Country house

At Bandeirinha House, the inclined planes protect, direct the view and create the base for the garden. The house integrates with the landscape, paying homage to the place. Caption Caption Caption Caption Caption Caption Caption Caption More

Rockin’ the suburbs. Forest Road House breaks the suburban cookie-cutter mould creating a lifestyle block oasis. The design explores the family’s love of native timbers and local materials while reflecting their values and living requirements, as the retired couple age in place with their daughter with special needs. Ben Hosking CONCEPT This home creates a self-contained retreat for the owners, reinforcing the notion of a bush garden property that attracted them to the then-rural area 40 years ago. Inspired by the work of Australian architects, particularly Glenn Murcutt’s work, the house references his approach to spatial layout, order of structure and clarity of intent. Local materials were used throughout, inclu... More

Tucked away within the picturesque landscape of Quebec’s Eastern Townships, Sutton House stands as a complete overhaul and extension of an early 20th century stone house. Originally built in 1908 and modestly expanded in the 1950s, the house had remained largely unaltered since. With its heavy walls, hulking geometry, and oversized chimneys it bore the characteristics of a smallish manor rather than a traditional country home. Inside, the small windows and the unusual layout made the space feel awkward and narrow, while outside, the mismatched stone walls were held together by a conspicuous grey cement mortar, which took away from the natural appeal of the stone.  James Brittain James Brittain James Brittain The b... More

Silkworm house is a rural housing project in Lam Ha district, Lam Dong province, Central Highlands of Vietnam. Lam Ha is a mountainous district that was established just over thirty years ago, by farmers in the North migrating to build a new economic zone according to the government's policy. These farmers also brought the northern village culture to this highland to reclaim, cultivate, grow mulberry and raise silkworms, thereby creating a unique flow of interference and cultural transformation. Nhà Cao Cửa Rộng The investor of this silkworm house project also participated in that cultural transformation. A family of four, two generations, born in two parts of the country and in three very different social periods of Vietnam, b... More

It is a rest house for a family of 5. The project is located on the slopes of Iztaccihuatl, on a plot of land surrounded by abundant nature, next to a ravine. It is laid out horizontally to give way to the architectural program in different sections: the guard house, the country house and the bungalow or loft. César Cervantes The country house is the center of the project and so it is placed. Unplanted horizontally, it generates a free circulation inside and outside the house. The house is oriented to have views to the volcano from any space and causing a continuous interaction with the outside. César Cervantes Being in the middle of a plot of more than 10,000m2, all the facades of the house are protagonists, each... More

Woldon Architects is on site for a new farmhouse between the Falmouth and Helford estuaries in Cornwall. The proposal replaces a compromised and poorly laid-out farmhouse of 315sqm with a highly efficient contemporary house of nearly 400sqm. The proposal was developed to embrace the best elements of Cornish farmhouse design with careful consideration for the client’s requirements for a contemporary home. The local area has a strong tradition of farmhouses following a simple rectangular or “L” shape plan often with gables ends. The new house seeks to continue this distinct Cornish tradition. Key principles of local vernacular design have been incorporated. The external walls are finished in coursed local granite with dress... More

We are delighted to have obtained planning permission for a residential development in the Leicestershire countryside.  Architectural designs provide a contemporary response to a sensitive historic setting in the vicinity of two Grade I listed buildings.  The eighth architects to have put forward proposals to the local planning authority, Woldon Architects design was developed via successful consultation with Historic England.  Where three poorly constructed estate cottages currently exist, a large house with underground parking and a cottage will sit comfortably in the setting of a highly attractive sloping walled garden with views over historic parkland. The designs for a new house along the north wall of this walled garde... More

Starting from an agricultural ruin no longer recoverable, we have proposed the reconstruction of its original nucleus as a function of a completely renewed second life; for Clients, the result obtained corresponds to the fulfillment of a lifelong dream: to be able to live in the countryside with a sea view More

Jim Stephenson Jim Stephenson   Planning for this project was won under Paragraph 79, the Country House Clause, with a design taking inspiration from the surroundings.   The overall design is simple and clean. An elegant brick front complements the brickwork of the of garden wall and a discrete front door opening references the gate in the garden wall.   Further down, an oriel window breaks through, hinting at what is behind. Elsewhere, external surfaces are dark render, designed to recede visually in deference to the surrounding garden. Jim Stephenson Jim Stephenson Jim Stephenson   Tucked within, the house has a glass roofed courtyard at its center, a winter garden flooding light into th... More

​Country house in Kharkiv Oblast with carport and terrace​ More

The historic rural family house, remodeled in the mid-70s, turns into a modern, single-family house with a 'pensieve' and a panoramic terrace on the upper floor.The design philosophy was to transform the original introverted and dark building in the interiors into a house all facing the outside, bright and open, with new views towards the garden, the architectural emergencies (baroque church of Santa Venera della Madonna delle Grazie ) and natural landscapes. This has been achieved, yes, by significantly modifying all the elevations and giving a new connotation outside the house, but with the desire, to keep the original internal structure legible and enhance, typical of many spontaneous rural buildings scattered throughout the Marsala coun... More

The volume of the villa is built on strict geometry. The key architectural accent is the courtyard that provides both privacy and exposure to light. The task was to create a private space surrounded by greenery and exposed to light, taking into account that the area is small, building on neighbouring plots from three sides and only one side looks at the forest. The villa is a two-story building with open terraces and a flat roof. The house is placed closer to the plot border so that most of the territory in front of the forest could be turned into a park. The maintenance block is located along the plot border, and the residential building adjoins it through the courtyard in between. The open terraces of the ground and the first floors face... More

On an island in the Aegean Sea, where exorbitance has no reason to exist, simplicity dominates and becomes the source of inspiration. Built according to the owner's activities and his aesthetic pursuits, the two country houses express the simplicity of luxury and the joy of architecture as a sequence of spaces. A linear design approach composes a flat and smooth shape which is effortlessly integrated into the landscape, letting the building's lines to disappear into the skyline. This character is strongly enhanced by the presence of the local flora at the perimeter of the houses, thus creating a fully functional courtyard, which is directly connected to the Greek culture and emphasizes the sense of freedom. Simple and easily recognizable ge... More