High Desert Retreat by Aidlin Darling Design
The inception of the High Desert Retreat project, situated on a rocky plateau above the Coachella Valley, is rooted in reverence to its natural surroundings.
The inception of the High Desert Retreat project, situated on a rocky plateau above the Coachella Valley, is rooted in reverence to its natural surroundings.
Pearl House is the new home of a South Korean family with two young children. Upon their arrival in Québec in 2008, Min and Yuong moved into a small condo on the top floor of a large residential building in Montréal.
An apartment concept for a family of four – dad, mom, two sons. There are also pets – two dogs. The features of the living room are the floor turning into the island, everything is laid out with large-format porcelain stoneware.
Facing the context of this location, we implement a unique building façade that combines aesthetics while creating privacy as to maintain the safety of the residents of the house.
Through a series of thresholds from opaque to transparent, Yo-Ju Courtyard House, which means “secluded living” in Mandarin Chinese, embraces the future of suburban density by establishing a private experience despite being adjacent to a busy arterial street in the Clyde Hill neighborhood of Bellevue.
The couple, who used to live in an apartment, commissioned me to renovate their 220 sqm house into a contemporary minimalist bright space for their family.
This hillside home retreat is 2600 square feet with two bedrooms. Similar to its sibling shoreline home, Seaview Escape, it is done in the Pacific Northwest-style, with wood floors and an expansive two-story glazing allowing a view of the mountains from the upper balcony.
Ridge Road is the extension and refurbishment of an end of terrace Edwardian home in Crouch End. Two new single storey extensions connect to an existing dining area, housing a new kitchen and sun room which together create a contemporary open plan living area at the rear of the property.