Located in the hills of Montecito, California, this small residence presented the designers with the challenge of achieving a bold program with a modest budget. Collaborating with the client, the designers developed a unique residential character and focused on orienting design around the property’s surrounding environment, framing views of the Santa Ynez mountains through expansive glass openings on the North facade.
Trifonovsky Apartment is a project for a family and their two large dogs. Bright, luscious accents in the interior in the form of a kitchen apron
“House on 36th” rewrites an existing one-story 1945 cottage in Portland, Oregon. The project strategically salvages, edits, and then envelops the existing foundation and framing
The old mansion in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre had already been entirely dismantled on the inside when we were asked to renovate and enlarge it.
In an early seventies building, we found an uncharacterized apartment in Guarda, too compartmentalized and with little natural light.
Step into the world of the Hodb Apartment: a beautifully designed artist’s dwelling featuring a central cupboard in translucent polyester resin, a kitchen in dark marble, and symmetrical wooden volumes for bedrooms and storage.
BlueStar Design Build engaged Teass/Warren Architects to renovate the property, which was set on a steep & narrow lot. Because of this, the house needed to go vertical which allowed the opportunity to create a tall, tower-like element in the middle of the home that connects the two gabled elements.
The client’s contemporary art and object collection feels right at home among light oak millwork, subdued marble accents, and contrasting black and white graphic tile and wall coverings.
The design process was complicated by the non-compliance of the existing building with Toronto Laneway Suite by-laws. Creative Union had to come up with innovative ways to design the new interior
