Light and Air-Z House Z House is a minimal townhouse located in Brooklyn, New York, designed by Light and Air. The undertaking at hand was a profound renovation of a weathered row house. Though far from its former glory, the project was not just about modernizing a tired structure. The clients, a family with Indian heritage, sought to infuse the space with an architectural philosophy that would ..
The 2nd Avenue home resides in the eastern part of the Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie neighbourhood, in Montreal—a working class district where urbanization was marked by the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway and many other industries settling here in the twentieth century. In a similar fashion to how the railway has become a gem of a linear playground, this entire neighbourhood now adapts and ..
Ludwig Godefroy creates "habitable gardens" using massive skylights in Mexico Mexico City based architect Ludwig Godefroy has cut circular openings into the slanted ceilings of a series of dwellings in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, to create semi-exposed pools and gardens. Godefroy placed a series of circular openings in a cast-concrete structure to create cave like interiors that remain open to the..
Paperfarm conceals home in Taiwan behind perforated "brick veil" A perforated facade provides light, air and privacy to Veil House, a home in Taiwan that architecture studio Paperfarm designed to reference the area's history of brick manufacturing. Located in a dense urban area in Kaohsiung, Veil House meets the client's desire for airy, open spaces while retaining their privacy from the neighbo..
ASHLEY HALLIDAY-PARKSIDE RESIDENCE_IMMERSED IN PLACE As an open engagement with its surrounding context, Parkside Residence is both outward and inwardly focused, referencing the existing formal language it is immersed within. Ashley Halliday proposes a light filled family home that combines heightened detailing with a sense of the familiar. Set within a heritage-rich area of inner south east Ade..
A Potts Point project by Flack Studio presents a series of reveals throughout the 1930’s home. Flack Studio principal and founder David Flack was tasked with ensuring a Sydney four-storey terrace had continuity with the history of the city while guaranteeing practical, contemporary living for its owners. The result is a love letter to Sydney; from the Opera House-inspired white curved staircase ..
Wellard Architects-Northside House This project involved substantial alterations and additions to an existing heritage-listed home in the inner city Melbourne suburb of Clifton Hill. Occupying a prominent corner site, Northside house provided an opportunity to explore sensitive alterations and additions to an intact Federation-era home for a young family of four. As avid entertainers, the brief ..
Cubo Design Architects celebrates traditional Japanese craft in Tokyo home Traditional Japanese materials and details are fused with contemporary finishes at C4L House in Tokyo, designed by local studio Cubo Design Architects. Informed by traditional Japanese construction, the home was designed by Cubo Design Architects to celebrate "the warmth of things made by hand". It was created in collabor..
Apollo Architects & Associates create home from stacked volumes in Tokyo Two cantilevered stacked volumes of contrasting materials form Laxus, a new home designed by Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates. Located on a corner plot in the Ota Ward of Tokyo, the house was designed by Apollo Architects & Associates for a client with a love of walnut wood and contemporary Italian furniture. ..
Kollektiv Marudo-CASA CAMPARI Commissioned to convert an old rural house on the shore of Lake Maggiore in the Swiss canton of Ticino into a contemporary holiday home, Swiss architecture practice Kollektiv Marudo subtly complemented the property’s vernacular character with a contemporary design language of clean lines and exposed concrete that strikes a measured balance between tradition and mode..
