Green Roof

Malbaie V “Le Phare” by Mu Architecture Architects: Mu Architecture Location: Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada Year: 2010 Area: 2,400 square foot Photos: Ulysse Lemerise Bouchard, Les Terrasses Cap-à-l’Aigle Description: The unmistakable and straightforward outside play of geometrical volumes grasping each other appears to emerge from the precarious landscape. The house is completely secured...

Black Beauty Tierra Villa in Costa Rica by Kalia Architects: Kalia Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica Area: 2,992 square foot Photos: Kalia Description: Grasping the common slanting scene, Tierra both buoys high over the sea and submerges itself into the lavish Costa Rican wilderness. The symphonious relationship of the inside to outside...

Villa Rotterdam 2 by Ooze Architects: Ooze Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands Area: 4,300 square foot Photos: Ooze architects Description: This segregated Rotterdam house had been expanded a few times in late decades. Overflow planners interpreted the proprietors? longing to reuse the "spirit" of the house by changing it in a...

Fish House by Guz Architects Architects: Guz Architects Location: Singapore Year: 2009 Area: 7,814 sqft / 726 sqm Photo courtesy: Patrick Bingham-Hall Description: This cutting edge tropical cottage exemplifies the embodiment of living in the hot and sticky atmosphere of Singapore by making open spaces which energize common ventilation and offer...