Architects: Kanner Architects Location: Oakland, California, USA Client: Craig and Terri Rubenstein Project Area: 394 sqm Budget: $2.5 million Project year: 2007 Photographs: Tim Griffith Located in Oakland, California, on a down-sloping site high above the San Francisco Bay, this home was designed to capture the magnificent vistas spanning from the Bay Bridge to the Golden Gate Bridge. Floor-to..
Another house that will be part of the Fall Home Tour put on by the Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects is the Tree House by KAA Design Group. Located in the desirable “tree section” of Manhattan Beach, this home reinforces the viability of indoor/outdoor living along the Southern California coast. Locally sourced sustainable materials are, whenever possible and relevant ..
The Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects has announced that their 2009 Fall Home Tour will take place on October 4th, featuring a variety of architect designed homes in the picturesque community of Manhattan Beach. For one day only, architecture and design fans are welcome to wander through some of the most striking modern Manhattan Beach homes, including the Kuhlhaus 02 h..
Architects: PIQUE llc Location: Tumalo, OR, USA Structural Engineer: Elemental Engineering llc Contractor: R&H Construction Project year: 2009 Photographs: Peter Jahnke This residence sits on a remote 10 acre site comprised of Sage & Juniper trees in Central Oregon. Conceived as two simple cubes in the landscape, one box for sleeping and one for living, the structure offers two distinct means of..
Architect: Martin Fenlon Architecture Location: Eagle Rock, California, USA Client: Michele & Wiley Langford Contractor: Pieter Rousseau Constructed Area: 912 sqm Project Year: 2006-2009 Photographs: Martin Fenlon Architecture A dilapidated Spanish Colonial duplex sat empty and neglected on a quant hillside street in the Eagle Rock area of Los Angeles. As an anomaly with two legal units in a sin..
Architect: Bates Masi Architects Location: Amagansett, NY, USA Client: Private Structural Engineer: Steven L. Maresca Contractor: Paul Cassidy Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Christopher Wesnofske In many ways, a small house can be more luxurious than a large one because of the casual simplicity it affords. The owners of this little retreat in the dunes appreciated the lifestyle their quirky but..
The Paraty House by Marcio Kogan Architects Paraty House’s two reinforced concrete boxes, sit atop each other, connected on the mountainside of one of the islands of the colonial city of Paraty and Angra dos Reis (between Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), like two modern prisms between the large colossal stones of the Brazilian coast. The building projects outward from the mountain, almost onto the..
Architects: al bordE - David Barragan y Pascual Gangotena Location: Tumbaco, Quito, Ecuador Client: Sra. Carla Flor Technical Advisor: Arq. Bolivar Romero, Rammed Earth specialist Contractor: Sr. Miguel Ramos Site area: 5.000 sqm Constructed area: 180 sqm Project year: 2007 Construction year: 2007?2008 Photographs: Raed Gindeya, Pascual Gangotena, David Barragan The wish to set up, the search fo..
Architects: Irisarri + Piñera / Jesús Irisarri Castro & Guadalupe Piñera Location: Pontevedra, Spain Structural Collaborator: Antonio Reboreda Martínez Technical Architect: Sandra Valverde Concrete & Structure: CHS – Construcciones Hnos. Sanz S.L. Domotic: Indomotika Sistemas y Comunicaciones, S.L. Project year: 2004-2006 Photographs: Manuel Gonzalez Vicente, Jesús Irisarri & Angel Baltanás Our ..
Architect: Bates Masi Architects Location: East Hampton, NY, USA Client: Private Structural Engineer: Steven L. Maresca Landscape: Coen & Partners Contractor: Robert Padden Company & Brian Mannix Builder Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Michael Moran Photography This residence is primarily used when the clients’ extended family comes from England for long visits. They come to relax and to reconne..
