The RoadRunner Residence aims to inject new life into a classic design. The flat-roofed single story house completed in 2014 looks as if it is floating, nestled comfortably within the trees of the Texas hill country.
Woods Bagot has designed a new workplace for ADCO in Melbourne, delivering a contemporary workspace environment for one of Australia’s leading construction companies. Situated in South Melbourne, the key driver for the project was to provide ADCO a point of difference, …
Most lofts are dark in the middle, but this space has windows on three sides, plus an enormous skylight creating this amazing light Scandinavian minimalism that we love. In the old days it was a paper factory, and in the old oak floors you could see the oil stains and mounting screws from where the machines had been.
Liam designed and built this small townhouse as an opportunity to test a number of design concepts and construction details first hand. The result is a contemporary yet respectful townhouse style project. “I wanted to design, detail and build a home with design merit on a modest budget.”
The sloping site looks out over a regenerated silver and lead mine to the south – a bush setting in suburban Brisbane. To accommodate a growing family, the brief adds additional living space and bedrooms to the 3 bedroom high set Queenslander house.
The clients sought a family forest retreat hidden in the forested hills of Northern California, where an extended community of family, friends and colleagues could gather. We wondered, What if the forest itself was the house?
Balcones house is perched on the edge of a fractured limestone cliff, which is a part of the echelon of the Balcones fault. Rooms look either downhill into the tops of trees in the ravine below or uphill into the rock gardens behind the house.
A loft-style flipped-plan rhythmically-organized house designed by the architects for their own family, this budget-sensitive human-scaled project wove together the architects’ deep knowledge of San Francisco’s urban context and codes with their crisp and clear material and architectural aesthetic.
