Mount Brydges House by Chris Collaris Architects in Southwestern Ontario
The Dutch architectural office of Chris Collaris designed a villa in Mount Brydges, overlooking the green fields and woods in the rural area of Southwestern Ontario, Canada.
Tim van de Velde photography
A Heritage Structure Has Been Restored into a Unique Bed & Breakfast
Situated among vast fields and quiet sheep herds in Belgium, a heritage structure has been restored into a newly opened B&B. ’ The Bunkers ’ as the property is aptly named, was originally built in concrete on the brink of 1st world war.
Bright Family Home Designed Behind Historic Façade
When Stijn and Annemie bought the listed school façade (anno 1908) with the vacant piece of land behind, they were already the fourth owners in a row. The other buyers hadn’t found a proper solution to build a contemporary house behind this facade.
Steven Vandenborre Designs a Glass And Concrete Pool House In Belgium
The project brings together a walled courtyard and a swimming pool. The living area is a glass box contained within a concrete garden pavilion. By making the poolhouse entirely out of glass, with minimal framed windows, both inside and outside seems to disappear. Natural light is entering the pavilion by creating enclosed gardens.
Old Brick House Replaced by a New Sustainable Timber House
In the North of Amsterdam an decayed and old brick house has been replaced by a complete new and sustainable house with timber cladding on the walls and roof. The old house was very limited in gross area and volume.
Residence DBB / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects
A listed monument such as fortress Hazegras can carry several heritage values in its DNA. Just as the cords of the DNA-molecule can be considered as the spine holding all genetic data, Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects reads military, social, cultural, natural, infrastructural and technical information from the traces in and around farmhouse Burkeldijk.
VDB Residence / Govaert and Vanhoutte Architects
The view from the river shows a long floating horizontal concrete framework that defines the ground floor, inside as well as outside. The ground floor holds all day functions, the pool area, and pool house. A second smaller concrete volume contains the master bed & bath room and two extra bed / bath rooms.
TV House is Made Up by Different Volumes Centered Around a Green Space
The client initially dreamt of a house made up by different volumes centered around a green space. The architect however countered this idea of independent volumes by coming up with the concept of one building with the feel of separate buildings.