Hinterhouse Prefab Retreat in Quebec, Canada by Ménard Dworkind.Sitting nestled within the dense forest of Mon-Tremblant valley in Quebec, Canada is Hinterhouse Retreat, a sustainably clad wooden house by MRDK Architecture and Design studio, created for Hintercompany. The small dwelling has been...
Rumah Purnama Villa in Ubud, Bali by Studio Jencquel.French architect Maximilian Jencquel, the founder of Studio Jencquel, has restored a heritage Balinese wantilan house in Ubud, bringing modern comforts to a traditional home. Rumah Purnama - The House of the Full Moon, is described by...
Hiriketiya Guesthouse in Sri Lanka by Atelier Abraha Achermann.Hiriketiya Guesthouse in Sri Lanka by Atelier Abraha Achermann exists as a sculptural intersection of built forms and gardens – the unapologetically brutalist guesthouse speaks directly with the natural environment it sits...
Alex Guesthouse & Cinema Space in Ghent by Atelier Vens Vanbelle.Allow me to set the scene. On the idyllic grounds of a French-style home just outside of Ghent, sits a quirky corrugated form with its own projecting watchtower. Clad in corten-steel, the abstract building rises from the earth like a...
Casa Meco Holiday House in Meco, Portugal by Atelier Rua.The key focus of Atelier Rua’s Casa Meco in Portugal is its oversized communal living spaces that cement its status as a pitch-perfect family holiday home. Wrapped in beautifully nuanced exposed concrete with killer views to boot, the...
Pied-à-Mer Yacht Interior by Michael K. Chen Architecture.Among Chen’s main sources of inspiration were Le Corbusier’s belief that a home should be regarded as a “machine for living” and his interest in cruise ships as models for self-sufficient, utopian apartment complexes, such as his...
House in Avandaro, Mexico by Taller Hector Barroso.Taller Hector Barroso’s Mexican weekend family retreat uses mud, wood, and vernacular building processes to seamlessly merge the home with the surrounding forest environment. Spaces are shaped from solid materials; however, the interiors...
The Olive Houses in Palma De Mallorca by mar plus ask.Mar plus ask have unveiled their cavernous stone Olive Houses that sit perched within a vast grove of olive trees high above the Mediterranean Sea. The pair of dwellings dubbed, Pink House and Purple House, stands as a celebration of Palma...
Flat House Zero Carbon Farmhouse in Cambridgeshire by Practice Architecture.A crude agricultural shed is slowly undressed to reveal an astounding farmhouse created predominantly from hemp. Designed by London-based Practice Architecture, Flat House is a trailblazing, low-embodied carbon farmhouse that champions the...
