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Concrete modern home has sunken courtyard to remain protected and unseen

Concrete modern home has sunken courtyard to remain protected and unseen Architects: Bracket Design Studio Location: Isfahan, Isfahan Province, Iran Year: 2016 Area: 4.628 ft²/ 430 m² Photo courtesy: Farshid Nasrabadi Description: "Isfahan, at all times, has been a garden city, however, nowadays only a few gardens have survived....

Residential unit of 4 apartments is covered in charred and then brushed wooden laths

Residential unit of 4 apartments is covered in charred and then brushed wooden laths Architects: Moos Giuliani Herrmann Architekten Location: Wermatswil, Switzerland Year: 2015 Area: 12.917 ft²/ 1.200 m² Photo courtesy: Sabrina Scheja Description: "The new building, with four in it’s size different, residential units, is located on the...

Split House comprises 2 simple volumes linked by a splayed stair that is used as a seating area for people to gather

Split House comprises 2 simple volumes linked by a splayed stair that is used as a seating area for people to gather Architects: BKK Architects Location: Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia Year: 2015 Area: 3.444 ft²/ 320 m² Photo courtesy: Peter Bennetts Description: "Set within a relatively recent subdivision...

Cluny Park Residence set in a lush tropical landscape across the street from the Singapore Botanic Gardens

Cluny Park Residence set in a lush tropical landscape across the street from the Singapore Botanic Gardens Architects: SCDA Architects Location: Singapore Year: 2016 Area: 75,347 ft²/ 7.000 m² Photo courtesy: Aaron Pocock Description: "Set in a lush tropical landscape across the street from the Singapore Botanic Gardens,...

Woodpeckers timber frame house in the woods of New Forest District, United Kingdom

Woodpeckers timber frame house in the woods of New Forest District, United Kingdom Architects: Ström Architects Location: New Forest District, United Kingdom Year: 2015 Area: 2.088 ft²/ 194 m² Photo courtesy: Luke Hayes Description: "The design for the house, which is used by the family mainly as holiday home,...

Open space home with almost no privacy situated in a dense neighbourhood of Tokyo

Open space home with almost no privacy situated in a dense neighbourhood of Tokyo Architects: frontofficetokyo Location: Tokyo, Japan Year: 2016 Area: 1.292 ft²/ 120 m² Photo courtesy: Takumi Ota Description: "With a flag shaped site, bound on every side by close neighbors, the understandable instinct might be to...

Outstretched and narrow barn converted into contemporary home in Bläsinge, Sweden

Outstretched and narrow barn converted into contemporary home in Bläsinge, Sweden Architects: GWSK Arkitekter Location: Bläsinge, Sweden Year: 2016 Area: 1.076 ft²/ 100 m² Photo courtesy: Linus Flodin Description: "The idea of ”modern barn” came up quite early in the sketching phase. A building typology that naturally connected to...

Humble house, with a simple and modest extension that meets the highest standards

Humble house, with a simple and modest extension that meets the highest standards Architects: Rara Architecture Location: Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia Year: 2016 Area: 2.239 ft²/ 208 m² Photo courtesy: Christopher Alexander , Alison McWhirter Photography Description: "Our mission was to reinstate the old home's glory through highlighting it's...

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,...

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