Month: July 2022

Located near Pedra do Baú, the main tourist spot in the municipality of São Bento do Sapucaí, the chalet SBS was designed to function as a guesthouse. The house located on a top of a mountain, near the border between the state of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, with a wide view of the region. The construction was conceived as two volumes of equal dimensions that support a unique light roof, and which are crossed – and joined – by a balcony that extends towards the slope and the astonishing view, forming a viewpoint that extends to the horizon. One of the volumes houses a living room and kitchen, in addition to a laundry/technical area, which is accessed by a deck located at the back of the building. Theother one, a bedroom and a bathroom with two doors, for access both through the bedroom, and by the balcony, also serving people who eventually occupy the room.

The lakeside villa is the holiday home of a Finnish family living abroad. Traditionally Finnish holiday estate consists of the main building and additional smaller buildings for different purposes: sauna, summer kitchen, storage space, and summer rooms for guests. Holiday house H gathers all the functions under one roof to minimize both the building footprint and the impact on nature.

The historic Pinckney Neighborhood is a comfortable older neighborhood well-connected to the heart of Lawrence, Kansas. It is a short walk to the Kansas River and its parks as well as the cultural vibrancy of downtown. It is also close to the University of Kansas campus and a nearby bus stop which expands the possibilities of travel to the rest of Lawrence.

A plot, a volume, two houses. Here is how we could summarize this project which has the particularity of housing two families who bought together a building plot in a small Brabant village.

Interior designer Tracy Schlegel and her husband, Mike, share a passion for sailing. One of the first things they purchased together after marrying was a sailboat, and they spent their weekends sailing on Chesapeake Bay. “The boat served as our second…