The 4.200 sf single family house situated at Mulholland Hwy Calabasas California, designed by LOHA Architects. This house was designed as a study of the interaction between building and landscape. The primary level houses the main public spaces and acts as a buffer to Mulholland Highway. It engages the earth at one end and floats above the ground at the other opening up completely to the views and canyon beyond. A 75-foot lap pool slices through the building and marks the open air entrance. The upper volume, which is at …

Designed by Saia Barbarese Topouzanov Architects, the pavilion’s architecture layers and weaves together a series of intertwined metaphors at different scales. The first represents the country, and serves as site for the second, that of the city, which in turn encompasses that of the town square. The shell constitutes the interior face of the building. Minimal in its construction, without decoration, it lays low and holds only a functional, supportive role to the spectacles that it houses, those that constitute its vibrant heart. Distinct from the first, it covers the …

The Zamel House presented by Kontrast Arquitectura for a couple from Los Angeles who love the beach and natural beauty of Huatulco. The house boasts a superior location on the beach directly in front of a surf break, with a spectacular view of the beach, rocks, and nearby river mouth. The home’s open spaces create the frame for the magnificent setting and allow the ocean breezes to keep it cool during the tropical days in Huatulco. The challenge was to design a house that allowed views of the ocean from …

This Australia’s BBC Worldwide Office Interior created by Ali McShane and design team from Sidney based Thoughtspace. BBC Worldwide Australia, at the outset of an immense period of growth and change, co-located two sites into one location in Macquarie Park. Eden Park is the perfect fit for both the expanding organisation and proximity to the evolving North Ryde media/technology hub. BBC Worldwide’s new office boasts a large expanse of office-free open plan environment peppered with working lounges and alternative work areas.

The central kitchen is inspired by the ever popular global …

This summer beach house sited in Fire Island NY, in the Resort community. The designer Studio27 Architecture inserting “spirit of the shore” into this “Yankee thriftiness” residential typology. Common detail and material remain, but the volume of the house is expressed as a skin, rather than as a box-like container. The skin keeps the heat in. Over time, the skin of woven cedar boards will assume the same patina as neighboring houses. Large windows are introduced to reveal a luxurious light interior.
The organization of the plan creates a direct link …

Located in desert land in Paradise Valley Arizona, Kendle Design Collaborative presents amazing house called Monk’s Shadow Residence. The name is an affectionate reference to possibly the most influential member of the design team; an iconic geologic formation known to those in the Valley of the Sun as the Praying Monk. This relationship with the Monk, and more importantly the site specific, became invaluable in the design of the home. The Owners understood where the shadows of the surrounding mountain fell throughout the year allowing the best placement possible for …

The CS House projected by Guimarães based architecture practice Pitagoras Architects. This house addorsed to the land, with the objective of defeating its accentuated slope. This building embodies distinct programmatic subject matter, which is organized vertically. One of the architectural projects objectives is to establish connections between the building and its surroundings, between its interior and exterior spaces. All floors are contemplated with covered or uncovered verandas and patios that are closed off or open to the landscape, creating variable possibilities of inhabiting spaces, taking advantage of the light and …

International Architecture Development (IAD) recently designs Frame Hotel / Villamoda Galleries, a modern hotel in Dubai UEA. The first step for this project consisted of defining a visual and constructive frame for the building. The response to such a simple formal approach was to create a complex dialogue between each separate architectural or landscaping element. An urban and vertical garden has been the response to the massive hotel building, as an inverse piece, a friendly opposite that complements and allows the dark prism of the hotel to breathe. The force …

This modern house situated on a down-sloping site high above the San Francisco bay, Oklahoma California. This house is designed by the Kanner Architects to capture the magnificent vistas spanning from the Bay Bright to the Golden Gate Bridge. Floor-to-ceiling glass clears the way to unobstructed views. The predominantly south-southwest orientation required deep overhangs to cut down glare and soften the light quality in the home.

The planning of the four bedrooms centered around placement of the master bedroom, living room and kitchen on the leading edge of the home. The …

This modern house situated in 27 East Sussex Lane, designed by Singapore’s architects ONG&ONG Pte Ltd. The external façade bears an uncanny resemblance to those of resort villas, with its grand entrance of stone and timber. Two stories make up the house, which also has a basement, and swimming pool in the back yard. This house dominated with natural textures feature, stained timber strips making up the surrounding fence, and long timber louvers framing the house’s windows. Bamboo shrouds the house in mystery, giving off an oriental feel while also …