Mar Vista House / Woods + Dangaran
Set at the crest of a downsloped lot, the floor plan of this 6,000-square-foot house was largely determined by the site. The entry and the master suite are placed to capture the premium views, and the in-ground…
indoor-outdoor living
Explore projects embracing indoor-outdoor living published on HomeWorldDesign, featuring homes that blur the boundaries between interior and exterior spaces through light, openness, and seamless design connections.
Wildlife Residence / Standard Architecture
We started the design by filling in the restrictive building area and height typical for coastal California properties and then carefully cut away voids to create courtyards and light wells. Airy 12ft and 14 ft tall living…
Witta Circle House / Shaun Lockyer Architects
Witta Circle house is a family beach home situated on the Noosa River. The design draws inspiration from Brazilian modernism, but seeks to ground itself within the local context, climate and culture. The occupation of the site…
Petaluma Residence / Signum Architecture
Placement on the site was important to simultaneously capture the views of the hills and obscure the views of neighboring development. We rotated the house, setting it diagonally on its east-west facing site to orient it toward…
Koehler House / ras-a studio
Set in a residential neighborhood of Manhattan Beach, the property is a corner lot that is located across the street from a school, a church, and a park. The Koehler house owners, both from Brazil, wanted an…
AK House / Pitsou Kedem Architects
The flat roof extends the full length of the structure and folds into side walls to seamlessly enwrap the interior space. When looking at the AK House from the side, the walls confuse the eye: are we…
Benjamin Fleider Residence / Studio Arthur Casas
In this project, the Benjamin Fleider residence, built by Oswaldo Bratke – one of the most important of modern architecture – in São Paulo, in 1956, had its original architecture preserved.
Walk Street House / Ras-A Studio
Located two blocks from the Pacific Ocean in Hermosa Beach, this single-family residence is in one of the safest and most sought after cities in Los Angeles. The property is a new build on a pedestrian-only street,…
Westridge House / Richard Beard Architects
Attuned to the rhythms of nature—notably the fog that spills nightly over Windy Hill along the Coast Range—this elegant yet understated house is the result of site-specific design for a growing, young family. The gently sloped property…