Westport River House, USA / Ruhl Walker Architects
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
Houses
Villa Spee, The Netherlands / Lab32 Architects
This villa for a married couple with child is built on the original location of a dated bungalow from the 60s in Haelen, The Netherlands
LK House + Guesthouse/ Zack de Vito Architecture
Located in the remote hills of Sonoma County a Washington DC couple commissioned this modest, residential compound in Calistoga, California
Jewel Box, Switzerland / dps studio
The Villa is a mixed material structure utilizing recycled concrete, steel and wood as primary structural systems
Japanese House, Edinburgh / Konishi Gaffney Architects
In 2009 Konishi Gaffney Architects completed their own self built house and studio in Edinburgh. In 2010 it won the “Best Small Project” award from the Edinburgh Architecture Association.
Casa Llorell, Costa Brava, Spain / DOSARQUITECTES
A house situated in the heart of the Costa Brava with incredible views to a coast bay.
Cabin VARDEHAUGEN / FANTASTIC NORWAY
Located on the top of a rocky hill at the outermost coast of Fosen countryside …
Autofamily House, Poland / Robert Konieczny – KWK Promes
Autofamily house represents a new way of thinking about the entrance area in a suburban residence
110 Chattanooga Street Duplex, San Francisco / Zack de Vito Architecture
An urban, modern two-unit townhouse. Construction is a 3-story wood frame structure over a concrete basement/garage
Skycourt / Keiji Ashizawa Design
SKYCOURT is an ambitious renovation project that involved transforming a Japan bubble era house into a modern home connected to the city and the sunlight.
Nakahouse / XTEN Architecture
Nakahouse is an abstract remodel of a 1960’s hillside home located on a West facing ridge in the Hollywood Hills, just below the Hollywood sign.
AN DER ACHALM / Alexander Brenner Architekten
The location on a steep south-facing slope required an access to the house from the public road running below to the site situated about 12 metres higher.
Zgharta House / platau
Zgharta house sits in a Mediterranean olive grove landscape. The site slopes gently to the main road and enjoys an unobstructed view of the agrarian plain and mountains
ZEB Pilot House / Snøhetta
The ZEB Multi-Comfort House is a cooperation between Snøhetta, Scandinavia’s largest independent research body SINTEF, ZEB partner Brødrene Dahl, and Optimera
YIH House, Japan / aat+makoto yokomizo
This small house is located in the depths of the alley of Yanaka, Taitou-ku
Writer’s Cottage / JVA Architects
This small annex is located in the garden of two professionals in a suburban residential area of Oslo.
Wood Block House / Tadashi Yoshimura Architects
The house is designed for an elderly married couple, and their grand children that occasionally stay with them.
The Whyte House / buck&simple: doers of stuff
House Justice involves alterations and additions to a two storey, semi-detached, Edwardian Queen Anne/Arts and Crafts style house listed on the state heritage inventory
Weston Residence / Specht Harpman Architects
The Weston Residence nestles in a valley adjacent to the Saugatuck River
Weekend House in Amalsad / d6thD
In a country with a history and culture like India’s, it is always interesting to see how designers and architects bring that context into their modern efforts
