…ed the 10th Architecture Award promoted by IAB-MG (Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil – Minas Gerais) 2008 in the single houses category. This contemporary mountain home employs time-honored methods and local materials with traditional, manual construction, and uses strong Portuguese colonial architecture influences. Built on three levels, the unique layout allows for a graceful yet functional use of the steeply sloping site. “The place chosen …

… heat from the surfaces directly exposed to the sun. The concept is initially aimed for a low income housing area in Redfern, a destitute inner-city suburb of Sydney. The architect’s main objective was to make sure that the traditional 19th century workers cottage aesthetic would not be overrun by a newly introduced aesthetic. The concept proposed is characterized by pitched roof shapes that capture the spirit of the existing architecture. The …

This architectural residential design “Albatross Avenue House” is located on Australia’s Gold Coast. Designed by Bayden Goddard, this modern retreat for a growing family, multiple guests and frequent entertaining is situated on an exclusive residential street, the site adjoins extensive park to the south and absolute beachfront to the east. The residence successfully achieves its own oasis, by capturing beachfront vista and access wh…

…uyuki, GWG inc., Keiko Hirasawa, Kentaro Fujimoto, Maniackers Design, Power Graphixx, Yamafuji-Zuan. Junko Hanzawa Media: Shiftcontrol, Copenhagen Custom furniture: Quinze & Milan, with contribution by Jan Melis Kitchen Planer: Promafox, Zurzach Visualization: Kazuhiro Kuramochi, Chihiro Oguma, Tokyo Geometric algorithm: MASA, Arno Schlüter, Tobias Bonwetsch, Zürich Mechanical Engineer: Brandi IGH Structural Engineer: Neuman Berkind Lighting…

Located in rural Victoria, Australia. Designed by a multi-disciplinary team established in 1998 from the architect/artist partnership of Michael Bellemo and Cat Macleod. This compact low budget Elphinstone Residence for weekend sits in its paddock and silently watches the weather roll over the distant hills. It’s a house with various allusions both local (Ned Kelly) and international (burka, woolen tents of nomadic Arabic). The client as a…

Designed by Johnsen Schmaling Architects, This private residence “Camouflage House” is located on a steep lake bluff, its narrow, linear volume nestled into the hillside in Green Lake, Wisconsin. Approaching the house from the rugged access road weaving through the site’s heavily wooded plateau, the building’s faint, low-slung silhouette virtually disappears in the surrounding vegetation. With its simple plan, restraint use of materi…