Freshwater House by Chenchow Little

A Beach house in Australia, designed to beat the summer heat by simply adjusting the shades.

Freshwater House, Australia, by Chenchow Little

Osler House by Marcio Kogan

Rooms on the ground floor open out using rotating wooden panels, which are reminiscent of other elements frequently used in Brasilia. Throughout this area there is cross-ventilation. The small foyer in the entrance connects to the second floor with a delicate staircase.
The upper floor is organized in a prism of glass and concrete and is supported by stilts. The living room is in spatial continuity with the kitchen, separated only by a table used to prepare the food. All of the equipment and furniture of the kitchen are available on this table, in order that nothing vertically interrupts the visual transparency of the volume.

Osler House, Brasilia, Brazil by Marcio Kogan

Mudgee Tiny House by Casey Brown Architecture

Located in a remote area in the Australian outback, this very small house occupies a footprint of only three square meters. Built offsite and transported to its final destination, it includes a wood burning stove and rainwater collector, and the ability to shut tight when not in use.

Mudgee Permanent Camping’ Dwelling, by Casey Brown Architecture
via: Designboom

Ultimate Hides, Architecture as Holiday Destination

Jacqueline Wagar has hand-selected a collection of holiday properties that encompass contemporary architectural design, Ultimate Hides aims to promote great architecture and design through first-hand experience. By spending time within a property, visitors are able to observe & appreciate the use of materials, colour and space, as well as gain insight into the design process.

Design Destinations: Accommodation by Design, at Ultimate Hides

Julius Shulman Photographs Case Study House #21

A resident of Los Angeles since 1920, Julius Shulman has been documenting modernist architecture in Southern California and across the globe for nearly eight decades. His images of Pierre Koenig’s Case Study House No. 22 (1960) in Los Angeles and Richard J. Neutra’s Kaufmann House (1947) in Palm Springs are among the most recognizable and iconic architectural photographs of the 20th century.

Photography: Case Study House #21, Los Angeles, USA 1958, by Pierre Koenig, at Wright

NYC Cantilevered Tower by OMA

This appealing cantilevered building by Rem Koolhaas, is designed to provide a better view towards Madison Square Park in the Flatiron district.
“Mirroring the traditional New York setback, the building’s form is at once familiar and distinctive”
- OMA founder and partner Rem Koolhaas

23 East 22nd Street, by OMA Office for Metropolitan Architecture
via: Dezeen
Image courtesy of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (© OMA)

Holley House by Hanrahan Meyers Architects

Approached from the north, the forms of the Modernist-inspired home rise and fall with the gently rolling wooded site. Made from locally quarried stone, two parallel planes slide past one another to create the major axis of the house. Their materials echo the low, stone walls that meander through the site, whose presence provided the inspiration for this initial gesture. Around these two walls, all interior and exterior spaces are organized into three distinct spaces.

Holley House, Garrison, New York, USA, by Hanrahan Meyers architects
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56 Leonard Tribeca by Herzog & de Meuron

Switzerland-based architecture firm of Herzog & de Meuron has designed 56 Leonard Street. The architects’ intention is to preserve the celebratory spirit of traditional skyscrapers while introducing new structural possibilities and suggesting fresh ways for people inside such towers to relate to their city.
Inspired by the permeability and spatial qualities of Modernist houses and the great American dream of a customized home, Herzog & de Meuron has replaced the usual extrusion of standardized skyscraper floor plates with a staggered progression of structural slabs turning slightly off axis by degrees as they ascend, creating constant variety among the apartment floor plans.

56 Leonard Tribeca, by Herzog & de Meuron
via: Dezeen

Private House HB in Slovenia

House HB, Spodnje Pirniče 89, Ljubljana Pirniče, Slovenia, by Matija Bevk, Vasa Perović, Maja Valič, for Bevk Perović Arhitekti

Hiller Residence by Michael P. Johnson

The client, purchased a 1950′s single storey home located in Winter Park, Colorado. With little to work with it was suggested that the existing residence be removed and relocated elsewhere. Working with the existing basement foundation a two storey solution allowed the living, dining, and kitchen to fly above the dense evergreen forest. The lower level, contains two master bedroom suites, entry and a commons room. The basement was designated for use as a painting studio with natural light borrowed by the use of light wells located on the west elevation.

Hiller Residence, Winter Park, Colorado, USA, by Michael P. Johnson Design Studio
via: Noticias Arquitectura