Wespi de Meuron Romeo architect has renovated a single family house on the Lake Maggiore. This stunning stone house is situated in an interesting urban context close to the historical core of Ascona, Switzerland.
Designing in Sardinia means dealing with a landscape characterized by the Mediterranean shrubland, lagoons and jagged coasts, but also with an ancient tradition of elementary rural buildings: “lo stazzo”, contemporary stone house made of a linear sequence of single rooms
The new system of this Italian stone house stands on ancient remains dating back to Medieval Communes. Linked to each other on the hypogeum level, the structures rest on a red concrete platform (38 X 20 mt) dominating the surrounding landscape.
Situated on a sloping site, Hollowcat Wild is a composition of three stone boxes. A guesthouse and garage stretch alongside a 6-ft-deep, 150-ft-long arching cut into the limestone strata.
The overall feeling of the three-storey residence in Armadale is lightness – almost an ethereal floating quality created by the sun refracting over the granite façade. This is a contradiction to the reality of the 260 tons of granite which make up the building’s skin.
Hefferlin + Kronenberg Architects was commissioned to design a family retreat on the brow of the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee, US. The Raven Crest House is very isolated which is one of the reasons this property was desirable to the homeowners who were looking for a retreat removed from urban life. The house is located on
Jean Rehkamp Larson Architects have designed Northern Light Cabin, a vacation home located in Minnesota, US. Project description: At first glance, this is the quintessential Northern Minnesota log cabin; its classic story and a half form looks as though it was linked to smaller stone structures at some point in time. There’s no question you
Architects: Nuno Brandão Costa Project: Melgaco House Collaborators: Filipa Júlio, Joanna Katherine Guimarães Location: Parada do Monte, Portugal Area 349.0 sqm Photography: André Cepeda Portuguese architect Nuno Brandão Costa has revived an old stone house, transforming it into a comfortable home. Melgaco House is located in Parada do Monte, Melgaço, Portugal. The house to be extended,
