residential

Tom Hurt attaches tiered white pods with plywood core to Austin house

September 20, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Austin-based architect Tom Hurt has extended the back of a ranch house using a series of stacked units and wooden interiors to form a multi-storey living space. The 1,110-square-foot (103-square-metre) structure grows out from the existing low-slung home in Austin. The addition joins the main home through a series of low-lying platforms in the original

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Bak Gordon converts traditional Lisbon house into apartments with private courtyard

September 19, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Bak Gordon Arquitectos has renovated a house in the Lapa area of Lisbon, transforming it into a pair of apartments that share a secluded courtyard garden and swimming pool. The narrow five-storey building with a small rear courtyard is typical of the urban fabric in this neighbourhood, where compact streets overlook the Tagus river and

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Off-grid boathouse by Andersson-Wise sits on Lake Austin

September 19, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio Andersson-Wise has completed a two-storey boathouse in Austin, with openings on the upper level that enable occupants to dive directly into the water. The Lake House pushes out from a steeply sloped bank and extends over Lake Austin in Texas. The lower portion of the rectangular building contains a sculling dock and boat storage,

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Tree branches poke through floors of Vo Trong Nghia’s Stacked Planters House

September 18, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed a house in Ho Chi Minh City, featuring a series of stacked concrete slabs punctured by rectangular holes that allow trees to reach up through the floors. Stacked Planters House is the latest in the House for Trees project, which the Vietnamese studio initiated to help reintroduce green spaces

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Tree branches poke through floors of Vo Trong Nghia’s Stacked Planters House

September 18, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed a house in Ho Chi Minh City, featuring a series of stacked concrete slabs punctured by rectangular holes that allow trees to reach up through the floors. Stacked Planters House is the latest in the House for Trees project, which the Vietnamese studio initiated to help reintroduce green spaces

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Archimania creates tall family home overlooking train tracks in Memphis

September 18, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

This four-storey dwelling in Tennessee by US studio Archimania consists of rectilinear forms clad in an array of materials, including weathering steel and charred wood. The Woodard Residence is located on an urban site in Memphis, near the South Main Historic Arts District and a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. The compact, triangular site sits

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Archimania creates tall family home overlooking train tracks in Memphis

September 18, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

This four-storey dwelling in Tennessee by US studio Archimania consists of rectilinear forms clad in an array of materials, including weathering steel and charred wood. The Woodard Residence is located on an urban site in Memphis, near the South Main Historic Arts District and a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. The compact, triangular site sits

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Huge glazed gable frames sea view at Vaughn McQuarrie’s Anzac Bay House

September 17, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architect Vaughn McQuarrie has completed a house on New Zealand’s Waiheke Island that features fully glazed gable ends, and a helical staircase connecting an open-plan ground floor with mezzanines above. McQuarrie based the design of Anzac Bay House on the simple gabled form of a traditional boatshed, which is appropriate to its setting next to

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Smoked oak and terrazzo steps feature in renovated Copenhagen apartment

September 17, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

A smoked-oak staircase suspended from steel poles joins a flight of tapered terrazzo steps in this Copenhagen apartment, which has been overhauled by local practice Jac Studios. Jac Studios’ renovation of the Sturlasgade apartment in the Islands Brygge area on the city’s harbourfront aimed to create a brighter and more open interior. With this in mind,

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Smoked oak and terrazzo steps feature in renovated Copenhagen apartment

September 17, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

A smoked-oak staircase suspended from steel poles joins a flight of tapered terrazzo steps in this Copenhagen apartment, which has been overhauled by local practice Jac Studios. Jac Studios’ renovation of the Sturlasgade apartment in the Islands Brygge area on the city’s harbourfront aimed to create a brighter and more open interior. With this in mind,

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