Tag Residences

25-02-2022

La Brèche, a private refuge designed by Canadian architects _naturhumaine

La Brèche is a private refuge designed by _naturehumaine in front of Mount Orford, in Montréal’s Eastern Townships. The building features contemporary details and takes the form of a classic house with a gabled roof, but made up of two similar volumes separated by a breach: a gap a couple of metres wide determining the shape and the name, and therefore the identity, of the project as a whole.

07-01-2022

Masquespacio designs its second Resa University Residence in Bilbao

Ana Milena Hernández Palacios and Christophe Penasse’s creative agency Masquespacio came up with the visual strategy of the Greystar Group – Resa, a leader on the student housing market. The agency was commissioned to design San Mamés University Residence, the group’s second such project in Bilbao, in the Basque Country.

06-01-2022

de Reus Architects’ Big Wood Residence

Architect Mark de Reus’ home, Big Wood Residence, south of Sun Valley, Idaho, is more than just a home for his family: it’s a celebration of the architect’s career. More than thirty-five years of experience allow the founder of de Reus Architects to create a building whose simplicity belies the complexity of the project.

30-12-2021

Best of Livegreenblog: sustainable living

We conclude the year 2021 with a look at residential architecture. Once again, this year has brought numerous proposals for sustainable and beautiful living; from single-family homes to whole new neighbourhoods, architects have been proposing solutions that take into account all aspects of environmental and social sustainability.

22-12-2021

SDH Architects’ 99 Residence

Overlooking the quiet waters of Florida’s Bay Harbor Islands, in the United States, SDH Architects built a luxurious private villa on two levels totalling 746 square metres of floor space, with a large garden, a terrace, a pool and a private wharf. The villa is built in a contemporary minimalist style despite the variety of different materials and colours, all in neutral hues.

16-11-2021

RE-THINKING TROPICAL CITY: HIGH RISES - WOHA

"They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum, And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see ‘em Don't it always seem to go, That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone? They paved paradise and Put up a parking lot" - Joni Mitchell

08-11-2021

KCAP and Zecc Architecten design new Kade Noord residential complex in Zutphen

Dutch architectural firms KCAP and Zecc Architecten have completed the design for a new Kade Noord residential urbanisation in the Noorderhaven Zutphen development area, a town located about 30 km north-east of Arnhem. This sustainable district, conceived from the reconversion of an industrial area, develops around a large green courtyard inspired by the local landscape.

14-10-2021

Atelier Pierre Thibault designs contemporary house on Brome Lake

The relationship with the surrounding landscape, the vivid colours and the enchanting scenery on the shores of Brome Lake are the strengths of the residential project designed by the Atelier Pierre Thibault studio in the Eastern Townships administrative region in southeastern Quebec, in Canada. “La Résidence du Lac Brome ” is a contemporary home that allows its inhabitants to live in close contact with the natural environment. With its full-height transparent windows and very few opaque structural elements, it stands as a large covered terrace from which to enjoy wide panoramic views of the lake and of the surrounding mountainous landscape.