“Glass Pleasure Dome” is a renovation project completed by Barnes Vanze Architects in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Description by Barnes Vanze Architects: We had already worked with our clients for 15 years, slowly upgrading and renovating their property in Bethesda’s Somerset neighborhood. But the final task was to repair the most glaring problem: A tired-looking pool inside a leaky, […]
North Warrandyte House is a project completed by Alexandra Buchanan Architecture in Victoria, Australia. A contemporary bushland house designed for a young family that love the outdoors and entertaining, this Warrandyte site occupies a prime location perched above the Yarra River in stunning bushland.
The project grew out of a house GG very particular commission. Our client, a middle-aged bachelor, wanted to build a weekend retreat in a clearing in a forest, on a property on the mountain.
Designed by Manuel Aires Mateus, and completed in 2015, this house is located on the edge of a small chain of hills. Set in relative isolation, it sits above the village of Melides and the lack of neighbouring houses allows for unobstructed views of the ocean, which are particularly magnificent at sunset.
Taieri Mouth Crib was designed by McCoy Wixon Architects in Otago, New Zealand. The project received the NZIA Award for Architecture. This holiday home was conceived as a “bolt hole” at the beach for a busy Dunedin couple. The house features environmentally-friendly attributes, including supplying energy back to the national grid. One bedroom retreat. Comfort, style,
Project Name: Bush House Architect: Archterra Architects Photographs: Douglas Mark Black Location: Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia Archterra is a small architectural practice located in Margaret River, Western Australia. Designed by Archterra Architects, Bush House is a single family house with an area of 168 square meters, surrounded by nature and flooded with light. Located in an existing
Mill Springs Ranch is a modern ranch house designed by Lake Flato Architects, located in Vanderpool, Texas. The interior design was conceived by Poët Interiors. Nestled at the confluence of two creeks on a Texas Hill Country Ranch, Mill Springs Homestead provides a water’s edge retreat. Four structures organize around the site of a 20th century dam,
Mountain Lodge Tamersc is a modern cottage designed by EM2 Architekten in Bruneck – Brunico, South Tyrol, Italy. A dilapidated hunting cabin in the midst of the South Tyrolean Nature Park Fanes-Senes-Braies has been replaced by a modern building. The result is a reduced, linear structure based on typical, but refined elements of the old house. For
