Tag Holiday Houses

25-03-2020

Weekend House by Pavel Míček Architects in the Beskydy Mountains

The Czech studio Pavel Míček Architects has designed a small weekend retreat in Beskydy. The architects designed the cottage to blend in with the idyllic nature of this mountainous zone and first thought about the building materials as the basis for their concept.

24-02-2020

Cabin A, architecture to love, by Bourgeois / Lechasseur architects

Cabin A by Canadian studio Bourgeois / Lechasseur is a mountain retreat in the Charlevoix region, one of Quebec's most picturesque areas. The cabin is made from basic materials inspired by the International Code of Signals (ICS) - long used in communications between vessels at sea - to craft simple but warm spaces.

21-02-2020

The Kinii, "The falcon’s nest" by the Italian architects of Obicua

Italian architectural studio Obicua recently presented its first project The Kinii, built three thousand metres above sea level at Powder Mountain, near Salt Lake City, a private luxury ski lodge at the biggest ski resort in the United States, measuring about 3500 hectares. The most important feature of Obicua’s project is the focus on reducing the lodge’s environmental footprint by using the strictest LEED sustainable building protocols.

19-12-2018

VIMOB XS, a tiny cabin to get away from the city

Colectivo Creativo Arquitectos presents VIMOB XS, a cabin of just 20 square metres built using prefabricated parts.

03-12-2018

Mirasol House by JiA-Jose Isturaín Arquitectura, a renovation in Panama

In the stunningly beautiful backdrop of a mountainous zone, architecture firm JiA-Jose Isturaín Arquitectura Panama has refurbished the guesthouse on the Mirasol estate.

12-11-2018

Wayne Turett's passive house, Turett Collaborative New York

In celebration of the 15th annual International Passive House Open Days, architect Wayne Turett, principal of the Turett Collaborative, opened up his personal home located in the village of Greenport, NY on the North Fork of Long Island.

30-10-2018

Tonkin Liu Old Shed New House - Stephen Lawrence Prize 2018

An old farm shed has been converted into a comfortable home in an economical, sustainable project by the architects of Tonkin Liu. The Old Shed New House project has been awarded the 2018 Stephen Lawrence Prize, awarded by RIBA every year to a work of architecture completed on a budget of less than 1 million pounds.

27-09-2018

Main Office designs a house surrounded by the tropical landscape of Mexico

Immersed in the luxuriant tropical vegetation, Casa LT is a recent expansion and renovation project by Main Office, the studio run by architects Dante Borgo and Isabella Eriksson.