Wooden house

The villa is built in Larvik, Norway in a small coastal settlement.The built environment consists of traditional, white wooden houses. Idyllic, but also weather ridden, there was an aspiration to make a house where one could experience the seascape and sky from the inside, as well as find sheltered outdoor spaces for different seasons, weather and times of day.   An overall design decision was to make a C-shaped plan organization, so that the house itself made a sheltered court in its midst. The court creates a welcoming entrance square and is a sheltered outdoor space from which one can enjoy the sea view through the two glass facades of the main living area. In calmer weather, the front garden will be in use, as well as the large r... More

The lavish property lays in a Transylvanian mountain village among households spread along valley roads and up on mild hills. The main built volume, a horizontally spread topography feature partially masked by a sloping green roof and a mineral gabion wall cladding. Two traditional barn-like outgrowths articulate the construction. The required interior area is quite impressive, especially compared to the modest, traditional local households nearby. Shapes and materials were chosen to blend the expansive building in the special scenery. The solar layout, building energetics concepts has been subordinated to the panorama, opening towards North.   The building, used occasionally by the large family and their friends, is constructed most... More

The site is a residential area located in the urbanization control area near Nagoya city, development by developers is rapidly progressing around. The clients are a married couple just before the retirement age and his mother who lived there for many years, and the 50 - year - old wooden house where the owner lives at the time was built on the site. The requirements from them were each private rooms and a large floor area beyond the current situation.   Initially it was a request for rebuilding, but we felt a sense of incompatibility when investigating existing houses. When we looked into the ceiling of existing house, there was a dark and large space spreading there, and there was a quiet existence of fine beams structure that we ca... More

In the beginning, a wooden house like a river stone, soft, smooth, and dry. Then as binoculars, as a device, a prism at the edge of the ravine, capable of catalyzing the approach to the edge. From the street a deaf volume, mute, only disturbed by a penumbra, by a nameless black. Then the immensity of the interior landscape, the clarity of the east and the promise of new dawns. In the middle of everything, an immaculate Peumo tree, unique on the site, adored by all, like a legendary totem. Neither accident nor error, nor a success, remains uncomfortable and mannered fighting the north wind, wildlife, wood and paint.   The project responds to current needs of a second home, in this case with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and a living, dinin... More

This house is located in a residential area in Kyoto City, Japan. It is not a historical district, rather modern houses, old wooden houses and middle size apartment houses are lined up side by side.  500 meter mountain range opens to the north and west side and cityscape faces to the south and east side.  Therefor it has a nice view from the 3rd floor. Koichi Torimura This architecture is designed with concrete square tubes piled up in two lines up to four steps. The section of many square tube is the start of this design. As a method these tubes can technically be piled up limitless both horizontally and vertically. In this case the building is a single-family house, so they are piled up in 4 steps and in 2 lines to match... More

at this site, the landscape transforms ranging from the contrast between the blue sky and the green vegetation and the grey days with cold, foggy weather, typical of one of the most rigorous winters in Brazil. the monolithic piece is permeated by a garden that connects the building to its surrounding natural landscape. through its courtyard scheme, the house gains an inner garden that frames the view of the neighboring preserved trees and, at the same time, provides privacy to the internal spaces. © Federico Cairoli   the program follows the owners’ requirement for a single-storey urban house with a large garage to accommodate their simple antique car collection. resulting in a single-floor volume, the square floor... More

The construction method of using "profiled beams" creates natural and cosy architectural look. The house visually merges with the environment and naturally completes it. The irregular shape of the plot where the building is situated is carefully divided into parking , barbeque and playground areas. The wooden house is designed on four floors. The front facade faces south-east to a beautiful sea view. The functional spaces included in the project are: a single space living and dining room with a fireplace, a separated kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, an entrance hall, a sauna with a bathroom, a workshop, a laundry, a storage and an attic which can be used as a guest bedroom.www.ulyanovarchitects.com More

