The bedroom that isn't...
Moving up in Italy
Torino Italy - Point Architecture Year: 2010 Most Europeans live in homes significantly smaller than those in the 'New World'. In fact, according to a BBC report (2006),…
OZ Residence – Swatt and Miers Architects
Silicon Valley, CA - Swatt and Miers Architects Opulence can be presented in restrained fashion, and this house could be the poster for it. The overall minimalist design neither hides nor flaunts the…
Shakin’ Stevens’ Melbourne Home
Inner Melbourne - Matt Gibson A + D Shakin' Stevens is a Welsh R & R legend. Also known as "Shaky", this platinum-selling singer/songwriter holds the distinction of being the…
The concept
To Work and Back in 60 Seconds…
Hackney, London UK - Edgley Design Area -Studio: 79 m2 (853 sq. ft.) Area - Home: 105 m2 (1,134 sq ft) Year Built: …
'The garden suburb..."
Haberfield House – a sympathetic restoration and extension…
Haberfield Sydney Australia - Andrew Burns Architect Photography: Brett Boardman Photography Located just nine kilometres west of Sydney centre, Haberfield sits on Iron Cove, part of Sydney Harbour.…
A Victorian terrace house in the Aussie landscape
Erskineville House
Eskineville Sydney - Andrew Burns Architects Built area: 124 m2 (1,339 sq. ft.) Year: 2010 Photography: Brett Boardman Photography Eskineville started life as an inner-city working class suburb. Developed in the late 19th…
Existing mature trees determined the extension's footprint
Elm and Willow House
Melbourne VIC Australia - Architects EAT Built area: 280 m2 (3,025 sq. ft.) Year Built: 2009 Awards: AIA Victorian Chapter Residential Award The home…
The entry - from chaos to sanity
Bangkok House – Finding Peace Within
Central Bangkok Thailand - Jackson Clements Burrows Built area: 700m2 (7,532 sq. ft.) Melbourne, Australia based JCB have earned an enviable, well deserved global reputation. They have won many local…
The Fakro window balcony. The Velux version is very similar.
Window Balconies – Creating a Disappearing Outdoor Space…
Same problem - three solutions - Bloomframe : Fakro : Velux There are many residential buildings around the world in desperate need of a balcony. Think of the many warehouse conversions or the…
Habitable in just two days!
Modular and Pre-Fab
Little boxes on a hillside? Modular and prefabricated homes have certainly had their share of critics in the past - and often for very valid reasons. However, 'factory built' homes,…
Geometric shapes and colour
Casa Baltazar
Porto Portugal - Pedro Gadanho Built Area: 110 m2 Year Built: 2008 Renovation Materials: Lacquered MDF, Polyurethane Resin, Stucco, Plasterboard. Photography: Fernando Guerra Pedro…
Room Room – Takeshi Hosaka Architects
Room Room - Takeshi Hosaka Architects Itabashi, Tokyo Area: 72m2 Talk about a room with a view - well, this one has many! At first it looks like a house with…
A villa in the foothills
Retreating to the Foothills
Yatsugatake Villa - MDS Location: Hokuto-City, Japan Area: 110.01 m2 Built: 2012 The owners of this villa are an older couple who left the city to spend their retirement farming. They wanted a…
Modular design maximises efficiency
Modular Design in Rural Victoria
Kilmore Victoria Australia - Carr Design Group + Intermode Concept Total built area including decks: 850 m2 (9,150 sq. ft) Year: 2008 mod·u·lar Of, relating to, or based…
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Code Red
House DM2 Mechelen Belgium - dmvA Architects Built area: 450 m2 (4,850 sq. ft.) Colour! Why is it that so many of us are afraid to use it?…
Highland House - a great example of attention to detail
Highland Residence – it’s all in the detail
Weston MA USA - Marcus Gleysteen Architects Year built: 2008 Lot size: 6.5 acres (2.5 hectares) Built area: Large Most of us have no need…
Compact but private
Patagonian Row Houses – dressed in traditional black
Neuquén, Argentina - Estudio BaBO Lot Area: 1040 m2 (11,232 sq. ft.) Built Area (Total): 310 m2 (3,348 sq. ft.) Built: 2011 Awarded the First National…
San Marcos Sleeping House – when colour meets panache
San Marcos Texas - A Gruppo Architects Area (addition): 88 m2 (950 sq ft) Completed: 2011 Photography by: Craig Kuhner Architectural Photography The challenge: Two bedrooms, two bathroom…
Chrysalis National Kitchen Winner 2012
The Wilsondale Project
Dover Massachusetts USA - Archia Homes When we posted some images of this home's kitchen recently, you gave it a big 'thumbs up'. The kitchen is a part of a substantial renovation…
The Hive Apartments – street art in concrete
Carlton (Melbourne) Australia - ITN Architects Photography: Patrick Rodriguez A four metre high, 14 tonne, pre-cast concrete graffiti panel forms the structural backbone of this innovative development. The graffiti…
Ormond Esplande – Light, Bright and Fun…
Ormond Esplanade - http://www.jlma.com.au/ No, they (the client) said. Make it Saint Kilda. And, make it light. Make it bright. Make it tight. Add all of the green stuff too,…
The green roof and central courtyard create natural air-conditioning...
Stoned and Green in Vietnam
Dong Trieu, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam - Vo Trong Nghia Architects Built: 2011 Photography: Hiroyuki Oki If you have looked at 'Wind and Water', you'll know why we…
A chalet in Madrid...
A Modern Chalet
La Moraleja Madrid Spain - Architect unknown Lot size: 2,627 m2 (28,372 sq. ft.) Built area: 875 m2 (9,450 sq. ft.) We saw this on Knight…
Railway ties...
An Old Railway House in Santpoort
Velsen The Netherlands - Zecc Architecten and ZW6 Interiors Architecture Area: 190 m2 Year: 2012 Photograpghy: Cornbread Works An old railway house sitting on the edge…