This new home is located on Lake Washington in the Laurelhurst neighborhood of Seattle. The gently sloping site faces south with views of the lake and territorial views of Seattle. The clients wished to create a light-filled home that would accommodate the needs of their growing family of five and allow them to entertain comfortably. In response, w...
Project name
Union Bay Residence
Architecture firm
Stuart Silk Architects
Location
Seattle, Washington
Collaborators
Interior Furnishings: Stuart Silk Architects
Landscape
Land Morphology
Construction
Toth Construction
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
Sound House is a 5,500sf single-family home on a steep slope site in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood. The program for the house was unique, in that it needed to house a large blended family of two adults and six children living together for the first time.
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Principal architect
Jon Gentry AIA, Aimée O’Carroll ARB
Design team
Ben Kruse, Yuchen Qiu
Civil engineer
J Welch Engineering
Structural engineer
Swenson Say Faget
Construction
Thomas Fragnoli Construction
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Client
Brandon & Sarah Ebel
Typology
Residential › House
The Little Eaves House is another interpretation of regional architecture for modern design. The Lesser Polish Eaves Cottage, inspired by the architecture of Lanckorona, is an object with an area of almost 400 square meters, while the latest proposal of the BXB Studio is only 170 square meters of extremely functional architecture, which directly re...
Project name
The Little Eaves House
Architecture firm
BXB Studio
Principal architect
Bogusław Barnaś
Design team
Bogusław Barnaś, Bartłomiej Mierczak, Bartłomiej Szewczyk, Łucja Janik, Magdalena Fuchs, Wojciech Buchta, Urszula Furmanik, Justyna Duszyńska-Krawczyk
Typology
Residential › House
Song Nhue Tiny Apartment is a house for rent located on a small alley in Ha Dong District, Hanoi. This place used to be a small village by the river. Urbanization has rapidly changed the village. As the capital city of Vietnam, Hanoi is home to a large number of big universities. As a result, there has been a huge demand for the accommodation of un...
Project name
Song Nhue Tiny Apartment
Architecture firm
HCRA Design
Principal architect
Hieu Nguyen
Design team
Hieu Nguyen, Hoang Quyen, Ngo Chung
Environmental & MEP engineering
Structural engineer
Le Tuan Anh
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Construction
Pi concept design
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Inspired by nymphaea - ancient Greek and Roman monuments consecrated to the nymphs (especially those of springs) and the isle of Ogygia from Homer's Odyssey, the project seeks to transmit the imagery of classical antiquity through contemporary architectural language.
Project name
Villa Tsavkisi
Architecture firm
Arestea (www.arestea.com)
Location
Tsavkisi, Tbilisi, Georgia
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Vasily Gogidze
Typology
Residential › House
Set against Mont-Tremblant National Park, and nestled within the Devil’s River valley, the Farouche agrotourism site offers a singular and unique concept for the Laurentians region of Quebec. Making the most of the natural and untamed qualities of the territory of almost one hundred acres, the project combines a Nordic farm, a café-bar, four-season...
Project name
Farouche Tremblant
Architecture firm
Atelier L'Abri
Location
Lac-Supérieur, Québec, Canada
Photography
Raphaël Thibodeau
Design team
Stefania Praf, Charles-Édouard Dorion, Vincent Pasquier, Nicolas Lapierre, Francis Martel-Labrecque
Structural engineer
Alte Coop
Construction
Construction Pascal Rondeau
Client
Farouche Tremblant
Typology
Residential › Cabin, Nordic farm, Café-bar
Imagine if your home could feel like living in a garden pavilion. At BENT Annexe II, it does! By retaining the character-rich front section of the home and creating a new, light-filled addition to the rear, this family of four plus Pippa the groodle are surrounded by lush greenery and can effortlessly utilise their backyard
Project name
BENT Annexe II
Architecture firm
BENT Architecture
Location
Kew, Victoria, Australia
Photography
Tatjana Plitt
Design team
Paul Porjazoski, Lana Blazanin, Robert Chittleborough, Merran Porjazoski
Structural engineer
Kersulting
Material
Wood, Metal, Brick
Typology
Residential › House
The building site, located on a slope in Salzburg City, is accessed via a small road. The hillside location offers the possibility of designing a structure that allows the hillside to be experienced in its various altitudes, creates a connection to the outside space and enables distant views. Except for the covered forecourt on the ground floor, th...
Project name
Above the trees
Architecture firm
Lechner & Lechner Architects
Location
Salzburg, Austria
Photography
Melissa Zgouridi
Principal architect
Christine Lechner
Collaborators
Submission: Michael Trixl; Design: Horst Michael Lechner; Design & PR: Paul Lechner; Static: Thomas Forsthuber; Building Physics: Denise Gappmaier.
Material
Concrete, Wood, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
