ShineMaker Retreat / CLB Architects
Composed of three buildings (main house, guest house, and writer’s studio), ShineMaker Retreat is arranged as a set of simple box-like volumes, each designed in response to its specific location.
United States
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Mercer Island House / Floisand Studio Architects
Nestled among the Mercer Island trees, this project renovated and modernized a 70’s-era Black and Caldwell spec home. Carefully detailed modifications preserved what the family loved about their home while creating more functional and fresh spaces inside…
Prefabricated Net Zero Home / Richard Pedranti Architect
The Lang/St. Marie Residence is a prefabricated Net Zero home in the New Jersey shore town of Spring Lake Heights designed as weekend retreat for retired couple from Brooklyn, New York.
Liberty Street House, San Francisco / John Lum Architecture
We transformed this two-unit rental building into a modern showcase with a comprehensive rebuild that included rear and vertical additions, and a two-story excavation.
Wawona House / Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects
Building a house in a National Park is a rare situation that was not without some unique challenges. The lot is surrounded by parcels owned by the National Park and while this gives literal new meaning to…
Kinney Residences / Clark Richardson Architects
The Kinney Residences consist of a main residence and guest house which flank a central courtyard space on a generous lot in South Austin. Visitors are greeted by the single-story guest house which is designed to be…
Mockingbird House / The Ranch Mine
In the sun-kissed embrace of Paradise Valley, Arizona sits “Mockingbird residence,” a slung courtyard-style home designed by the architecture firm The Ranch Mine.
Spark Side House / Kaplan Thompson Architects
The clients wanted a Passive House, that they knew. They purchased a wooded, 2.8-acre lot with an old stone wall, remnants of a farmstead. Clearly somebody knew what they were doing with this land once.
Gossamer on the Water / Kaplan Thompson Architects
Gossamer on the Water embodies balance, reconciling strength with airiness on the exterior and exposure with intimacy on the interior. The structure presents as gauzy and light as it ripples across the site, though is anything but…