Summer house

Summer Oasis is a guest house conceived as a place of immersion. Without direct vistas to the sea, the project shifts attention from the distant horizon to the immediate experience of living: the texture of stone under the hand, the filtered light beneath a white timber ceiling, the movement of plants in the wind, the calm surface of a private pool. The house is organized around two main spaces, a living room and a bedroom, both opening generously towards the pool and garden. At the back, the bathroom extends onto a small private patio through wall-to-wall sliding doors, transforming even the most intimate room into a sheltered outdoor experience. The plan is modern in its clarity and openness, yet the atmosphere is rooted in older, quiete... More

Located in a dense pine forest in Odsherred, this summer house is designed as a long, slender volume that stands as a calm and precise contrast to the organic landscape. The building is elevated slightly above the terrain and surrounded by a continuous veranda which creates a clear transition between the architecture and the forest floor. This linear disposition emphasizes the direction of the house in the landscape and provides a distinct architectural readability. By lifting the structure above the ground, the impact on the site is minimized while giving the house a sense of lightness in its meeting with the forest.The construction is based on an honest post-and-beam system where the roof and facade are clad in the same material. Bitumen... More

In the city of San Bernardino, within a residential development set on a hillside overlooking Lake Ypacaraí, this project consists of two twin houses designed to engage directly with the landscape. @Fottograma The houses are named Ita Ari and Ita Kua, words from the Guaraní language that loosely translate to “above the stone” and “within/under the stone.” The names reflect the way the two volumes relate to the terrain and to the exposed rock of the site. @Fottograma @Fottograma The site has a pronounced slope, with a height difference of 15 meters between its lowest and highest points. This condition became the starting point of the design. Both houses, with square floor plans, are posi... More

The Villas in the Rolling Greens neighborhood are set in the unique landscape of Navarino Dunes within the Costa Navarino Resort in Messinia, Greece. Their innovative architectural design combined with sustainable construction, created nineteen prototypical holiday villas that embrace the views, adapt to the scale of the landscape, and blend harmoniously with the surrounding environment and aesthetics of Costa Navarino. Alex Shoots Buildings Alex Shoots Buildings Alex Shoots Buildings Alex Shoots Buildings The design of each single storey semi-detached (3 bedroom) and detached (4 bedroom) villa is an exercise in horizontality. They exemplify sophistication and comfort, through a timeless architectural design combining e... More

Tailor-made, 95% built in factory, and designed for family reunions by the Mediterranean. Infinity pool, open-plan interiors and a central piano define this unique example of bespoke modular architecture. Set on a cliff in Jávea, in the heart of Spain’s Costa Blanca, this spectacular modular villa was custom-designed by Casas inHAUS. Spanning 572 m² over three levels, the home was conceived as a summer retreat and family gathering place for an international family spread across the globe. The goal was clear: to create a home where everyone could come together, enjoy each other's company, and make the most of the Mediterranean climate. Casas inHAUS | Luxury summer villa in Jávea, Costa Blanca. Casas inHAUS |... More

Villa JJ is located on a cliff on the shoreline of Stockholm's southern archipelago. The climate here can be harsh, nature is shaped by rain and storms as much as by sun and drought. The local building tradition is characterized by simple buildings, often gathered in clusters to provide protection for each other, such as fishermen's sheds or small farms. The houses were low, clad with wood boards, gray or almost white. Mikael Lundblad Mikael Lundblad Mikael Lundblad Building in this environment is about working with the few materials that the site and circumstances provide. The building tradition is our inspiration, but the conditions today are not quite the same as before. We want to maintain the attitude of traditional con... More

House K is located in a housing site in Gümüşlük, Bodrum, in the West coast of Turkey. Site’s architectural project was designed by Boran Ekinci Architecture. After the complation of rough construction, Acararch had a collabration for interior design, landscape design and landscape extensions. İbrahim Özbunar The oiginal architectural project, house is a composition of four different stone cladded blocks that settle to a sloping land. Two blocks are on the upper floor, one is living area with kitchen and the other is master bedroom with its own bathroom. These two upper blocks have a wide front terrace with a landscape view.  One of the ground floor blocks has been considered as a study area of house own... More

