In the latest collaboration between CCS Architecture and Jeff Gardner Construction, refined modern design is complemented by a fabulous water view at this newly completed 4,400 sq. ft. residence in Southampton, New York.
Peacock residence is a horizontal house located on the outskirts of a small seaside town in Suffolk in a residential area, typically consisting of generous examples of two and three-storey detached houses. With its surrounding dense vegetation the design appears as an inverted hortus conclusus (literally: enclosed garden) which conceals most of what happens inside of it.
The narrow site, bounded on three sides by other buildings, contained a derelict perfume factory. As the client had affection for its industrial charms, we were keen to capture some of that aesthetic, with the expressed roof structure, reeded glass screens, painted brick and black-stained exterior weatherboarding …
This 600 square foot house explores a geometric solution to create luxury with a minimum footprint. The experience and function of this sculptural tiny house is similar to the much larger neighboring homes, despite it’s limited size.
For the Sustainable House Annandale, the intention was to achieve the best possible passive solar house for the site, whilst facilitating a more sustainable lifestyle for the client. The design not only maximises its passive design strategies including: solar design; evaporative cooling; natural ventilation
The house is supported by a mixed-logic structural design in which a bare concrete wall, on the leftmost side of the house, connects the many levels and organises the main stairway that links them all. The rest of the house’s structure is composed of a lightweight steel-framing, allowing for larger-than-average glazed areas.
Raw concrete, brick, timber, metal and light formed the underlying material pallet from our clients brief. Through a series of structural alterations this Victorian property was extended and opened out to form an elegant and light filled space …
Old Ljubljana house was designed by architect Emil Navinsek, known for innovation space concepts of a school non-corridor plan. He designed the house next to his residence for his two unmarried elderly sisters who lived together in a small surface of only 50m2 per floor.
