This house sits on a rocky, sloping, waterfront site in Westport Island, ME. It has four bedrooms, with a large open living and dining area to allow for gatherings of the architect’s family and friends.
“HillHaus,” an extraordinary project nestled in the heart of Houston Hill Country, Damascus Design Build, is thrilled to share the remarkable story of this architectural triumph.
Our project takes advantage of this context to create the initial premises of the project, the materials were carefully chosen; freijó wood veneer for the joinery, doors and panels, exposed natural concrete from the original structure of…
The dominant design idea of architect Bastian Bechtloff is based on the principle of American residential skyscrapers, whose open-plan layouts allow one room to merge seamlessly into another.
This old house is considered a nostalgic piece of history by its owners, serving as a reminder of how their journey began. Following a period of relocation abroad, the family returned to Israel and searched for their…
At Rau Haus, a 6.24kW PV array provides the home with 9,777 kWh of renewable energy a year, and two Heliodyne solar panels serve a 119-gallon storage tank. The home is equipped with all electric indoor appliances…
The property is situated in a region that is classified as an overland flow path area, which meant that our design response had to address multiple stipulations related to developments in such flood-prone residential zones.
This project was unusual from the outset. Rather than the standard approach to residential additions to original terrace houses where the minimum two rooms is left acing the street and a new large open space added to…
Demolition of walls provides expansion of the social area in the Girassol apartment. The Girassol apartment, located in São Paulo, Brazil, underwent a profound layout change to expand the social area.
