Villa RA in Calabria, Italy by MORQ Architecture.Contemporary and distinct amongst its rural landscape, Villa RA by MORQ Architecture is set 300m above sea level, atop a mountainous ridge in Calabria, in southwest Italy. Aiming for the villa to feel ingrained as part of the landscape,...
House in Kyoto, Japan by 07BEACH.With no room for a backyard, 07BEACH made the living space of this house in Kyoto double as an internal courtyard, adding large skylights to maximize daylight. To enhance a sense of bringing the outside in, a large indoor tree takes pride...
Lakehouse in Hyderabad, India by CollectiveProject.The Lakehouse in Hyderabad, India by CollectiveProject is set on a steep and rocky slope overlooking a lake, a private retreat offering respite from urban life. The house is elevated above ground as a lightweight steel structure, making...
Canopy House by Leeton Pointon Architects and Allison Pye Interiors.Both organic and architectural in form, Canopy House is set amongst large plane trees on an established residential street in inner Melbourne. Adding a contemporary layer to the varied streetscape, Leeton Pointon conceived a calm refuge,...
Michigan Loft in Chicago by Vladimir Radutny Architects.The vast and impressive shell of Chicago’s Michigan Loft wasn’t initially well-suited for domestic use, with Vladimir Radutny Architects working to craft a living space that evokes mental wellness and creative inspiration. Carefully...
Woollahra Courtyard House by CO-AP.A series of skylights and windows puncture the concrete roof of Woollahra Courtyard House by CO-AP, the geometry of which follows the parallelogram form of the upper storey. Masonry, concrete and metal cladding define the architectural...
Bismarck House in Sydney’s Bondi by Andrew Burges Architects.Architect Andrew Burges acknowledges the semi-detached house is a typology he has been critical of in the past – for its shotgun corridor, compromised privacy and generally poor amenity – and so he looked for bigger connections to a...
Kangaroo Valley Outhouse by Madeleine Blanchfield Architects.An outhouse isn’t typically associated with a luxurious bathroom experience, but this mirrored cube iteration by Madeleine Blanchfield Architects in the Kangaroo Valley sits in a league of its own. A mirrored cube elevated above the...
Community School in Turin, Italy by BDR bureau.Aiming to embody the future of education and architecture, BDR bureau revamped the Enrico Fermi community school in Turin, adding a blush pink steel structure to an existing 1960s building. The architects moved entrances and external...
