Architects: DUST Studio Project Name: Tucson Mountain Retreat Location: Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA Photographs: Jeff Goldberg / Esto The Tucson Mountain Retreat shares over 900 feet of its perimeter with the pristine expanse of Saguaro National Park, in the heart of the Sonoran Desert landscape with its endless stretch of towering Saguaro Cacti. It is […]
Broissin Architects have recently completed Irekua Anatani house in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. Description by architect: The name “Avandaro” comes from a Purépecha (a native language) word that means “place of the orchard” or “place in the clouds”. It was a territory originally inhabited by the tarasco indigenous people; who gave it this name, from whose
Designed by Alfonso Quiñones of Baaq studio based in Mexico City, Casa Cal is part of a group of six houses near Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca – a popular tourist destination, with scenic beaches and a thriving surf culture.
Project: Vega Cottage Architects: Kolman Boye Architects Location: Vega, Norway Gross Internal Area: 140 m2 Images: Åke E:son Lindman and Kolman Boye Architects Vega Cottage was designed by Swedish studio Kolman Boye Architects. Description by architect: The house stands on the island of Vega in the Norwegian archipelago not far from the polar circle. The
Architect: Herbst Architects Project: K Valley House Location: Kauaeranga Valley, New Zealand Photographer: Lance Herbst Courtesy of Herbst Architects K Valley House is a vacation home completed in 2016 by Auckland-based Herbst Architects. Description by architect: The clients are a couple, a director and director of photography in the film industry, their jobs involve them
Life House is a space for calm and reflection designed by London-based John Pawson Studio in Llanbister, Mid Wales, UK. From the beginning, the thinking behind the Life House was an uncompromisingly modern design where it would be possible to inhabit a different sort of architectural space. Experiments with massing and orientation have produced a composition that
Using cardboard as its main building material, Wikkelhouse is a cutting-edge sustainable house with a beautiful design and exceptional constructive strength.
This lakeside house is a private weekend residence, called Blue Lake Retreat, designed by Lake | Flato Architects in Marble Falls, Texas. Responding initially to the site’s steeply rising topography, a vertically structured house reveals itself as the obvious design for this lake house. Leveraging the home’s tall stature, living spaces culminate at the top floor,