Sitting on one of the highest points of Karpathos, a authentic yet contemporary residence made its appearance on the rocky terrain of Othos with traditional forms and patterns taken straight from natural local sources. The vacation house designed and built by A&M became a unique addition to the village’s picturesque context. Through geometric volumes, laid on a variety of heights according to the site’s slope, the house completes the contours of land in a unique yet challenging way.  Α&Μ' s seamless service set spanned from conceptual design stages of Architectural, Engineering, MEP (in collaboration with PG Kamarinos office) and Interior Design services, up to styling and finishing touches as well as land... More

Blending into a 12,000 sqm site in Karpathos, on a secluded area on the outwards of Menetes village, three villas make their appearance in the most humble way.   With a 23% site slope, the villas emerge from the landscape in a linear arrangement parallel to the view, respecting the natural topography. Placed amphitheatrically, the three villas have unobstructed views to the Aegean Sea while offering privacy and seclusion to their guests. A true relationship between indoor and outdoor, integrates the buildings to its surrounding. Built partially underground, the geometry and materiality reflect the site’s original textures and the buildings blend with the rough context. White, clean ribbons become retaining walls creating the on... More

This extension project builds on a classical siding and roof structure Hamptons / North fork house. We added a flat roof contemporary 2nd/ floor, bringing a much needed master bedroom suite that is solely concentrating its views toward the sea. The large windows create a portal allowing for an immersive experience of living on the coast, directly enjoyable from the bed. Several elements of the house have also been upgraded to provide a better experience: a new entrance pavilion, an art storage garage and a guest house in a small nearby pavilion. More

The project of the house in Colares stared with a topographical research in mind, finding the most dramatic cliff between Cascais and Cabo da Roca, for a weekend house, on the west coast of Portugal, at the closest point to the Americas on European land. The site is located in the Parque Natural de Sintra-Cascais, just between the famous Lighthouse of Cabo da Roca and the nearby Santuário da Peninha, it is part of a territory which is constellated by windmills and local production of wine. The plot itself has first been spotted on Google Maps and has been further investigated for planning permissions to the local authorities, it is located at the very end of the Rua das Piroletas in the one and the only land left unbuilt since the... More

We are in one of the most beautiful place in Italy, an ancient village of the beautiful Amalfi Coast.   Suspended between sea and mountains there is this apartment with terrace,  with breathtaking views on the Mediterranean sea.   Everything is projected to have a unique space towards the sea. A white and essential space, that don’t forgets  the spirit and colors of the traditions .   From here comes the idea to ​​bring in the project the most famous element of the Amalfi Coast; The “Vietri's ceramic”, In this case, subverting the rules of tradition, become a ceiling covering.   The freshness and elegance of white linen fabrics, warmly of wood and the colors of the ceramics that gent... More

Villa Deer is a combination of an old summer house and it’s modern extension. Existing 1960’s cabin was built to lakeside in a former municipilaty of Kisko in Southwest Finland. Now a part of municipality of Salo, Kisko is known for it’s old copper mines but these days it’s mainly habited by summer residents.The old cabin was relatively small consisting only of one room and a sauna and bathing spaces. The lone room was for both sleeping and livingroom purposes. New habitants needed more space for family members and visitors, so they decided to make an extension of two bedrooms.Idea for the extension was to make a modern and radical architecture compared to the modest gable roofed summer house architecture of the 1960’s. Slanted end wall and... More

On the Cycladic island of Paros, within an area under natural protection, the conversion of two degraded 8-room rental studio complexes into two quality holiday residences required careful renegotiations on several scales and architectural dials. The scheme, with regards to massing and articulation, combines proportions and composition of cubic volumes, repetition and standardization of openings, generous outdoor shaded spaces and the use of environmentally friendly materials in order to redefine the complexes’ expression, achieve a plasticity of form but also an architectural unity that respects Cycladic architecture, adopts to the landscape and responds to the demands for contemporary holiday living.Each building is rearticulated as an as... More