Beaconsfield House, designed by John Pardey Architects, stands shoulder-to-shoulder with a row of suburban neighbors that lean toward a certain mass-produced historicism—sometimes affectionately, sometimes derisively, termed “Tescobethan.”
This refuge, conceived as a piece of furniture to live in, implanted with minimal intervention and slightly raised from the ground, attempts to fulfill its purpose with minimal resources, seeking to leave a slight mark on the landscape.
By blending the core Danish design principles of simplicity, functionality, and restraint, with touches of Ontario rural vernacular, this project is a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Danish Sommerhus that is rooted in both its local context and the clients’ family history.
You can make your house Hygge or cozy even during the summer. For some people, summer means pool dips, beach volleyball, and BBQ.
Located on the unspoiled and rocky coast of Sweden, this Archipelago summer house is a modernized holiday home embracing all aspects of family life.
The Ballarat East House is wrapped in a locally sourced vertically clad native Australian hardwood board and batten cladding. This emulates it’s vertically native treed environment whilst light and shadow change on the three dimensional cladding throughout the days progress.
This summer house is set on the banks of Lake Huron in a small, remote Canadian town about an hour’s drive from London, Ontario. While the architectural context might be characterised as somewhat conservative “cabin country”, this house attempts to extend the possibilities of the traditional lakeside family retreat …
In the north eastern part of Ljunghusen, next to the Falsterbo channel, the forest is lower and slightly more sparse. The ground consists only of sand. In this scene, we have placed this summer house for a family of four.
