Family house

The story of this single-storey family house began with an architectural study of a neighboring house in 2021, when a young family with two children decided to move to the outskirts of Piešťany.The brief was to design a single-story wooden house that they can construct by themselves. Matej Hakár Matej Hakár Matej Hakár Matej Hakár Matej Hakár Matej Hakár When we first came into contact with the empty plot, we began with organizing the general layout. Our aim was to create a simple single-storey house with a high degree of privacy, that will provide more outdoor living options while offering framed views of the garden scenery. Another goal of our design was to cr... More

House Beneath the Cross Hill is a modest timber home designed by hurá studio for the architect’s parents, built largely by the architect’s father himself. Nestled on a gentle slope below a local landmark known as Cross Hill, the house embraces its setting through simplicity, craftsmanship, and a deep connection to the landscape. The project reflects a family collaboration and a search for authenticity — an architecture of care, restraint, and enduring warmth. Lucie Kastnerová The home stands on the southern slope below the Calvary hill (Cross Hill), at the edge of a small Czech town. Its southern gable opens through large windows toward the opposite hillside, while the rear elevation is embedded into th... More

SHELL is modern architecture that functions as a protective shield. The house guards the family’s inner world from the city’s noise, much like a shell protects its most precious contents. Externally, it presents a restrained, almost monolithic form made of long-format brick, broadcasting reliability and inaccessibility. Yet inside, it reveals a delicate beauty and absolute comfort. This is a space where safety meets lightness, and walls become not barriers, but intellectual filters between the bustling world and your personal peace. Bezmirno Architects Bezmirno Architects Bezmirno Architects Concept At the core of the project lies an architectural paradox — “transparent privacy.” We created... More

Right at the Nieuwe Waterweg, between Rotterdam and Hoek van Holland, a series of family houses and apartments are designed to an alternating boulevard front. The houses are designed to protect but also enjoy the southern sunshine, the fresh wind and the phenomenal views in all seasons. With a wide balcony, lots of glass and a fireplace or outdoor pool, the residents can specify their own ideal Boulevard house along the river Maas. Scagliola Brakkee Scagliola Brakkee The Boulevard houses are arranged in two stretches of ten houses in three layers with apartments on each end. The transition between the boulevard and the houses is shaped with elevated front gardens. This creates a natural separation while the view is celebrated. Th... More

Directly on the IJ lake, with a view of the Randstad, Almere is developing a new Dune city: DUIN. In addition to a center on the boulevard, Duin has various Dune Forests and Dune Valleys. In the Dune Forests one can live in the middle of a mature family of trees: Spruce, Beech, Maple. The area is rugged with woodcut paths, forest and informal residential courtyards. From your house you can directly enter the nature. Filippo Rossi The assignment for the design of houses in Duin is to celebrate the landscape. Simple blocks that strengthen the mystique of the woods. Small blocks and steeply pitched roofs in a leafy area. Private outdoor space and storage in the form of a veranda with wood storage. The vertically ribbed facades in brick a... More

Immediately at the IJ lake, with view on the Randstad, Almere develops a new Dune city. By creating a new dune landscape in months with many cubic meters of sand in the polder, an area with alternating Dune-Forests and Dune-Valleys is created. Here you can live with a view of on the shore and the sand between your feet. The area is rugged with shells paths, altitude differences and winding residential streets. From your house you can directly enter the nature. Scagliola Brakkee Scagliola Brakkee Scagliola Brakkee Simple blocks that strengthen the undulating curves of the dunes. Short rows of houses and height-sloping rooflines. The private outdoor area and storage is materialized into a rough wooden deck with a beach house.... More

From Run-Down House to Townhouse: An Oasis of Comfort In a beautiful location in Kralingen, Rotterdam, a small, dilapidated house has been transformed into a luxurious townhouse. The long and narrow plot required a carefully considered design. Ultimately, the shared side walls and part of the front facade were preserved, while the rest was renewed and seamlessly integrated into the classical streetscape. Jeroen Musch Jeroen Musch Jeroen Musch The interior has been carefully designed and furnished with great attention to detail. The oak staircase with a large atrium connects the living floors and serves as a defining feature of the space. A generous skylight brings additional daylight down to the ground floor. Through a larg... More

