Pavilion House was commissioned by a single client seeking an age-in-place home in Asheville, NC. Situated on a triangular parcel—half meadow, half forest—the site was once part of a larger farm characterized by open pastures, scattered mature oaks, and dense woodlands.
Casa En Piedras by Estudio Palacios nestles in the native forest of Córdoba, near the town of Taninga. Surrounded by quebrachos, carobs, chañars, wild apples, cactus, wildflowers, and thousands of other species, this home hides behind immense rocks and blends into the rugged landscape.
Rusty House on the Rye revitalizes a 1950s property in the Holly Grove Conservation Area of Peckham, South London. Located on the corner of Bellenden Road and Rye Lane, this home has long been a familiar sight. Fourteen years ago, Victoria purchased the property and, instead of selling to developers, decided to expand her living space while honoring its heritage.
The Breakneck Gorge Oikos project successfully met all the clients’ expectations and more – they look out to a sculptured mix of corten form and long masonry blade, which reads neatly as a connection to the landscape rather than an inhabited space.
The latest addition, Enough House, provides accommodation for an intern architect to work closely with MacKay-Lyons. The cabin is an essay in economy: space, budget, schedule and aesthetic. It shares the same minimalist ethic as the adjacent, 1830’s schoolhouse.
The home, which recently won an AIACC Honor Award, is located on an ex-urban infill site that covers almost eight acres of a Bay Area suburb at the base of the Oakland Hills, draped in rich green foliage and native oak trees.
Like many of our clients their needs change over time with more space often needed in the short term than their homes can provide. Our solution was to provide a flexible, multi-purpose studio house requiring very little land.
Nestled into a Mercer Island hillside, this intimate two-story residence emphasizes craft, materiality and the connection to the outdoors. A clear demarcation of public and private spaces is reflected both in the design and choice of materials
The T-shaped form of Rimrock responds to the unique typography of the bluff upon which it is situated. Sited at the edge of a cliff, the house straddles two sides of wash atop a stable outcropping of tough, slow-cooled volcanic basalt.
