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Project • By Steffen Welsch Architects • Private Houses
Stack & Field
Stack & Field is a small but generous extension of a 100-year-old weatherboard house on a tight inner-city block in Melbourne, Australia. It challenges a fundamental assumption of compact urban housing: that density requires consolidation. Located on a constrained and narrow site, the project plan dissolves layout and building form into a series of offset planes, layered rooms and courtyards and substitutes size for spatial richness.
Timothy Kaye
Timothy Kaye
In all our projects we always prioritize the plan, and the fragmented massing is not aesthetic gesture but a primary design strategy. By breaking the building into volumes of varying scale, each zone is calibrated to its function, its relationship to adjacent spaces, and... More
Project • By Watershed Architects • Private Houses
Curl Curl 04
A new multi-level family home with outdoor entertaining pavilion and swimming pool. The floor plan on this steeply sloping site was pulled apart to create a landscaped courtyard with a staircase and glazed bridge link allowing northern light to permeate the building. A material palette of off-form concrete, face brickwork and timber gives a raw, natural aesthetic while also being practical, enduring finishes in a coastal environment. As the building steps down the hill, roof gardens have been used to give a pleasant outlook from the upper floors, also providing excellent thermal mass for temperature regulation.
CEG Studio
Simon Whitbread Photography
Simon Whitbread Photography
Simon Whitbread Photography
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Project • By Kamat and Rozario Architecture • Private Houses
Big-Little House
Big-Little House is a small house with a small footprint built on a small plot but with large volumes. What makes this house large? One-fourth of the 1500 square foot plot is empty and left unbuilt for a garden. All the major living spaces, viz., the double-height living room, the family space, the dining, and the kitchen, are tied together by the fact that they all inhabit a large volume that overlooks the garden.
Arjun Krishna Photography
Arjun Krishna Photography
Arjun Krishna Photography
The car park was deliberately lowered in height such that the kitchen and dining that sit over it remain connected to the garden volume. This configuration led to split levels on the upper levels, which in turn helped bring down the over... More
Project • By Inaba Williams Architecture • Private Houses
Santa Monica Courtyard Houses
“Title 24” (California’s Building Energy Efficiency Standards) inspired the design of the net-zero homes. We see the state’s recently implemented code as an opportunity to reinvent the Southern California single family dwelling. While a midcentury Case Study-type glass house is still possible under Title 24, that home would require high embodied energy materials and consume lots of power, undermining the Energy Standards’ aims. Instead, the Santa Monica Courtyard Houses assume a different look and feel that is more suitable to current climate conditions. Having far fewer windows, the outside form reduces the amount of heat gain and lowers energy use while still allowing residents to enjoy indoor-outdoor living... More