Hazel River Cabin is a weekend retreat rebuilt and modernized by Bonstra Haresign Architects in Rappahannock County, Virginia, US. Description by Bonstra Haresign: A 1794 log cabin, 1856 clapboard addition and imported slave quarters were combined to create the Hazel River Cabin, a rural weekend retreat. These historic cottages retain their original character while having […]
Nestled in the privacy of a hemlock forest, Fahouse presents an amazing building that seems to emerge from a children’s story. Exploiting the contrasts between opacity and light, the architect Jean Verville develops a graphic assemblage, which rises like two giant conifers
Architects: John Wardle Architects Project: Shearers Quarters Location: Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia Architect in Charge: John Wardle Project Team: Andrew Wong (Architect), Chloe Lanser (Architect), Jeff Arnold (Interior Designer) Photographs: Trevor Mein Shearers Quarters House was designed by John Wardle Architects in Bruny Island, Tasmania. This beguiling shearers quarters sits as a companion building to
Designed by MW Works, the Little House is nestled into a lush second growth forest on a north facing bluff overlooking Hood Canal. Built over an existing foundation, the new building is just over 20 ft square.
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
Pobble House is a contemporary cottage designed by London-based Guy Hollaway Architects. Description by Guy Hollaway: Pobble House takes its name from an old Kentish word for pebble and is located within the Dungeness Estate, a stark and open headland on the Kent & Sussex coast that is home to Europe’s largest expanse of shingle,
Designed by Ernst Giselbrecht + Partner, Stadl Altenbach is a historic “Kellerstöckl” (an agricultural building) transformed into a wellness retreat in southern Styria, Austria.
Architect: Puras Arkitekter / Soren Sarup Project: Aavego Cottage Location: Nordjylland, Denmark Photographs: Tina Stephansen – Studio 55 / Lars Daniel Terkelsen Designed, conceived and built mostly by hand by Danish architect Soren Sarup (founder of Puras arkitekter), the Aavego Cottage interacts with the surrounding landscape and integrates the natural and contemporary qualities of simple living. Situated
Utrecht-based studio Zecc Architects has completed this railway house project in collaboration with ZW6 Interior. The project involves the transformation and expansion of a railway cottage next to station Santpoort-Noord. The railway house is on one side bordered by the railway line between Amsterdam and Ijmuiden and on the other side by the National Park South
Architects: GASS Project: Westcliff Pavilion Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Architects: Georg van Gass, Clare J. Eisenstein Photographs: Bernard Viljoen Designed by GASS Studio, the Westcliff Pavilion at 28A Pallinghurst is a steel-framed pavilion structure located on the Westcliff Ridge in Johannesburg, South Africa. This 2 bedroom dwelling, nestled away in its wooded surroundings, is positioned just
Project: Vega Cottage Architects: Kolman Boye Architects Location: Vega, Norway Gross Internal Area: 140 m2 Images: Åke E:son Lindman and Kolman Boye Architects Vega Cottage was designed by Swedish studio Kolman Boye Architects. Description by architect: The house stands on the island of Vega in the Norwegian archipelago not far from the polar circle. The
TYIN Tegnestue Architects have designed a small cottage in contact with the Norwegian Sea. Description by TYIN Tegnestue Architects: The cottage holds a special place in contemporary Norwegian culture. A few generations back the majority of the Norwegian people made a living from farming, fishing or lumbering, trades which afforded closeness with nature. In the
