In Plein Air House is a traditional Tuscan villa transformed by Ken Linsteadt Architects into a modern country house. In Plein Air House is located in Sonoma, California. Description by Ken Linsteadt Architects: Turning an eye to the outdoors, this metamorphosis of a traditional Tuscan villa into a modern country home frames the oak-studded beauty […]
This just finished house for a newlywed couple represents a melding of cultures, time periods, materials and ideas about defining space. Housed within a historic district bordering Evanston’s city center, the stucco clad house presents a spare yet stately street face which is contrasted with the more informal and private courtyard that the house wraps around.
Alura Architects recently completed the Craven Gap Residence, a modern passive solar home nestled in Asheville, North Carolina. This residence is situated on five acres of steep mountain terrain
The CASK house opens to the south and sits close to grade minimizing the inside-outside transition. Covered terraces and porches provide the appropriate solar shading and expand the living area for the modest house during the many seasonable Northern California months.
Tarrytown Residence is a 1960 vintage ranch recently renovated and expanded by Sanders Architecture. The house is located in Austin, Texas, and has a built area of 374 square meters. Description by Sanders Architecture: Built as a duplex and added-on through the years, this original 1960’s vintage ranch style home required reprogramming and an extensive remodel to
ZeroEnergy Design have designed this two story loft for a young family in Boston, Massachusetts.
Michael K Chen Architecture (MKCA) have designed a 390-square-foot studio in Manhattan, that features a mechanized moving wall to form different areas when needed throughout the day. Description by MKCA: The 5:1 Apartment is the latest evolution of MKCA’s research on micro housing, containing the functional and spatial elements for living, working, sleeping, dressing, and
Luca Andrisani Architect recently completed an apartment renovation in Miami, Florida. Description by Luca Andrisani: This two bedroom apartment renovation took place in a building called Oceanside Plaza, built in 1967 in the Millionaire’s Row neighborhood of Miami, Florida. The building’s architect was Morris Lapidus, famous for the Fontainebleau Hotel and identified by theatrical designs
