Rio House Retreat, Rio de Janeiro by Olson Kundig
The 1,500-square-foot house rises into the rainforest canopy – a secluded hideaway for the owner couple to retreat from the distractions of city life.
The 1,500-square-foot house rises into the rainforest canopy – a secluded hideaway for the owner couple to retreat from the distractions of city life.
This nineteenth-century townhouse placed in Porto’s historical center was recently transformed by a real estate developer into a collective housing building with 8 apartments
An ‘ode’ to family – driven by females, a black-owned family operating a boutique hostel in the heart of the west end. The project is an embodiment of collaboration with local artists, furniture designers and makers.
Design is austere, compact, with only true natural colors. The aim is to move the atmosphere from messy bistro to decent tropical show kitchen.
The 130m2 apartment located in the Bigorrilho neighborhood, in Curitiba, was designed to reflect the personality and attend the necessities of the radiologist couple.
The plans were to extend in the basement, at the rear as well as the roof of this Victorian terraced house, however the client was not totally happy with the plans and so approached us to overlook the design aspects of the project.
The Scenic Shed is a 500 sf single-room space of leisure located in New York’s Hudson Valley. The structure was built using conventional wood framing on a concrete slab foundation and the low-maintenance white stucco exterior abstracts the building against the natural landscape.
Rebel Road is a “ramp house” that is elevated and almost hovering above the lower level functions. We often refer this type of house in Texas as an upside down house.