August 2019

Miner Road House / Faulkner Architects

Just Love the steel and glass.  Dark on the outside, light and airy on the inside. ------------------------------------------------ The clients are a couple of environmental scientists who, along with their two sons, relocated from the Oakland Hills to the warmer climate of Orinda. Their commitment to sustainability, including a...

713 / Junsekino Architect and Design

Love the interior open idea and the fish. ---------------------------------------  In Thai context, common area is considered as a significant space that allow the family member to spend their time together as well as fulfilling the word ‘home’ to the place. This become one of the main concepts...

House in Kobe North / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Simple use of concrete as separations. -------------------------------------- he client requested a combination of large, open spaces and small, cozier spaces for relaxing, delineated by elevation differences or niches. Because the client’s wife is disabled and uses an electric wheelchair, it was also essential to design a porous...

Avalon House / ArchiBlox

Blends in perfect with the landscape --------------------------------------- Beyond ArchiBlox’s speedy construction time of 6 weeks, prefab suited the clients desire to tread lightly on the land with the Avalon House project. With modular building the impact on the surrounding environment is heavily reduced during construction. The dwelling...

GSC / SuperLimão Studio + Gabriela Coelho

A little rugged, but great use of recycled materials and magnificent car colocation & art. ---------------------------------- This project consists of a large gallery that displays items from the collector’s car and art collections throughout their space. We created forms and pieces allowing the users to configure the...

Grow Box / Merge Architects

Perfect balance in nature. This house just blends right in. ---------------------------------------------------- Grow Box is a 1,975 sf home in Lexington, MA, designed for an MIT University Professor of Engineering, his wife, and their young son. The landscape surrounding the house was (and still is) in pristine condition, with...

SEP House / MMA Studio

A new favorite! -------------------------------------- The ground of 1200m² has a strong slope and is surrounded by native forest with the most varied types of trees. The architectural design approach was based on keeping the forest intact and at the same time not sacrificing the sunshine.   A large...

Hillside House / BAUEN

Love this house! --------------------------------------- The Hillside House is located in San Bernardino, far enough away to drive off the noise, 45 minutes from the city of Asuncion, and close enough to enjoy its privileged nature. Therefore, the approach of the house on the hillside is implanted in...

Sky Crown Terraces / Bercy Chen Studio

Steel over concrete, the perfect combination. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sky Crown Terraces are two identical and adjacent houses designed and built by Bercy Chen Studio in Austin, Texas. The monolithic form, courtyards, and habitable flat roofs evoke the vernacular of the American Southwest interpreted by Modernism. Inspired by the sculpture...