residential

Materials meet seamlessly “like an iPhone” at northern California home by Natoma Architects

August 9, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

San Francisco studio Natoma Architects has completed a family residence that consists of intersecting volumes, with connections between its planes of concrete and glass designed to look as minimal as possible. The Oz House is perched on a hilltop in Atherton, California, and is accessed via a winding road. In addition to the main dwelling,

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Liverpool gives go-ahead for towers despite UNESCO warnings

August 9, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Liverpool’s docks may lose their UNESCO World Heritage status following the approval of a pair of high-rise residential blocks facing the city’s River Mersey. Part of the £5.5 billion Liverpool Waters development, the Plaza 1821 and Hive City Docks towers by Hodder and Partners and Brock Carmichael Architects were granted approval despite ongoing concerns. Renderings of the pair of towers show

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Built-in storage redefines layout of 1960s apartment overhauled by MWAI Architects

August 9, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

MWAI Architects has updated an 1960s apartment in Hampstead, London, by rearranging a series of minimalist living spaces around an integrated wooden storage unit. The clients asked MWAI Architects to improve the layout of the apartment called Oak Hill Park, to create a more open-plan space that would make moving through the home easier. Working around the building’s constraints

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BIG unveils plans for Cactus Towers beside new Copenhagen IKEA

August 8, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Bjarke Ingel’s firm BIG has revealed renderings of a pair of high-rise residential towers with spiky facades, which will overlook a new IKEA and hotel in Copenhagen’s Vesterbro district. Named after the distinctive spiked outline created by their rotated floorplates, the Cactus Towers will stand at 60 and 80 metres tall. The corners of the slabs are shown overhanging planted

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Rural Idaho home by Olson Kundig has gadgets and gizmos aplenty

August 8, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

An entire glass wall swings upward to open this spacious retreat to the landscape of the American West – one of several inventive features incorporated by US firm Olson Kundig. The Bigwood Residence is tucked into a hillside in Sun Valley, a resort town in Idaho. Encompassing 6,500 square feet (604 square metres), the two-storey vacation

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In Situ Studio revives mid-century modern home in North Carolina

August 7, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

American firm In Situ Studio has overhauled a mid-century modern dwelling in Raleigh, North Carolina, that had been “haphazardly chopped up” over the years. The Ocotea House is situated within a suburban neighbourhood dotted with mature trees. The brick, ranch-style home was built in 1959 and had been significantly altered over the years. “What was

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Hawaii house designed as a mini village by De Reus Architects

August 7, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

A series of steep-roofed pavilions linked by gardens and external corridors make up this home by De Reus Architects on Hawaii’s Big Island. The studio designed Kauhale Kai for a client who is fond of modern art and architecture, and spent years living in Tahiti, and their extended family. The sprawling house is located on

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Photographer’s Loft by Desai Chia provides live-work space in New York

August 7, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

This minimal loft apartment for a New York-based photographer has areas for meeting clients, entertaining guests and escaping city bustle. The Photographer’s Loft occupies a 5,000-square-foot former industrial space, complete with cast-iron columns and plentiful large windows. Desai Chia Architecture’s 2014 renovation created a “serene” environment, where public and private areas are separated but an

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Cary Tamarkin constructs Island Creek home in the Hamptons with local materials

August 7, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

New York City architect-developer Cary Tamarkin has built a modernist home in the Hamptons using locally sourced wood and stone, to match the area’s historic architecture. Tamarkin constructed the Island Creek house in Southhampton, a getaway destination for affluent New Yorkers escaping the city’s summer heat. The design nods to Long Island’s vernacular “beach modernism”

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Branch Studio slots rammed-earth house extension onto a tree-dotted site in Melbourne

August 6, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

This moody Melbourne house extension by local studio Branch Studio Architects features dark rammed-charcoal walls, window nooks and an outdoor bathtub. Branch Studio Architects was asked to extend an existing house for a couple to create a master suite with a bedroom, an en-suite bathroom and extra storage space. The 1990s house “posed little architectural significance and interacted poorly with

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