pitched roof tradition of the area and extends views out towards the lake, taking a modern twist on the established building typology. This starting point sparked an iterative design process involving building orientation, openings, sunlight and materiality, to negotiate a number of factors in the design of a simple dwelling with dynamic spatial...
Modified: November 30, 2018... The Bunkie can be assembled with simple tools and practical step-by-step instructions. There is a good demand for this type of auxiliary room within Ontario cottage country. Since we've launched we've received many suggestions for different uses like home office, yoga studio, pop up shop, glamping (glamour camping), recording studio and more.
Modified: November 23, 2018Explorations of this steeply sloped, wooded site overlooking a small private stone beach in Center Bay suggested a switchback organization of spaces where the slope has been extended and combined with the introduction of a meandering path that traverses the site. This pathway purposefully links together the architecture of internal rooms and outdoor spaces with discoveries of the site’s varied landscape. One third of the space within the house, made up of guest rooms, an office and the main entrance...
Modified: November 19, 2018Ross sits proudly within a characteristically diverse heritage precinct. Informed by our clients’ love of stark materiality and clean aesthetics, Ross unexpectedly provides a warm and joyful environment. Their new suburban home comfortably houses a family of five, their dog and an art collection while alluding to the industrial lofty spaces of a converted warehouse they had all become accustomed. Being nestled within a private garden, Ross completely satisfies our clients ...
Modified: October 11, 2018The design of the Bruny Island Cabin responds to our client’s desire for a retreat, a place of renewal where she can escape the high stress of her busy work life and engage in simple pleasures of reading, playing violin, star gazing. The cabin creates a well-equipped shelter, allowing her to spend time on her beloved 99 acres of land. Born in Taiwan, she spent her childhood in traditional Japanese houses (built during occupation). Out of this grew a love for highly crafted minimalist design. Our...
Modified: October 01, 2018... amounts of time outdoors with their children tending the garden, chicken coop, and landscaping. The family sought to live seamlessly between the interior and exterior. The proposed kitchen, family room, office, and master suite were designed to open the home to the outdoors. A direct view from the kitchen, over the family room, and onto the rear yard allows the family to stay engaged with one another over the course of the day. Natural daylight is brought deep into the existing home with large panes ...
Modified: September 25, 2018Located in a sea side village this house is a site-responsive, contemporary home for a mature couple to enjoy into their retirement. In contrast to their previous grander homes on rural properties, the house is compact with a spatial generosity that expands to accommodate visiting grandchildren and various guests. The dynamic ...
Modified: September 17, 2018Vibe’s latest residence, Hayes Road began with a simple, universal brief. A young family needed a home that would facilitate a modern and open way of living, yet also cater for and conceal the ‘stuff’ that family life generates. Vibe’s response is a machine for organising space - for conjuring space where it ought not exist. A ruthlessly efficient ...
Modified: May 17, 2018The Woodman’s Treehouse is a luxurious two-storey suite arranged between and beneath the canopy of aged oaks. Far from being a woodland folly it is the sleepover den every grown-up dreamed of as a child; a self-contained tree-top world of tricks and toys, part castle, part hovel, part lair. The treehouse is determinedly architectural, eschewing archetypal ‘Dr Suess’ aesthetic kitsch in favour of controlled composition and material exploration. The timber building draws on diverse architectural and...
Modified: February 24, 2018‘Old Be-al’ is the loving nick-name given to the beautifully old, gnarled Mallee river redgum at the rear of this classic, single story brick veneer home from the inter-war period in Melbourne’s inner-east. Underpinning our design notions and considerations for this home were two instinctual ideas: that of our client’s fondness for ‘Old Be-al’ and associated desire for an enhanced connection ...
Modified: January 26, 2018... materials such as brick and concrete (precluded by the existing timber frame) to provide temperature stability. - Accommodating the clients sizeable brief in a first-floor extension behind the existing ridge line without a bulky form dominating the period home when viewed from the street. Solutions: - Demolishing the study opened the hallway up to the rear yard and a new double height north facing stair void floods the depths of the house with light. This minimised work to the ground floor and allowed ...
Modified: December 28, 2017This project for a summer retreat is an addition to, and rehabilitation of an old “Nordlandshus” (traditional northern Norwegian house) on a remote site in the coastal island area of Lofoten. The original ideawas to encapsulate the old and worn-down timber corewithin a new climatic shell, leaving the old house standing freely and structurally unstressedinside, with the traditional timber constructions exposed. The added construction followed its own grid module, which – apart from a number of technical...
