A property, that was once an expansive saltwater farm, now serves as a setting for this oceanfront retreat located a short drive from downtown Portland. The farm’s fields, cleared long ago for cultivation, now afford sweeping views of the rocky shore, distant islands, and a vast horizon. On it’s own it is an incredibly beautiful […]
Famous interior designer Fernanda Marques  is responsible for the renovation of this London Penthouse for a young family. The young art-collector couple with two children wanted to revamp their 3-floor haven in London’s Belgravia. The architect was charged with fitting the valuable collection of art and design into day-to-day life in this penthouse apartment. In order
Quincy Bay House is a single family passive house designed by GO Logic Architecture, a architecture and construction firm located in Belfast, Maine, US. Located on an east-facing oceanfront lot in densely populated Quincy, Massachusetts, this custom-designed, single-family residence employs a traditional peaked roof form to fit in with the surrounding neighborhood, but still differentiates
Buddhist Retreat is a contemporary residence designed by Imbue Design, located in Grover, Utah, USA. Emanating from a high-desert hillside amidst rugged volcanic rock and twisted juniper trees the Buddhist Retreat rises up and out toward a spectacular view Capitol Reef National Park. In addition to its function as a secondary residence, this dwelling in
Project: Three Cusps Chalet Architects: Tiago do Vale Arquitectos Location: Sé, Braga, Portugal Builder: Constantino & Costa Area: 165 m2 Photography: João Morgado Recent winner in the American Architecture Prize, the Three Cusps Chalet is a very peculiar building, documenting this region’s history and diaspora, and combining typical 19th century Portuguese architecture and urban design
Project: TLV Duplex Architects: Blatman Cohen Architecture & Design Location: Tel Aviv, Israel Area: 130 sqm Year 2013 TLV Duplex is a 130 sqm apartment in Tel Aviv that has been modified and extended by Blatman Cohen Architecture & Design. Project description: The second floor apartment is located in a serial building in a densely
Lead Architects: Simon Knott, George Huon Project: Split House Location: Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia Area: 320.0 sqm Photography: Peter Bennetts Located in Mt Martha, VIC, Australia, Split House won the 2016 AIA Victorian Architecture Awards, Commendation for Residential New. The house was designed by Melbourne-based BKK Architects. Project description: Set within a relatively recent subdivision
Italian architect Andrea Mosca has renovated Bookshelf House, an old house near Paris for a family of five who loves books and reading. Project description: In this project we tried to create a main thread which draws the principles of internal space of this villa to modulate it. This was the key element which now
