All Blog Posts Tagged 'residential' (112)

Nestled in Chester County, Pennsylvania, this “Hobbit House” was built by architect Peter Archer (of Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd.) based on…

This graceful, curved structure is a dwelling designed by Atelier Tekuto, and constructed using their unique Earth Bricks.  Traditional cement…

With a look that is reminiscent of a giant warped lego, the House in Kohoku by Torafu Architects is a simple one-storey home with a loft space.  The roof is composed of three “tubes,” each topped with a window.  The…

Cien House is the seven-storey monolithic live/work space of the architectural husband-and-wife team of Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen (Pezo von…

It’s a square!  It’s a triangle!  It’s a moving house!

D*Haus is a firm that has produced a range of architecture and design products based on the discovery that four distinct shapes can create both a square and an equilateral triangle,…

There’s no running around naked in this house!

House NA by Sou Fujimoto Architects is a 914 square-foot transparent house.  It is comprised of 21 individual floor plates ranging from 18 to 21 square-feet, which can be used as…

This unique design by Japanese firm Suppose Design Office is an ultra-modern take on traditional pit-dwelling houses.  The main floor of the House in Saijo is partially underground,…

This residential project developed like a parasite, beginning by adopting the host structure, and then gradually changing into its own unique organization and morphology.

A self-contained residential unit placed on the top of an existing home from the 1960’s, Esker House is the work of London-based…

The Gasometers in the Simmering district of Vienna were originally built between 1896 and 1899 to supply town gas to Vienna.  As technology changed, they fell out of use, and later were declared historic landmarks in 1978.  In 1995, Vienna called for…

House Folded is a modestly sized 100-square-meter residence in Osaka, Japan, built for a couple and their cats. 

Japanese architecture firm Alphaville aimed to create a “structurally rational but spatially heterogeneous…

The Cube is a compact mobile unit designed around the principles of Feng Shui that contains an office, bedroom, and meditation space.   Liu Ming, a Feng Shui expert, needed a more practical and private living area in…

AA House by Office of Architecture in Barcelona (OAB) has a roof system of diagonals that gives the impression of an artificial topography.  An abundant use of glasswork, trellises, and sliding panels allows a visual connection to the garden for the halls,…

Creating a distinctive zigzag roofline, the Kubuswoningen, or Cubehouses, in Rotterdam are the work of the late Dutch architect Piet Blom.  He considered his design an abstract tree, with the entire…

In a mature oak hammock along Sarasota Bay, the architecture of the Casey Key Guest House is inspired by the forms of the oaks, which have been shaped by the prevailing coastal…

There is only one way in and one way out, via a corridor that brings you in from the open landscape.  As you follow it in, it gets darker and darker, then gradually higher and higher until you again step out into the open landscape of the courtyard.

Belgian firm…

PAS House is the ultimate dream for generations of skateboarders.  Designed by Air Architecture, in collaboration with LA-based architect Francois Perrin, designer Gil…

The way in which slices of natural light change in space during the course of a day, as well as during a year, is the focus of Sun Slice House by…

The Cloud House by Australian architecture firm McBride Charles Ryan is both an addition to and a renovation of an Edwardian house in…

A result of piling several stone boxes on the side of a hill, Casa S creates the idea that it is just another outcropping of rock within its beautiful and harsh surroundings.  Constructed of local stones,…

Always with the planning commissions!

In order to get permission to build on this site, the design of Norwegian architecture firm Jarmund/Vigsnaes Arkitekter had to relate to the existing strip of typical British seaside houses.  The result…