A family wanted to build a special house on a plot with a significant slope west oriented, facing a wide plain full of oaks at the foot of Madrid Mountains. The location is great, because from there you can see incredible sunsets, with the domes of El Escorial Monastery and the mountains on its background. OOIIO Architecture On the plot itself there were already several oak trees and very hard granite rocks emerging from the ground, a very typical landscape of this area. In fact, an old wall made of this same granite material closes the plot in its lower side. A stone barrier that is probably centuries old and will be a great opportunity to recover and integrate it as the exterior fencing of the new house. Without a doubt, a plot in... More

The house is located in the village of Dehtáry in the Liberec region, it is a beautiful region with mostly open rural development. The client's task was to rebuild the original building with one apartment unit into a house with two apartment units. The ground floor of the original house serves as a unit for the grandparents, and the newly built part serves a young family. Pavla Frauenterková Pavla Frauenterková Pavla Frauenterková We eliminated the annexes of the old building. This cleaned front elevation of the house was linearly extended. The linear structure is cut in the middle by an opening that connects the space in front of the house and behind the house, creates a distance between the exte... More

With a site of moderately marked topography, this house adapts and permeates very well with its context. It was conceptualized under the premise of seeking a single level in the majority of the house, making it a discreet and private project. It moves in a square shape in such a way that we prioritize the view and green areas for social areas and we propose a body for the bedrooms that generates privacy and is oriented towards the South. Both elements are subtly isolated by a common patio. Arturo Arrieta Arturo Arrieta Under this criterion we contain the public spaces and green areas and organically the composition functions as a division between the other houses. The architecture in the social area presents a modular system of r... More

This residential project is tailored to cater to the diverse needs and preferences of each family member. The art-loving and perfectionist dad will find harmony in the design. Mom's requirement for abundant storage is met, coupled with a bright and organized ambiance. The first son's love for automotive is reflected in specific areas, while the second son, an introvert, enjoys personalized spaces for solitude. For the daughter who adores cute elements, the design incorporates charming touches throughout, ensuring a cohesive yet individually tailored home for the entire family. KIE Architecture & Interior Photographer MAIN CONCEPT  The ultimate goal for this project is escalating space quality through our design. We focus on... More

Initially built in 1971, the renovation of this family house for a married couple and their kid saw its completion in late 2020.It is located in Fujimigaoka, a neighbourhood of Suginami City, in the western outskirts of Tokyo.The project was designed on two subjects, a functional and a spatial one.For the former, the timber structure had to be updated with a seismic retrofitting system while the heat insulation had to be replaced.For the latter, the existing dense layout of the first floor required a solution for smoothing the plan, making it more comfortable and serviceable. akiranakamuraphotography.tumblr.com The work began by developing the idea of blending as much as possible the original building with the new features. Despite be... More

The project is located in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, located in East Africa. The project land, located on a hill overlooking the city, consists of an area of 2000 m2. As a result of various meetings with the client, it is recommended that all places of the house look at the view. Since the project land has a unique view of Kigali, all rooms and spaces have been planned to benefit from the view. On the 1st floor, there is only the guest room and the home cinema. Caption Caption The 1st floor was designed centrally to center the ground floor of the building.The ground and first floor floors of the building are detached from the walls of the building and designed to float in the air. Thanks to this floating roof, light can be re... More

The design of the new family house in the old Liboc district replaces a dilapidated building that used to stand there in the past. The new house has two floors with a partial basement. The L-shaped ground plan situated in the corner of the plot refers to the old building. The facade of the main part of the house remains in the original place where it clearly delimits a piazzetta formed by an intersection of the corner streets. Compared to the old state, the shorter facade is offset inwards, widening the street. It consists of a floor that is partially embedded in the sloping terrain with one additional floor on top. The entrance to the plot remained on the north side together with the main entrance to the house in the center of the facade.... More