Sunnuflot House / Trípólí Arkitektar
This project entailed a complete renovation and expansion of a family home in Garðabær, a suburb of Reykjavík. The Sunnuflot house was built in 1966 as a simple modernist unit with a flat roof and was extended…
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House A in Valle de Bravo, Mexico / Metodo & Ingeniería Orca
The intention of House A is precisely to be able to appropriate its surroundings and give its inhabitants a way to “live” the lake. The “A frame” shape is used to its fullest potential to make this…
Modest Cottage Transformed into a Flexible Family Home
This playful renovation dramatically transforms a modest cottage into a flexible family home, with the lower kids level also configured as a self-contained flat.
Hart House: Contemporary Interpretation of the One-Room Beach Shack
Hart House is located on the idyllic shoreline of Great Mackerel Beach, and was conceived as a contemporary interpretation of the quintessential one-room Australian beach shack.
Big Mouth House / Best Practice Architecture & Hybrid Architecture
Big Mouth House is an answer to those questions from Best Practice Architecture. Developed by three Seattle architects, this multi-family project is an example of what versatile, forward-thinking, multi-family living can look like.
Joya Villas Maleku, Sustainable Architecture in Costa Rica
Large openings on every level of the Joya Villas make the building seem lightweight and they connect the inhabitants to the surrounding natural environment. A delicate timber staircase appears to float from one floor to the other,…
Silver Street Residence, Fremantle / Ehdo
On a narrow street in South Fremantle, lined with turn-of-the-century limestone and weatherboard cottages, this new home for a semi-retired couple has taken 5 years to emerge and now finds itself an old friend of this friendly,…
Tiny Tower Residence Designed as a Mini-Skyscraper Prototype for Small Lots
Tiny Tower Residence places a 1250 SF home on a 12’ by 29’ lot, whose similarly scaled neighbors are currently used as single-car parking and rear yards for the adjacent houses.
Portuguese Minimalist House Built on the Ruins of an Old Building
The “House of Messines”, is based on an existing building, already in ruins, but with a fantastic orientation East-West, and with a rhythm of openings for light source already very inviting.