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Off-the-Grid Cottage Nature-Inspired Retreat in Haliburton Highlands 3

Off-the-Grid Cottage / Nature-Inspired Retreat in Haliburton Highlands

Seeking a nature-inspired retreat, Suzanne Dimma and her designer husband, Arriz Hassam, built an off-the-grid getaway in Ontario’s Haliburton Highlands. The site is a 43 acre property in a natural setting at the foot of Algonquin Park in the Haliburton Highlands. The cottage is designed to be completely off-the-grid, using solar power for its energy […]

La Pedevilla – Modern Refuge in the Dolomites / Pedevilla Architects

La Pedevilla is a modern refuge, high up in the Dolomites, which had been designed with a lot of sensitivity to its surround. The Mountains tend to remove us from the world – and yet bring us closer emotionally. The solitude, the calm and the proximity to nature de-sync our daily routines. It is this

Shear House: Single Family House in Korea / stpmj

Shear House is a residential project recently completed by stpmj, a design and architecture studio based in New York and Seoul. Project description: Shear House, a single family house in Korea, seeks how a simple treatment in pitched roof typology improves environmental qualities and influences to program organization. The volume of gable on the West end

Restored Farm Building / Studio Contini

This small farm building was restored by Italian studio Contini Architettura. Description by Studio Contini: This construction is located in Tufi d’Agna, a small settlement in the mountain town of Corniglio, inside of the Tuscan-Emilian Appenine recently recognized by the UNESCO as a MAB (Man and the Biosphere Programme) reserve. The small building, a farm

A Renovation to a Late 19th Century Workers Cottage

No 31 house is a renovation project recently completed by Melbourne-based Bryant Alsop Architects. A significant renovation to a late-19th century workers cottage, has seen the remnants of a 1970′s addition disappear and the spaces transform into light, contemporary house. Strong, restrained colours and materials define spaces and the north-facing sliding doors connect to the deck

Lakehouse Designed to Maximize Views of the Lake

Project Name: Lakehouse Architecture and Interior Design: Inter-Projects Architecture / Deborah Richards Location: Lakeville, Massachusetts, US Photographs: John Horner Photography The Lakehouse project was completed by Inter-Projects Architecture Studio (Deborah Richards and Zachary Colbert). Lakehouse is located in Lakeville, Massachusetts. The design of the cottage seeks to maximize views towards the lake and use of the small footprint. The

Seascape House – A Romantic Beachside Cottage

Seascape House is a vacation home designed by Pattersons and Associates. The cottage is located in Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand. Description by Pattersons: Seascape Banks Peninsula comprises of the eroded remnants of two large composite Miocene shield volcanoes and this remote beachside cottage is set into an exposed rocky escarpment, on a tiny boulder

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