Hoehyeon Community is a local facility renovated from the wooden house built in 1935 during the Japanese colonial period, which is a part of Urban Renewal Projects by Seoul Metropolitan Government. This type of old Japanese house so-called enemy’s house is assigned as architectural asset in Korea. These buildings have architectural and historic values, but also provoke controversy. People now understand them as Negative Heritage to prove Japanese Imperialism. Seoul government expects presenting a new model of renovating old Japanese house from this project.Existing house had been extended and rebuilt for more than 8 decades. It was hard to figure out the original shape. So, design focuses on keeping its mood and providing requested local pr... More

At the foot of the Tofane of Cortina d’Ampezzo, in the heart of the ski area that will host the 2021 World Championships and the Olympic Games in 2026, stands a small wooden house with a long history behind it.  First established as a hut to host the timekeepers during the '56 Winter Olympics, it later became a traditional hut where you can breathe the mundane atmosphere of the 1980s, well narrated in the Vanzina brothers' movie Vacanze di Natale. Right here, in 1983, one of the cult scenes were filmed with Christian De Sica and Karina Huff and lately some sequel scenes, Vacanze di Natale 2000 and Vacanze di Natale a Cortina 2011. In the 1960s it became one of the landmarks of Ampezzo's haute cuisine.  2019 – It is with... More

Odunpazari Modern Art Museum is to exhibit the owner’s collection of Turkish modern art. The Museum is planned in the city of Eskisehir where the owner was born and raised. The project is to realize the owner’s ambition to promote Turkish art and to make cultural contribution to the city of Eskisehir. Eskisehir is known as university town where young population is large and the city has lively and active atmosphere. NAARO The site is in the area called Odunpazari. It is situated at the threshold of newly developed urban area and small scale town scape of traditional Ottoman wooden houses. These wooden house, with cantilevered volume at upper level, were built in lines along the meandering small streets that makes the stree... More

The villa is situated on the southern edge of a norththward sloping plot with an area of approx. 3,000 square meters. The site is offering a beautiful view oft the city of Valasske Mezirici. This view plays a crucial role in all residential rooms, especialy the main bedroom with the enclosed balcony and the main living area with surrounding terrace do offer a whole variety of attractive views of the surrounding environment. The building is mainly a wooden structure made according to local traditional construction techniques, which is, however, technologically advanced to the contemporary level.   The cross-glued wooden panels combined with load-bearing steel elements give rise to a traditional wooden house of the third millennium. The conce... More

The project is situated on a flat site in the suburbs, which is surrounded by orchards, farmland and rivers, boasting beautiful landscape. On the west side is a grain processing factory, which is an enclosed architecture with pitched roofs designed by ARCHSTUDIO in previous years. There was originally a wooden house on the site, with a typical structure commonly seen a decade ago. To improve the quality of space, the house owner decided to demolish it and build a new architecture on the site. The newly built house mainly functions as a leisure and vacation space, serving for not only living but also receiving guests.   1. Architectural form derived from traditional Chinese courtyard dwellings The design concept is derived from courtyard dwe... More

The Royal town of Slaný and its city center is defined by characteristic mediaeval urban planning. Development beyond its borders is not that compact anymore and converts into fertile landscape with fruit gardens and vineyards dominated by Slánská Mount. In a peripheral part of the town, where vineyards used to be found, a small complex of family houses has emerged. The last undeveloped space was a triangular plot with more than three meters of elevation difference. It had been for sale for a long time, waiting for a brave investor and his architect. For somebody this could represent a limitation, for us it was a challenge; how to build on such a plot?   The investor had developed a taste for wooden houses and wa... More

The Jahu apartment building is located in Kalamaja, in a melting point of different eras. The building is situated right between two areas, one with well preserved historical wooden houses and the other with contemporary architecture.   Taking the plot into account, a 5-storey building with 37 apartments was designed. With a footprint of 840 m2, the building is situated in accordance with existing valuable trees and at the same time creates a south-facing garden with lilacs, apple- and cherry trees. This kind of gardens are characteristic for the historic Kalamaja courtyards. The flats on the ground floor have terraces with small gardens in front of them to separate them from public areas and give more privacy to the inhabitants. &n... More