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after 10 years of designing private residences for their clients, the founders of BHX architects, korn and nartrudee thongtour, have realized their own tailor-made home in bangkok, thailand. as the name ‘basic house’ suggests, the project explores the fundamentals of beauty and function. the result is a building that combines basic materials with a sequence of small yet beautiful spaces. BHX arc..
Gloma House is a minimal residence located in Ansião, Portugal, designed by BDArquitectura. The departure point of the building is the permanent contact with nature. The construction is organized through a main axle which not only intend to solve all the workable program, but also operate as a border element of the social and the private areas. This one story house is elevated from the floor mai..
designed by Tato Architects. The home is clad in salvaged wood that was formerly used to store miso. The multi-purpose space also serves as a shop and warehouse for the clients who own a specialty soy sauce brand. Most notable is in the internal courtyard that provides and open field and abundant natural light to enter the interior. View more works by Tato Architects from leibal
House in Gakuenmae is a minimal home located in Nara, Japan, designed by Fujiwaramuro Architects. This terraced property in the foothills of the Gakuenmae district of Nara Prefecture faced several difficult conditions, including a retaining wall hemming the lot in on the north and south and a steep slope separating it from the road on the west side. The design work began with an inquiry from the..
Perched over the lake of the same name, Wallis Lake House by Matthew Woodward Architecture is an expression of contrasts, combining a linear formality with a relaxed and textural outlook. In its enviable location overlooking rolling hills and a green lush landscape, Wallis Lake House is an optimally perched replenishing abode. The contrasts inherent in the use of materiality and the further juxt..
Hector Esrawe's design studio has completed its first residence – a red-brick house in Mexico City that encloses a lush courtyard at its centre. Esrawe Studio designed Casa Sierra Fría for a family of four who wanted a house with plenty of privacy. It comprises two parallel volumes that are joined by a hallway to make a U-shape around the patio. The courtyard has a sunken, paved stone floor fla..
Architecture practice Timmins + Whyte has added a double-height gabled extension to a 19th-century house in Melbourne, illuminating its formerly light-starved living spaces. Originally built in 1876, Lantern House formerly had a dark and poky interior that meant its owners – a young couple with two children and a dog – were longing for a home with an open-plan layout. A low-ceilinged extension t..
Built-in furniture and storage elements made from MDF feature inside this Barcelona apartment, which has been overhauled by local architecture practice MH.AP Studio. Located in the city's La Bordeta neighbourhood, An Attic for David features an abundance of built-in furniture, as well as carefully-positioned mirrors to make the home appear more spacious. MH.AP Studio was disappointed with the or..
Nestled in the grassy foothills of the picturesque Beskydy Mountains in the Czech Republic, this weekend house by Czech practice Pavel Míček Architects is a contemporary chalet that filters the area’s vernacular architecture though a lens of minimalist refinement. Constrained by rigid building regulations that dictated the shape of the building, the architects conceived the house as an elemental..