Modified: September 24, 2017A rear addition to an existing double fronted period home in West Brunswick, The Nest consists of a new open plan living area and a mezzanine. The client’s brief specified that the kitchen should be the focal point of the house with all family rooms interacting with this area. The solution came in the ...
Modified: September 20, 2017Perched on a woodland bluff overlooking Lake Michigan, this home, designed in collaboration with Environment Architects (AOR) of Traverse City, MI, is an assemblage of three offset structures that play off each other— the ‘gathering’ structure contains the living room, kitchen and a covered 'vista' seating ...
Modified: September 12, 2017The expansion of a 19th century town house in the heart of Ghent resulted in two houses. In the irregular outdoor space alongside the existing ‘winter house’ a ‘summer house’ was marked out by a precise modular frame of steel sections, overgrown with grapevines. A narrow strip of this frame, right against the winter house, was roofed with steel grilles, which rest on six thin fins of polished steel. Enclosed by sliding panels of single glass, an intermediate climate prevails in this roofed section...
Modified: September 04, 2017BETWEEN ROCKS AND HORIZON: JUNCAL & RODNEY HOME Some houses close in on themselves when connection with their surroundings is not desirable. However, others open up to their setting when it is clear that it endows them with qualities and provides their raison d’être and hence must become an ...
Modified: August 10, 2017... inspired by the longstanding tradition of agrarian architecture. Combining the practical utility required of contemporary life with the dignified stoicism of traditional barn structures, the project aspires to re-evaluate the role of the typical suburban home and assign it architectural validity through a rigorous deconstruction and thoughtful recalibration.
Modified: July 28, 2017Long-drawn natural stone walls shape the image of the western part of the Eisacktal in South Tyrol- Northern Italy. In the area of Bressanone You can find a granite stone with a considerable percentage of iron; in the southern Eisacktal You find porphyry, which change his colour in the weathering process in a dark gray. The building site in Barbian, a steeply slanting east slope, characterized by the same walls, with a magnificent view to the Dolomites, the Schlern, the impressive mountain in Val...
Modified: July 26, 2017Brief SkeneCatling de la Peña were asked simply to respond to a site in the grounds of Waddesdon, a large Estate in Buckinghamshire, with a building initially intended for the curator of a new archive building. The Flint House consists of three bedrooms, a dining room, kitchen, library and study, with a self-contained annex studio, of 465 and 115 sqm respectively. Design Flint is a quartz related to obsidian, and is found only in the chalk seam that extends from the south coast to Norfolk. Flint...
Modified: July 20, 2017This project involves alterations and additions to a 1930s dwelling. With an expanding family, the owners sought changes to their existing home which would meet their needs over the next 20 years. Given the period of the original home, the interior was often dark with no connection to the garden, an incredibly important feature in supervising young children. The extension sought to remedy ...
Modified: July 14, 2017Extremely narrow, long properties have spawned a special kind of building in this quarter: working class homes with lengthwise terraces along the street, sloping roofs and longhouse annexes that reach far into the gardens, resembling railway carriages in a row. this existing Typology was our model here, further developed and built in its own, revamped style....
Modified: July 08, 2017After inheriting the house that his father had built, the client originally considered tearing it down and rebuilding. However, the thirty-some-year-old building had an authentic beauty to it, and its reinforced concrete structure was sound, so he decided to work with the existing framework. The renovation focused on interiors and appliances, while the exterior was left nearly untouched aside from the approach, windows, and doors. In order to retain the atmosphere and design approach of the previous...
Modified: July 06, 2017Nestled into the tree line at the top of a gentle rise, the house folds and unfolds to take advantage of sweeping panoramic views, and wraps upon itself to form an intimate courtyard against the forest’s edge. The building is conceived as movement through a Fibonacci spiral. The resulting plan allows a graceful progression through the rooms, spiraling up to the highest point, a cozy aerie. The architecture considers the qualities of the light and views throughout the day and seasons, and offers optimal...
Modified: June 22, 2017The basic idea was to create a rational structure and functional using materials and environments that take inspiration from local tradition. The land on which the project is developed is located on the Orobic Valtellina Alps . The land was originally characterized by a gentle slope where we proceeded to create a plan recessed south and raised downstream. The L-shaped building closes the court facing south. The decision to cash in the ground, in part is due to the need to protect the house from the...
