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Glenbrook Residence by David Jameson Architect

Glenbrook Residence by David Jameson Architect Location: Bethesda, Maryland, USA Year: 2005 Photo courtesy: Paul Warchol Photography Description: Shaped largely by the site, the Glenbrook Residence is conceptually a courtyard inserted between two heavy walls.  Threading the walls through the treescape to create distinct yet connected structures...

Matai House by Parsonson Architects

Matai House by Parsonson Architects Location: Wellington, New Zealand Year: 2013 Photo courtesy: Paul McCredie Description: The family had lived in this early 1900’s Villa for several years before embarking on alterations. It was a typical villa layout, rooms running down each side of a central hallway...

Home in L’Abbaye by Kunik de Morsier architectes

Home in L’Abbaye by Kunik de Morsier architectes Location: L’Abbaye, Switzerland Year: 2015 Photo courtesy: Eik Frenzel Description: It is in the very special geography of the Swiss Jura, near the Lac de Joux (which freezes over in Winter), close to the ski slopes, hiking trails and...

Elwood House by Preston Lane

Elwood House by Preston Lane Location: Elwood, Victoria, Australia Year: 2014 Area: 4,004 sqft Photo courtesy: Derek Swalwell Description: Elwood House features the adaptive reuse and transformation of a cold, dark and inefficient 1915 Edwardian house into a warm and light filled family home that has direct connections...

Interior with Garden by MG2 ARCHITETTURE

Interior with Garden by MG2 ARCHITETTURE Location: Turin, Italy Year: 2015 Photo courtesy: MG2 ARCHITETTURE Thank you for reading this article!

Westport River House by RUHL WALKER Architects

Westport River House by RUHL WALKER Architects Location: Westport, Massachusetts, USA Year: 2011 Photo courtesy: Peter Vanderwarker & Nat Rea Description: Built on a gentle slope on the Westport River, less than a mile from the coast in southeastern Massachusetts is an unabashedly modern glass house designed...

Holleb Residence by John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects

Holleb Residence by John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects Location: Santa Monica, California, USA Year: 2011 Area: 4,000 sqft Photo courtesy: Benny Chan / Fotoworks Description: The Holleb Residence is a 4,000 square foot home for a family of four in the Ocean Park neighborhood of Santa Monica. Its...

Merton by Thomas Winwood Architecture & Kontista + Co

Merton byThomas Winwood Architecture & Kontista + Co Location: Albert Park, Victoria, Australia Area: 2,831 sqft Photo courtesy: Emily Bartlett Description: Inspired by the existing Victorian house on a corner site the project reinterprets the bay windows and scale and arrangement of internal spaces to create new...

Haus am Weinberg by UNStudio

Haus am Weinberg by UNStudio Architects:UNStudio Location: Stuttgart, Germany Area: 6,650 sqft Photo courtesy: Iwan Baan and Christian Richters UNstudio: Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos, Astrid Piber with René Wysk, Kirsten Hollmann-Schröter and Cynthia Markhoff, Christian Bergmann, Jan Schellhoff, Iris Pastor, Rodrigo Cañizares, Albert Gnodde, Beatriz Zorzo...

M House by D.I.G Architects

M House by D.I.G Architects Location: Nagoya, Japan Year: 2009 Area: 1,000 sqft Photo courtesy: Takeshi Yamagishi Description: The width of the site is 5m, just the same as the street in front, and the house is even narrowed down into 3m width tubular space. This tubular space...

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Matai House by Parsonson Architects

Matai House by Parsonson Architects Location: Wellington, New Zealand Year: 2013 Photo courtesy: Paul McCredie Description: The family had lived in this early 1900’s Villa for several...

Fairhaven Beach House by John Wardle Architects

Fairhaven Beach House by John Wardle Architects Architects: John Wardle Architects Location: Fairhaven, an area of French Island, Victoria, Australia Photos: John Wardle Architects Description: This agile...

Cube House by Irene Escobar Doren

Cube House by Irene Escobar Doren Architects: Irene Escobar Doren Location: O’Higgins Region, Chile Year: 2011 Area: 1,022 sqft Photo courtesy: Cristián Domínguez Description: This house is located on...

Renovation of an 1970’s extension into a contemporary huge open living space

Renovation of an 1970’s extension into a  contemporary huge open living space Architects: Marta Nowicka & Co Location: Conduit Hill, Rye, England Year: 2016 Photo...