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25-03-2020

Paly Architects design a luxury residence above the sea in Livadia, Crete

At the western tip of the island of Crete, near the top of Cape Koutoulos, stands the latest new residence designed by Paly Architects. Pale sun-beaten rock gives way to a dry-stone wall rising up the cliff, where it becomes the solid base of a long, narrow house, a vacation paradise of peace and quiet where luxury is discrete, embracing the rustic style typical of the Greek islands.

13-03-2020

Arbol: House in Akashi, Japan

In the urbanised setting of Akashi, on the coast of the Japanese island of Honshu, the house designed by Arbol grafts nature onto its closed, compact structure. The spaces designed by the young architectural studio Arbol fulfil the basic functions of sleeping, eating, and relaxing, while an anthropised form of nature occupies the spaces in between.

11-03-2020

Costa Lima: astrologist’s house in Estoril, Portugal

The astrologist’s house in Estoril by Antònio Costa Lima is a successful synthesis of opposed forces: dynamism and stability, closing and opening, discovery and protection. A walkway spirals around the garden, gradually rising to end on the rooftop terrace.

28-02-2020

Simone Subissati’s Casa di Confine

Simone Subissati’s Casa di Confine, or “Boundary House”, stands proudly erect on a hill in the province of Ancona, in the Italian region of Marche. The subdivision of space in the private residence is based on the floor plan of traditional rural homes in the area, while its appearance connects it with the radical Italian avant-garde movements of the sixties and seventies. The project is illustrated in a short documentary directed by Federica Biondi.

26-02-2020

Sergey Makhno’s Shkrub: twelve stories about a house with a thatched roof

Sergey Makhno presents Shkrub, the house he designed for himself and his family, with an important note that should sound as a warning for today’s residential architecture: "The more thoroughly you try to create the perfect interior, the more it looks like one for staying overnight rather than living". The description of Shrkub on the architect’s website tells twelve stories about “a house where the main thing is not the colour of the floor, but the kids' noise. From which, by the way, you cannot hide despite all the tricks of planning“.

12-02-2020

H&P Architects: Tube-house and “tropical cave” in Vietnam

Blending architecture and landscape is the goal of the “tropical cave”, as H&P Architects call their project transforming a Vietnamese tube-house into a new family residence in the city of Bac Ninh, near Hanoi.

12-02-2020

Balcones Residence Austin, renovation by Clayton & Little

Balcones Residence is a house in Austin, Texas originally designed by the modernist architect Roland Roessner, professor at the University of Texas during the latter half of the 1900s. The architects from local firm Clayton & Little completed a sensitive renovation that improves the environmental performance of this jewel of modernism, retaining as much of the home’s original character as possible.

10-02-2020

Fernanda Marques Arquitetos Associados Jaragua Residence Alphaville

The Jaragua Residence in Alphaville, a residential district on the outskirts of San Paolo, Brazil, a recent project by Fernanda Marques Arquitetos Associados, is ideally represented in the photographs of Fernando Guerra. The Brazilian studio was recently awarded two of Latin America’s most prestigious interior design prizes.