Tag Housing

08-06-2016

Torrejón Schellhorn: holiday home in Limache, Chile

Ricardo Torrejón Schellhorn designed a holiday home in Limache, on a sloping lot in the mountains of Chile. The layout of the Limache house consists of a series of separate nuclei which are physically and visually connected, taking into consideration both the need for privacy and the desire for sociability.

18-05-2016

Murray Kerr (Denizen Works): House 7 on the Isle of Tiree

Designing for your own parents, within the limitations of heritage building protection. This was the case of House 7 by Murray Kerr (Denizen Works) on the Isle of Tiree. Murray Kerr’s House 7 fits into the landscape of the Hebrides and draws on local architectural traditions.

04-04-2016

Chiado Apartment by Fala Atelier of Portugal

Portuguese architectural studio Fala Atelier renovated a historic apartment in central Lisbon. The first phase in the work involved elimination of additions made by the owners to the interior of the apartment over the past two centuries.

22-03-2016

Alventosa Morell’s Casa GG: speed, economy and efficiency

Three simple concepts for designing and building a home: lower cost, greater energy efficiency, and four months to get everything done. For a creative mind, such limitations are a source of inspiration - and the architects of Alventosa Morell were inspired!

21-03-2016

Naturehumaine's LeBic

Canadian architect Stéphane Rasselet, head of the Naturehumaine team, built an expansion on a home near Bic national park. All the architect's hallmarks are apparent in the project: light, colour and geometry.

15-03-2016

Elii Arquitectos’ Susaloon: the home as theatre

Spanish architects Elii practice a philosophy in which the home is like a theatre: flexible and capable of sudden transformation. In this project the concept of the home as theatre is applied only in the living room, which becomes a wild card space.

14-03-2016

Traction Architecture's Bougainvillea House

Evoking the past to design the future. This is what the American architects of Traction Architecture did in Bougainvillea House, a single-family home rising out of the ashes of a home built in the Art Moderne style of the '40s in Sarasota, Florida.

03-03-2016

Habitat 67 by StudioPractice: a modular landmark in Montreal

StudioPractice of Canada restyled the interior of a modular living unit in the world-famous architectural landmark Habitat 67. The architects' intention was to restore the original stylemes of the home, which had been covered up as renovations were performed over the years.