Sometimes a small renovation can be the opportunity for a complete transformation. Slat House in London demonstrates how to turn a new addition project into a vibrant manifest of modernity. The clients wanted to add an extension volume to their existing brick house in order to expand the livable space by an extra bedroom, bathroom and a garage. Of course this is nothing unusual, however the architectonic solution was everything but conventional. Continue reading →

In Singapore, the Wall House testifies to the greatest illusions of all in architecture – a building that assembles two separate houses into one. The illusion is composed by two autonomous blocks that sit on an extensive piece of land. Retired parents and one of their children are the reason behind such a unique concept of spatial fragmentation: a giant central courtyard at the entrance area connect the two volumes. Continue reading →

In New York there’s a building that incarnates the perfect solution for mixing personal and professional activities in one area: Live Work Home. As the title indicates, this original piece of architecture puts to the test a new approach to an increasing common reality: the need to balance work and life in a single space. Continue reading →

The name of the building illustrates the circumstances that lead to an unconventional solution for a residential program: House for a Musher. Mushing is related to a sport or transport method powered by the use of one or more dogs to pull a sled on snow or a rig on dry land. The client is a professional dog musher and the location of this particular house is related to the background where all sport action takes place: Alaska. Continue reading →

In Zoermeer, Netherlands there’s a modern house that reinvents the traditional concept of haystack by adopting its qualities to a different type of program. Living on the Edge represents a real inhabitable haystack, where white stucco, wood and stacked hay layers compose its body. Amazing, right? Continue reading →

Have you heard about Jeju Island? It is one of the nine provinces of South Korea that contains a natural World Heritage Site called Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes. As you can see, there’s nothing conventional about this site… and this special circumstance lead to an unusual architectonic solution for a Resort house: Jeju Ball. Continue reading →

Transformers are a worldwide entertainment franchise known for its varying humanoid-type robots able to transform into everyday vehicles, electronic items or weapons. M House shares the same spectacular capacity of transformation presenting a robotic shape, unusual for a residential program. In California, there’s a one-bedroom cottage with 90sqm of constructed area that elevates the notion of flexible architecture to another level. Continue reading →

The Tetra Shed modular stand-alone pods are designed as modernized workspaces for the garden, but can be used for far more. They can be assembled in complexes of up to 6 (or even more) and are built from timber, beech cladding and a whole menu of external finishes from copper to black rubber to comply with ultra stringent Modern Methods of Construction (MMC). Continue reading →

When architecture wisely imitates nature, the outcome is always surprising and original. In Hiroshima, Japan + Node testifies the achievement of such a challenging task: connecting a human-made structure with a magnificent natural hill amongst wild plants and forest animals… A two-story building with a total floor area of 125sqm stands gently positioned on a slope without disturbing the tall trees that compose the surrounding landscape. The conceptual approach follows a simple guideline: two wooden volumes are crossed – one upon the other – taking advantage of the natural topography. Continue reading →

In Ontario, Canada a family of five required a four-season retreat to replace an existing 1950’s small structure. Placed near a quiet lake in-between pine trees and rocks, Clear Lake Cottage seems to conquer the highest prize that a building can achieve: a perfect blend with its natural surroundings. Continue reading →