Houses

Glass-fronted basement of House in Ballarat, by Inarc Architects

Architecture / 16 Aug 2018

The striking, angular lines of this Ballarat home belie a project that’s all about modesty

The city of Ballarat, about 100km from Melbourne, first gained attention in the Victorian gold rush days. More than a century later, signs of the past are still evident in its historical streetscapes, but are now entwined with the present...

The exterior of Jim Olson's holiday home in Washington state

Architecture / 14 Aug 2018

Jim Olson’s holiday home has grown from modest cabin to Arcadian estate

Jim Olson has been coming to this site in Longbranch, Washington, for as long as he can remember. First as a child, visiting his grandmother’s house, now long since burned down, but at the time nestling up in one corner...

Architecture / 14 Aug 2018

KWK Promes wraps up a house with a concrete road in Poland

Located in the heart of the green Polish countryside next to a winding river, the By The Way house designed by KWK Promes is formed of a long concrete pathway that wraps up the house, views and landscape together. The client requested...

Exterior facade of Todd Saunders' family home in Bergen, Norway

Architecture / 11 Aug 2018

Bergen-based architect Todd Saunders’ home is a soaring symphony in Norwegian wood

Describing his latest project, a house for his own family in a leafy suburb of Bergen, Todd Saunders says, ‘It’s like three sticks, stacked on top of each other.’ At a stretch, the analogy holds – the house is...

First-production versions of ‘The Chair’ by Hans Wegner in the living room

Architecture / 10 Aug 2018

This Oslo penthouse is an urban tribute to natural simplicity

Nights can be long and dark in northern cities like Oslo. But the lack of natural light in this 400 sq m penthouse isn’t really a problem. A 360-degree aspect onto the city and a carefully planned internal arrangement ensure...

Architecture / 9 Aug 2018

The design of an innovative DJs’ studio and apartment in Ghent doesn’t miss a beat

On a warm September afternoon in Ghent, Belgium, the Dewaele brothers – better known as producer and DJ duo 2manydjs – are enjoying a moment of calm in their studio’s library. Stephen has just arrived from London and he and...

Architecture / 7 Aug 2018

Cadaval Sola-Morales’s Casa de la Roca in Mexico is the perfect forest retreat

If you’re after an idyllic nature retreat, look no further than the work of the Barcelona- and Mexico City-based architecture practice headed by Eduardo Cadaval & Clara Solà-Morales. The pair have been producing a number of striking residences over the last few years –...

Architecture / 7 Aug 2018

Hidden Valley house in Arizona designed by Wendell Burnette is a ‘long pavilion for living’

Sunken into a saguaro-studded knoll at Cave Creek in Arizona, this house by Wendell Burnette Architects, was designed to help its inhabitants pare their lifestyle back to basics. The simple construction entails a concrete plinth, topped with a mighty canopy...

Architecture / 30 Jul 2018

Interior designer Jamie Bush breathes soul into a San Francisco home

Transforming a spec house into a personalised, lived in space, perfectly fitted to the owner’s needs and personality is no mean feat; yet it is one that Los Angeles-based interior designer Jamie Bush achieved with flair for his latest residential project...

Architecture / 26 Jul 2018

Unfolding the origami shapes of OPA’s Shapeshifter House in Nevada

‘The American desert has a history of being understood as a place of lack, emptiness, or otherness’, says San Francisco-based architect Luke Ogrydziak. ‘Framed as a barren wasteland, a kind of “no place”, the desert has been appointed the perfect...

Architecture / 19 Jul 2018

Pragmatism and theory meet in Lluís Alexandre Casanovas Blanco’s ‘Real Estate Boom House’

The architecture and construction industry in Spain was booming in the final two decades of the 20th century. The country was riding a wave of bliss and – perceived, at least – prosperity, with new projects springing up everywhere, from...

Architecture / 17 Jul 2018

Oasi Architects’ FGN House is an exercise in concrete subtlety

The sleepy village of Fagnano Olona in Italy – also home to an Aldo Rossi-designed elementary school – has just welcomed a new piece of modern architecture; a new-build house by Busto Arsizio-based architects Oasi. The structure, a home for a local family, is...