The Lilypad House
Sydney Australia – Jorge Hrdina Architects Year built: 2010 Photography: Brett Boardman The appropriately named Lilypad House is the work of Australian studio Jorge Hrdina Architects. The design objective had two primary purposes in mind – total wheelchair accessibility and to provide the owners with a “sanctuary from typical suburban consolidation”. The twin […]
The Klein Bottle House
Mornington Peninsula, Australia – McBride Charles Ryan Built area: 258 m2 (2,777 sq. ft.) Year built: 2008 Photography: John Gollings No – this is not a bottle house. A “Klein Bottle” is a shape with no discernible inner or outer surfaces. The multi-award winning Klein Bottle House, designed by Melbourne architects, McBride Charles Ryan applies the […]
The Fennel House
Portland , Oregon – Robert Harvey Oshatz Designed: 2001 Completed: 2005 Photography: Cameron Neilson We have a strong bias toward this architect and have featured a few of his homes here and elsewhere. His designs are very organic and he pays tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright as a foundation to his skills. On his site, Oshatz writes: […]
The Treehouse at Separation Creek
Victoria, Australia – Jackson Clements Burrows Australia is a country with a dry, hot centre. In fact, much of the country quickly turns to arid or even desert landscape within 100 kilometres of the coast. Is it any wonder that the ‘great Australian dream’ has always been ‘a shack on the beach somewhere’? Those shacks were usually […]
Miyska Residence
Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan – Robert Harvey Oshatz Designed: 1995-96 Completed: 1998 We’ve featured five homes from this one architect – more than any other. We’ve favoured him because of the way all of his homes delight the senses. It’s almost as though a straight line offends him. His designs, including multi-residential, religious and commercial […]
The Wilkinson Residence
Portland , Oregon 2004 Architect: Robert Harvey Oshatz Photography by Cameron Neilson Great architects seem to have the ability to blend art with function. Robert Harvey Oshatz knew where he was going early in life. In his final years in high school, he worked 30 hours a week in a Los Angeles architectural firm developing construction […]