Modern country
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Project • By Coates Design Seattle Architects • Housing
Olympia Prairie Home
The designer’s task was to build a modern, budget-minded home that was livable and respected its rural environment. The Yelm residence is a contemporary take on a country home: using a combination of simple, cost-effective methods to create a warm, comfortable space through clean lines and precise design. A minimal exterior material palette of wood and stucco siding with metal panel accents helps to highlight the beauty of the 10 acres of land on which the house rests. Concrete masonry unit (CMU) walls frame the entry and a flat roof plane hovers overhead to ground the project into the prairie style landscape. The home reflects the clients’ informal lifestyle and relationship to the environment. He is a graphic designer who work... More
Project • By Shaun Lockyer Architects (SLa) • Private Houses
Greenhouse
The Greenhouse is an environmentally responsible family home built on acreage outside Brisbane. A collaboration between architect, builder and friends, this home represents a wonderful balance of lifestyle aspiration, sustainability agenda and rewarding process. Our first collaboration with Healthy Abode Living, this home looks to explore simple, crafted and poetic architectural agenda and interior fit-out. More
Product • By VIA GmbH • VIA Cement Tiles
VIA Cement Tiles
Our cement tiles captivate through their beautiful visual and haptic appearance. The architects of the past centuries already knew: with their pattern diversity, the slightly iridescent colors and their pleasant silky feel cement tiles create a very special living atmosphere. More