Just past the airport the landscape changes from tract housing to pastoral land and small rural communities. Dotted along the drive are old agricultural outbuildings and early settler dwellings. Nostalgia for this connection between land and building was the guiding principle for our Nulla Vale House and Shed.
In true Tropical Modern style, Miami-based Choeff Levy Fischman designed Banyan Residence, a custom single-family residence located on the exclusive Palm Island in Miami Beach with inspiration from the home’s native environment.
This mansard apartment project is designed for a young family who loves comfort in general and comfort in the interior in particular. During project concept designing, our vision has perfectly matched to the client needs, that led to a great chemistry in our cooperation on the one hand and fruitful results on the other.
This new concrete and cedar family home works hard to maximise the clients programme needs within the tight constraints of this small urban beachside site. This minimalist beachside house had to have a minimal and hardwearing material palette to respond to the harsh coastal environment.
The house is designed as a multi-generational retreat for the whanau offering manaaki (hospitality/comfort) to the whanau for current and future generations. The house is located on longstanding whenua (land) at the foot hills of Mount Ngongotaha in Rotorua which has been in the family for 16 generations.
Lotto 16 is part of the Garden cooperative in Marina di Ragusa, which consists of two-story residences surrounded by big gardens. The ground level hosts the living area, kitchen and dining room; all environments have a direct relationship with the exterior.
This white house is located in a community that is far away from the downtown and rural area. Here we can see a large farmland and a branch of Han River outside the window. In terms of design, our philosophy is to create a minimalist white house with the simplicity and purity of black, white and gray,…
Inspired by the deprivations endured by survivors from the foundered Dunedin Star and the desolate and harsh Skeleton Coast landscape, the architects tried to capture the contrast between shelter and exposure in their Shipwreck Lodge design (named after the architectural concept).
