Kopua House on Waiheke, NZ

Kopua House on Waiheke

Design: Daniel Marshall Architect. The site for this residence was a steep basin sloping down to the north east facing a sheltered bay on the eastern side of Waiheke Island. Two 100 year old Pohutakawa trees marked the transition from the earth to the sea.

The Ribbon House in Hong Kong: FAK3

The Ribbon House

Architects: FAK3 . The idea of the house was to create a ribbon-like structure that sweeps through the floors in a sequence of twirls. This gives an exciting transition through each level and the void space created by the stairs acts as a light well, drawing natural light into all levels.

Portola Valley Ranch San Francisco

Portola Valley Ranch

Design: Feldman Architecture. The client’s passion for the project brought new depth to the collaborative design process and fostered frank communications with the architect to create a coherent reality from the wishes they originally expressed.

Naremburn House in Sydney

Naremburn House in Sydney

Design: Bijl Architecture. This house in Sydney interrogates traditional typologies, providing a site-specific response with an emphasis on thoughtful spatial planning and a robust materiality in response to the client’s brief to ‘live long’.

Recreation House in Utrecht Property

Recreation House in Utrecht

Design: Zecc Architecten. In the rural area north of Utrecht a compact recreation house has been realized. The house is constructed in wood and opens its façade with window shutters towards the green garden

Fence House in Poznań Property

Fence House

Design: mode:lina, architects. The layout of this building has been designed by its function. The parents and two children, wanted to live independently. Therefore it divides into separate areas – on the first floor allowing adults to enjoy peace, while kids can go crazy in their “own house”.

Right Stairs for a Loft Conversion: Interior Design

Greer Residence by brett zamore design

Often overlooked possibilities for the position and design of stairs can lift an otherwise ordinary loft conversion. With the benefit of a good architect’s vision there are various clever options.

Teaching Building for St Clare’s College in Oxford

Teaching Building for St Clare’s College in Oxford

Design: Berman Guedes Stretton, architects

An additional three laboratories, three flexible teaching rooms, two offices, two maintenance workshops and generous circulation spaces that double-up as social learning areas. The project is crowned with a feature staircase.

Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Baku

Heydar Aliyev International Airport

Design: Autoban Studio architects. The terminal building’s contemporary interiors overturn airport conventions of cavernous space and impersonal experience: cocoons exist at the convergence of architecture and art, creating an inviting, intriguing landscape.

Swarovski Kristallwelten, Wattens Store

Swarovski Kristallwelten in Wattens

Design: Snøhetta, architects

One of Austria’s most popular attractions with an average of 600 000 visitors annually. Snøhetta contributed with three main elements to the expansion; a playtower and adjacent playground, a shop entrance, and a café / restaurant area.

Appealathon, Perry Lakes in Perth

Appealathon Perry Lakes in Perth

Architect: Justin Everitt: sleek and chic, this stunning Floreat property is set on a prime 450sqm corner block in the Perry Lakes development. The eye-catching home was designed and built by Grandwood by Zorzi.

Postcard House Kimberling, Stone County home

Postcard House in Kimberling

Design: Hufft Projects. Taking design inspiration from a vintage Polaroid Camera, the form of the building is intended to frame the scenic setting from every angle – creating ‘postcards’ from within. It is all about the views and the experience

The Belvedere Residence in California

Belvedere Residence

Design: Polsky Perlstein Architects. The clients asked for a custom home that would capture light, views and celebrate their life together. The site has South and West views over the San Francisco Bay toward Sausalito and the Golden Gate Bridge.

Villa on the Hills in Udine, Italy

Villa on the Hills

Design: iarchitects. The intervention converted the space of the residency, a seventies building distinguished by a complex geometry in a new two levels house, flood with natural light and open to the surrounding hills.

Healdsburg 1 California home design

Healdsburg 1

Design: Feldman Architecture. Comprised of two perpendicular bars atop a hill overlooking the village of Healdsburg, this home offers both ample social space ideal for entertaining and the privacy of a rural retreat.

Kings House in Bangalore Property

Kings House in Bangalore

Design: The Purple Ink Studio. The King’s House occupies a strategic location in the heart of Bangalore city, but the site is a quiet hideout from the hustle-bustle of its surroundings.

The Light at Friends House, Euston Road

The Light at Friends House

Design: John McAslan + Partners. One of the most striking elements of the scheme is the reconfigured internal volume, now named ‘The Light’, topped with a vast, dramatic roof-light, flooding the Meeting House with daylight.