A white house full of horizontal stripes sets a new mood for the urban environment of Ramat Gan, Israel. A fresh approach to contemporary forms seems to be the guideline of this three-story building with a total floor area of 350sqm. Perimeter white walls announce the formal rule of Ramat Gan House 2 even before inhabitants enter the front gate… Continue reading →

There are trees living on a rooftop in Echo Park… A tight plot, in a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, determined the vertical development of this contemporary American house: Eels Nest is a three-story home, with a total floor area of 960sqm, cleverly placed in a dense urban environment. Continue reading →

Columns are a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of a structure to other structural elements below. Although its fundamental functionality, columns are also an opportunity for architects to achieve a distinctive spatial quality for any kind of building. The design of the Fukasawa House exquisitely shows how to utilize this element inside a home. Continue reading →

The concept behind a tiny garden pavilion in London, UK was simplified by the following equation: shed + office = Shoffice. An organic volume is now placed in the rear of a 1950’s terraced house as an artificial extension of the existing garden. The program was very simple and small – an office space for the owner of the house that could promote a closer connection with his domesticated piece of nature. Continue reading →

Tasting a good wine among the finest vineyards of Chile… could it get any better than this? Mirador House fulfills these requirements in a very inventive way. Casablanca Valley is a wine region in Central Chile in Valparaiso Region. The coastal cool climate provides a considerable concentration of Chile’s Chardonnay plantations. Mirador House functions as a wine tasting pavilion where visitors can appreciate the exquisite taste of the fruit in the same spot where it grows every passing year. Continue reading →

The Sonoran Desert is one of the largest and hottest deserts in North America, covering large parts of Southwestern Arizona, California, and Mexico. It’s now also a home for a special building: Desert Courtyard House. A close relation was conquered between land and architecture in this unique landscape, where Cacti and stones are the main characters as far as the eye can see. Continue reading →

A unique townhouse is quietly living in the skyscraper city that never sleeps…In New York City there’s a five-story building that redefines the typology of the common urban townhouse on a representative narrow Manhattan plot. Stuck between two ancient brick houses, Urban Townhouse demonstrates how to achieve the most unique experience of living within a small area. Continue reading →

The process of fragmentation is often developed in architecture. A single family residence in Portugal exemplifies how a contemporary home can be efficiently dispersed through several volumes without compromising its main purpose.

A total floor area of 350sqm stands ingeniously distributed in five different volumes all similar in formal appearance: a clear reinterpretation of a traditional Portuguese house. In fact, once inside the site one can experience a sense of being close to a small community – like a tiny white village – where each one of the single-story volumes assumes a distinctive orientation and proportion. Continue reading →

Prefabrication is the most honorable method to use when it comes to respecting a delicate topography or ecosystem. In Borriol, Spain a modern house claims all the attention by its Eco friendly design. Positioned on a very steep site, this contemporary prefab seems to be suspended in mid air without disturbing the land beneath it. How? Read on to find out. Continue reading →

Terraced vineyards are always an excellent company when it comes to choose a surrounding landscape. In Montagna, Italy DMB House stands as one of these lucky cases of such an inspirational sightseeing… A two-story volume with basement encloses a conventional domestic program distributed in a logical deep relation with the rural context. Continue reading →