Springer's Blog Posts Tagged 'residential' (111)

Boxhome is a 19 square meter dwelling with four rooms that cover the basic functions of living: kitchen with dining space, bathroom, living room, and bedroom.  Norwegian architecture firm Rintala Eggertsson…

A narrow space winds through the center of the House in Sayo by FujiwaraMuro Architects.  As it moves through the home, it transforms its function from relaxation to study to reading to…

Rock It Suda is the name of the pension - or weekend getaway - created for the bassist of the Korean band by the same name.   Instead of the typical form of a European…

On a large organic mango farm in the countryside of northeastern Thailand, Steve Areen built his own Dome House.  The home is constructed of…

House & Garden is a five-storey residence in Tokyo designed by Ryue Nishizawa, one half of Japanese architectural partnership…

Edgeland House sits on a rehabilitated brownfield site, an effort to heal the scars of the site's industrial past.  It raises awareness about the diminishing natural landscape by creating a balance between the industrial zone on one side and the…

Wall House 2 is an extraordinary intersection of architecture, cubist painting, and surrealist sculpture.  It employs the vocabulary of Le Corbusier in the way it explores the relationship between inside and outside.

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House 77, in the very center of "Bairro Norte" in Póvoa de Varzim shares the city's memories and revitalizes a rich legacy of fishing and the sea.  Designed by Portuguese firm dIONISO…

Amidst a block of more traditional houses in Bilzen, Belgium, Narrow House stands out with a display-box-like facade that houses sculptural balconies.  Brussels-based architect Bassam El-Okeily collaborated with fellow Belgian…

Set on a four-legged base to give it a minimal footprint, Isolée is an ecologically friendly retreat from the world.  The design by Netherlands based firm Tjep…

From the time she was a young girl, the family's daughter played in the yard and climbed its two trees.  As an adult, she and her husband wanted to build and live in an extension on her parents' home.  Instead of simply tearing out the trees that stood next to the home for 35…

Completed in August 2012, Quai de la Graille is the work of French firm R2K Architectes.  This fascinating structure is an apartment building in…

On the edge of a residential area where the road curves sits the House on the Other Side by Japan’s FujiwaraMuro Architects.  The house in Muko City, Kyoto is inhabited by two married…

At the request of the architect, Belgian firm dmvA has refurbished Jan Van den Berghe’s home for his daughter.  Built in the eighties, House vvdb is…

Situated in Osaka, Japan, House of Cedar evokes the feeling of being in a forest.  Japanese practice Suga Atelier developed a new structural system for the house that uses wooden framing and steel bolts.  The result is an open, warm atmosphere…

OH Residence is a beautiful wooden house that sits in a quiet residential district in Osaka, Japan.  Designed by Japanese practice Koseki Architect Office, the small side garden is…

The Hive Apartment is just the first in a series of hip hop inspired buildings by Australia’s ITN Architects.  It’s the result of a collaboration by ITN’s  Zvi Belling and graffiti artist “Prowla,” both of…

When I first saw the façade of the Law Street House, I thought it wouldn’t be a project that interested me, because I’m not a fan of dark, industrial style.  I was surprised and delighted to find that the closed metal exterior gave way to a…

On the hillside of the Dolomites in Italy, at the edge of a residential area, Dolomitenblick is a unique structure that hosts six holiday homes.  Designed by Plasma…

S1 is the completely self-sufficient modular high-altitude dwelling by LEAPfactory.  LEAP stands for Living Ecological Alpine Pod, of…