This warm, elegant home is located on a deep and relatively narrow lot in Miami, which created an opportunity to develop a series of open courtyards through which nature’s beauty could be appreciated from every focal point,…
Inspired by the weather at Whistler, the team decided to work with a big glass box. This way, it would be possible to open up the interiors to the surrounding nature and invite the outside in.
Bay Area firm Swatt Miers Architects (SMA) is highly regarded for creating timeless designs that celebrate the natural environment. Three exquisitely composed custom residences showcase the studio’s mastery at harmonizing form, space and nature
Casa Azul is located in Iporanga, Guarujá, on the coast of São Paulo, Brazil. Being inserted in an environmental preservation area of the Atlantic Forest, the residence designed by Studio MK27 obeyed the rules of environmental certification…
The Leit House is an exercise in impeccable taste and structural economy that provides accommodations for visitors to an estate in the Sonoma Valley. The project brief called for no more than a bedroom, bathroom, galley kitchen,…
Victorian Toronto Laneway House by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design reimagines a 130‑year‑old semi‑detached Victorian in midtown Toronto for a creative family of four. While the traditional front façade remains untouched, the rear and rooftop have been boldly extended…
The existing east-end house was standard in its layout and remarkably dark inside, and many of the spaces were entirely disconnected from its wonderful landscape just outside.
Perched slope-side at a Vermont mountain resort, Vermont Chalet by Birdseye Design reimagines a mold-riddled 1960s ski house into a sleek, contemporary haven. By preserving the original foundation and first-floor framing, the architects tightly wove new additions…
The Pinkney Neighborhood House is expected to achieve LEED Platinum certification. The highest certification level possible under the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) standards for sustainable practice.
