Architects: Benjamin Garcia Saxe Project: Ocean Eye / Sustainable Terrace House Location: Puntarenas, Costa Rica Date of Completion: May 2016 Area: 350m2 Photographs: Andres Garcia Lachner Architecture Team: Design Director: Benjamin Garcia Saxe Project Coordinator: Laura Morelli Design Team: Cesar Coto, Rogelio Quesada, Alejandro Gonzalez, Maribel Mora This sustainable terrace house was designed by Benjamin Garcia Saxe in […]
Architects: Merge Architects Project: Grow Box Location: Lexington, Massachusetts, US Principal-In-Charge: Elizabeth Whittaker Project Manager: Amit Oza Project Designer: Allison Austin Design Team: Jamie Pelletier, Anne-Sophie Divenyi, Duncan Scovil Structural Engineer: Evan Hankin, PE Steel Fabrication Ramos Iron Work General Contractor Evergreen Group Company, Inc Photography: John Horner Grow Box is a 1,975 sf home
An intervention in an existing building forces the architect to take a position regarding the architectonical object. In this case, the pre-existing dwelling was heir of the local Modern Movement principles, typical of the Mediterranean coast, and the site offered two exceptional conditions regarding that position.
Built on the fringe of the village of Vollèges, Wallis, Switzerland, VS house benefits an amazing view on the valley of Entremont.
Just to the east of the Cedarvale Ravine, behind the bustling Forest Hill Village on Spadina Road in Toronto, are the Relmar Houses; two slim semi-detached dwellings squeezed into a narrow lot originally occupied by a single family home.
Project: House C3 Architects: Campbell Architecture Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Area 196.0 sqm Photographs: Justin Alexander House C3 is a project recently completed by Sydney-based Campbell Architecture Studio. The project was selected for the Australian House of the Year 2015. House C3 continues our exploration of traditional form used in contemporary manner. In this case
Architect: Archterra Architects Project: Dawesville House Status: completed late 2015 Location: Dawesville, Western Australia Photographer: Douglas Mark Black Dawesville House is a weatherboard cottage redesigned by Archterra Studio in Dawesville, Western Australia. Description by Archterra: Located in a small coastal holiday town south of Perth, this alterations and additions project aims to upgrade an existing
Designed by Swiss studio MLZD, this two-storey family house has an architecture that is outstanding through the combination of raw concrete and dark wood. The glazed lower level of this house by Switzerland’s Lake Biel are sandwiched between two concrete slabs, helping to protect living spaces and an outdoor terrace from flooding. MLZD was asked to