Modified: June 14, 2017Leis is a remote and authentic swiss mountain village, it consists of about a dozen old houses and stables. Peter Zumthor had already built two new houses in the neighbourhood. For the remaining lots a masterplan was made which defined volumetric settings and facade materials in order to guarantee a minimum of architectural quality for the development of the village. Two new houses were to be planned for clients with different backgrounds and needs. The aim was to make the houses appear as a pair...
Modified: June 02, 2017Acting as both a space for living and working, ‘Casa Estudio’ is a modest-sized home located in a micro industrial area of Queretaro City. The regeneration project saw the building dating back to the 1980s, being revitalized from a state of deterioration. The firm in charge, Intersticial Arquitectura, chose to approach the run-down ...
Modified: May 25, 2017Built in the second half of the 19th century, the barn was originally situated at the entrance to the village of praz-de-fort in the val d'entremont, and had been abandoned. as part of the conversion process, it was first dismantled and then rebuilt a few kilometres further into the valley, at saleinaz. A new independent structure and an internal skin were constructed inside the envelope formed by the old barn. this separation from the external structure enabled a rich spatial mix to be created via...
Modified: April 16, 2017Knapphullet is a small annex replacing two small sheds on the property. The new building has a distinctive roof free spanning. The roof folds down to the ground creating a ramp up to a viewing platform connecting to the upper cliff. The project began as an idea for how to utilize a naturally sheltered area surrounded by large rocks and dense vegetation. The idea developed to create a way to climb up from this shelter to see the panoramic view over the sea, which led to the characteristic shape of...
Modified: April 12, 2017... object in the landscape perched on the edge of the plinth. This 600 square foot house explores a geometric solution to create luxury with a minimum footprint. The experience and function of this small house is similar to the much larger neighboring homes, despite it’s limited size.
Modified: April 10, 2017The office 'Reset architecture' designed the renovation and extension of a small decaying farmhouse with a beautiful apple orchard, located in an idyllic location in the Betuwe region in the Netherlands. The simplicity and sobriety of the farmhouse is revealing much about life in the past in this area and how a peasant family and their livestock must have lived here under one roof. This narrative quality does not make the building a monument which must be preserved at all costs. It's the self-evident...
Modified: April 04, 2017The Pohutukawa is New Zealand’s national tree, it is known as the NZ Christmas tree as it flowers bright red is summer. Pohutukawas are protected under local authority regulations. The site with which we were presented was extremely challenging in that it was 90% covered in mature pohutukawa trees, the site being a part of a continuous belt of forest that edges the road along the beach front. The circumstances not so much allowed, but dictated a sensitive poetic response to a building that, in order...
Modified: February 25, 2017noa* (network of architecture) established, starting from the place – the quarry / Renon, a design concept, which implements the stone wall in the same way as it is used in the vineyards - as a supporting element. „...Architecture on this particular place has to meet nature on the most natural way...“ - Lukas Rungger The Villa “Am Steinbruch”, a private house hosting two families, is established in the outskirts of the village of Oberbozen / Soprabolzano facing the great mountain panorama of the...
Modified: February 23, 2017The small city of Lewes, Delaware, located on the eastern side of Sussex County faces northeast into the mouth of the Delaware Bay. Lewes is popularly known as an eighteenth-century coastal town commemorated for being the site of the earliest European settlement in Delaware. Lewes is composed primarily of late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century building stock. The dominant building type is timber and the prevalent construction type is balloon framing. The starting point for this project...
Modified: January 02, 2017The intervention involved the renovation of the penthouse and the energy retrofit of the entire building. A wood structure was added to the existence envelope, it forms a big covered balcony for the first floor and a nice pergola for the ground floor. The large ground floor windows crate a continuity between the living room and the courtyard. The new wooden volume contains the entrance staircase to the penthouse, it protects them from bad weather. The intervention lasted 7 months, from May to December...
Modified: November 28, 2016The off-grid house is located in a remote landscape on the southwestern bajada of the Canelo Hills in Southern Arizona’s San Rafael Valley, two hours southeast of Tucson and 15 miles north of the US/Mexico Border. Siting is balanced between the prospect of the open range and distant mountains toward the west and refuge from those who may venture across the landscape. Proximity to the border and immigrant related foot traffic led the owner to request an impenetrable structure. The house emerges from...
