This simple beach house nestles into its exposed beachfront site, maintaining a small footprint in a wild native garden. An anchored ground floor supports a lightweight, durable timber box above. The living level opens up completely to the view and garden, allowing occupants to enjoy the site’s raw, untamed natural beauty.
In a quiet street, this sensitive but tough new beach house creates an intriguing sanctuary, integrated with context and landscape. Driven by the local vernacular of gently gabled houses, a sensitive building form is nestled between its neighbours.
Architect: Andrew Franz Project: Meadow Beach House Location: Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA Size: 5,000 SF Photographer: Albert Vecerka / Esto Meadow Beach House was designed in 2016 by Andrew Franz Architect. This new house on Martha’s Vineyard is conceived as a casual and comfortable modern cottage. The home is inspired by the spirit of Victorian oceanside
Architects: Studio MK27 – Marcio Kogan, Eduardo Chalabi Project: Casa Branca Architect in Charge: Marcio Kogan Co-Architect: Eduardo Chalabi Project Team: Eline Ostyn, Maria Julia Herklotz, Laura Guedes, Mariana Ruzante Mariana Simas, Oswaldo Pessano, Ricardo Ariza Location: São Sebastião, SP, Brazil Area: 492.0 m2 Photography: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Casa Branca is a tropical beach
Project: San Francisco Beach House Architects: Form4 Architecture Location: San Francisco, California, US Area: 3,300 sq ft Photography: Bruce Damonte This San Francisco beach house is a beautiful contemporary three-storey residence completed by Form4 Architecture. Designed for two artists this rear addition to a one-bedroom house symbolizes the architecture of linearity and sequence, where all of the rooms
The Montville Residence by Sparks Architects is situated on the western edge of a 25 acre property on the Blackall Range near Montville, QLD. A north / south ridge line with commanding views over the property to the north and east and the Baroon Pocket Dam to the west was selected for siting the building.
The clients, an interior designer and a DJ, requested a complete renovation and addition of a 1960’s kit house in Amagansett, NY to be a weekend retreat from their urban apartment.
Beach Haven Residence is a weekend residence designed by Specht Architects for a family of five. The lot is on the beachfront, but very small, tucked away from the street, and had many code-regulated square-footage and height restrictions. The challenge was to create something open and light-filled that takes advantage of its beautiful setting, yet
