Located in Sydney, Australia, Whale Beach House was designed by Alex Popov & Associates. This project articulates the idea of a modernist approach to the peninsula’s traditional concept of a beachside dwelling. From the street, the visual image is of a black box with blinkers either side to accommodate entry and stairs. The box provides [...]

Located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Leaf House was designed by mareines+patalano arquitetura, This project was inspired by Brazil’s Indian architecture, perfectely suited for the hot and humid climate where it stands, Rio de Janeiro .The roof acts as a big leaf that protects from the hot sun all the enclosed spaces of the house, [...]

Located in Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, Contour House was designed by BKK Architects. Set atop a magnificent site on the Bellarine Peninsula, Contour house anchors itself into the landscape with a 5.5 meter high, 55m long folding concrete wall. This gesture is both protective and revealing, simultaneously creating an internal courtyard, whilst extending the spectacular [...]

Located in Sentosa Cove, Singapore, Fisher House was designed by Timur Designs LLP. This house on Sentosa Cove Island differs from the rest of the water-front houses because of its tall and narrow proportion. Cutting into an existing hill slope, the house rises 5 storeys from the road level. The master bedroom is located on [...]

Located in Pointe au Baril, Ontario, Canada, Floating House was designed by MOS, This project intersects a vernacular house typology with the site-specific conditions: an island on Lake Huron. The location imposed complexities to the house’s fabrication and construction, in addition to annual cyclical seasonal changes compounded by escalating global environmental trends, causing water levels [...]

Located in New Mexico, United States, Abiquiu House was designed by Anderson Anderson Architecture, Designed for an anthropologist and a concert pianist, this small prefabricated house on a desert site fronting the Rio Chama, not far from Georgia O’Keefe’s famous home on the bluff above, employs simple detailing and standard industrial materials. The owners have [...]