Modified: November 24, 2016The site is a ground compound of two plots of land situated to Bourgneuf in the municipality of Dolo. The existing constituent elements have an architectural vocabulary of village ( R+1). The project consists of the rehabilitation and the residual extension of a volume isolated in a multi-purpose building with use of workshop and temporary house. The extension aims in: - Restore of the link between the various components of the site in the urban scale - Revitalize the volumes, in the architectural...
Modified: October 24, 2016... insulation, not only for warmth but also for cold. The constant movement of the metal with the temperature change and noise in the rain. It also has passive heating systems and soon it will have solar cells. A smart way to recycle through a piece called home.
Modified: October 18, 2016... account both in bedrooms and on the main floor to allow air circulation and thus to ensure the house will be refresh with the sea breeze in summer. The heating system of this house is given by the use of hot and cold air conditioners. Was also included a home-salamander to complement the heating system. The few interior partition walls are of brick, plastered and painted with white latex. Bathrooms feature white enameled ceramic coating on the walls that are not of concrete. The floor cloths are also ...
Modified: October 08, 2016Nestled into the quiet middle of a block in the historic center of the beautiful colonial town of San Miguel de Allende, this 4,500 square foot courtyard home is accessed through lush gardens with trickling fountains and a luminous lap-pool. The living, dining, kitchen, library and master suite on the ground floor open onto a series of plant filled patios that flood each space with light that changes throughout ...
Modified: October 06, 2016This design is a point of sales for a residential complex in San Bernardo County, part of a master plan deployed around a big artificial lagoon. The intention was to convey a sensation of rest, recreation and relaxation, providing clear views from the terrace in order to contemplate the lagoon in its entire dimension. The building had to be seeable from the distance yet not be a disruptive element in the landscape. In order to do so, a higher volume was built to serve as reference point from the...
Modified: October 04, 2016The site is located over a dry hill with little vegetation. When one stands there, we naturally face towards the landscape trying to include both the mountains and Gutierrez Lakes in one view. Every landscape is a subjective interpretation of a territory; therefore it is necessary to understand what limits our landscape. This is why our field of work surpasses the site´s limits. We understand there are two different points of view: one from afar approaching the site and one from within the house...
Modified: September 26, 2016The interior spaces are sculpted to form a varied sequence of spaces, with emphasis on the changes between light and dark spaces as well as between open and intimate spaces.In a small house it is also important to pay attention to all the small “bonus” spaces, such as window sills for sitting in.The interior is all wood, ranging from dark pine floors to light beech walls. The house has utilized regular building methods easily available, and despite its is high material and spatial quality it is completed...
Modified: September 24, 2016Beauty, permeability and comfort in the seaside residence in Shangri-la, southern Brazil, Broadening the architectural references of the small seaside town of Shangri-la, RS, CASA22 brings the bright freshness of the union between geometry and transparency, built up from a Modernism that defies perspective, with blocks that distribute a 300sqm building in a challenging design that supports all volumes in only two cubes. The first floor presents a single white cube, completely translucent, providing...
Modified: September 20, 2016A Dutch client, entrepreneur, hobby pianist and racing driver, was not entirely satisfied with the cluttered layout of the chalet design that was included purchasing the building plot, and asked our advice on adjustments. SeARCH proposed to start from scratch and tailored the program more compact and site specific (the steep hillside). The ‘traditional’ chalet, originating from ‘chahtelèt’ (shepherd’s hut) consists of a solid wooden house with shutters and gable roof, resting on a stone foundation...
Modified: September 18, 2016In order to meet the client’s budget goals, an efficient plan and cost effective selection of building materials reduced construction costs and led to the simple box design. The use of sheet materials both inside and out maximized material efficiency while emphasizing the simplicity of the cabin’s form. Two concrete walls cradle the box and allow it to cantilever over the hillside, reducing effective site disturbance. Elevating the cabin allowed for unobstructed views down slope and to the mountains...
Modified: September 04, 2016Requalification and expansion project of an existing house, set in belém neighborhood, in Lisbon, Portugal. In the existing plot, there was a one store house, a backyard and the ruins of an old warehouse. The project had the main goal of rehabilitating the existing house and expanding its total area through the addition of an upper floor. The existing front facade (characterized by a higher frieze of historical tiles) was preserved and treated. There was a free reorganization of the internal layout...
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