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Los Angeles unique home embodies the intent to offer respite from the city below

Los Angeles unique home embodies the intent to offer respite from the city below Architects: Belzberg Architects Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Year: 2015 Photo courtesy: Bruce Damonte Description: "The Tree Top Residence celebrates the site’s complex landscape, merging with it seamlessly and emerging from it atop the...

Redesign of a 19th century villa including a blend of modern furniture and found pieces

Redesign of a 19th century villa including a blend of modern furniture and found pieces Architects: Raya Shankhwalker Architects Location: Ribandar, Goa, India Year: 2016 Photo courtesy: Harshan Thomson Description: "The villa was originally built in the early 19th century and is located on the banks of the...

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 courtesy: Vojteck Ketz Description: “Exterior: We rebuilt the 1970’s extension with a pitched roof that visually extruded the pitched roof form of the...

Home set high up on a precipice overlooks the inner Stockholm archipelago to the south

Home set high up on a precipice overlooks the inner Stockholm archipelago to the south Architects: Petra Gipp Arkitektur Location: Älgö ö, Sweden Year: 2016 Area: 1.615 ft²/ 150 m² Photo courtesy: Åke E:son Lindman Description: "A narrow site high up on a precipice overlooks the inner Stockholm archipelago...

Two courtyards open to the sky and the living areas open to a private garden filled with sunlight

Two courtyards open to the sky and the living areas open to a private garden filled with sunlight Architects: Norman D. Ward architect Location: Fort Worth, Texas, USA Year: 2013 Area: 2.100 ft²/ 195 m² Photo courtesy: Charles Davis Smith, AIA Description: "An undeveloped sixty-foot wide parcel of land,...

All the rooms of the house in Charbonnières-les-Bains have natural light

All the rooms of the house in Charbonnières-les-Bains have natural light Architects: Atelier Didier Dalmas Location: Charbonnières-les-Bains, France Year: 2009 Area: 2.691 ft²/ 250 m² Photo courtesy: Jérôme Ricolleau Description: "Built on a ground with strong slope, the building takes advantage of the site by working on two levels. Indeed,...

Caúcaso House rises above the sidewalk and over the surrounding trees

Caúcaso House rises above the sidewalk and over the surrounding trees Architects: JJRR/ARQUITECTURA Location: Ciudad de México, México Year: 2016 Area: 8.073 ft²/ 750 m² Photo courtesy: Nasser Malek Description: "Located in a residential area of Mexico City, Caúcaso House rises one meter and thirty centimeters above the sidewalk...

Colorful small town house with an irregular shape situated in central district of Ho Chi Minh City

Colorful small town house with an irregular shape situated in central district of Ho Chi Minh City Architects: MM ++ ARCHITECTS Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Year: 2015 Photo courtesy: Hiroyuki OKI Description: “In the fast growing Vietnamese economy, ways of living are changing and middle class...

São Paulo penthouse design in order to create a cozy and solemn atmosphere

São Paulo penthouse design in order to create a cozy and solemn atmosphere Architects: Studio MK27 Location: São Paulo, Brazil Photo courtesy: Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen Description: "The architectural interiors project for the penthouse sp_penthouse sought to attend to the demands of the program with the minimal division of...

Mountain residence in Cap-à-l’Aigle with a “V” shape and long facades that are suspended over nature

Mountain residence in Cap-à-l’Aigle with a “V” shape and long facades that are suspended over nature Architects: Bourgeois/Lechasseur architects Location: Quebec, Canada Year: 2016 Photo courtesy: Adrien Williams Description: “This house, whose name refers to the brightest star in the Aquila constellation, is located in Cap-à-l’Aigle, in the...

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Tainaron Blue Retreat by Kostas Zouvelos & Kassiani Theodorakakou

Tainaron Blue Retreat by Kostas Zouvelos & Kassiani Theodorakakou Location: Vathia, Greece Year: 2014 Photo courtesy: George Meitner Description: The towers, these imposing tall and narrow...

Kibbutz Residence by Henkin Shavit Architecture & Design

Kibbutz Residence by Henkin Shavit Architecture & Design Architects: Henkin Shavit Architecture & Design Location: Lohamei HaGeta’ot, Israel Year: 2014 Area: 2,150 sqft Photo courtesy: Yoav Gurin ...

Renovation of a studio apartment less than 40 square meters uppermost in downtown Shanghai

Renovation of a studio apartment less than 40 square meters uppermost in downtown Shanghai Architects: Atelier Mearc Location: Shanghai, China Year: 2015 Area: 398 ft²/...

Loma House by Iván Andrés Quizhpe

Loma House by Iván Andrés Quizhpe Architects: Iván Andrés Quizhpe Location: Cuenca, Ecuador Year: 2013 Area: 5,812 sqft Photo courtesy: Sebastián Crespo ...