This cottage is located in the Cantal region’s volcanic Massif Central, France. This building uses simple ingredients and natural. The atmosphere of this house is very old-fashioned and romantic. Wood burning stove makes the place so much warmer and candle used for lighting at night. Kitchen and bathroom are downstairs. The water comes from nearby springs. (more…)
Located in a forest with a sloping site, this house looks so unique and fresh. Kengo Kuma & Associates have designed this house by using materials of wood and glass. This house is suitable for a holiday weekend because of the green and natural environment. Besides the owner also feels like inside a transparent aquarium, all the scenery outside the home can be enjoyed from inside. (more…)
The house was designed by Gary Gladwish Architecture, located on Orcas Island in Washington State. The house is situated on a hillside filled with madrone trees, firs, beech, thistle, moss and rocks with beautiful views to the west. The house makes use of several materials: old barn wood, steel to rust, moss and stone. Large sliding doors open the house to go for the broad view, creating a living room in the forest. (more…)
Hotchkiss School was designed by Centerbrook Architects and Planners located in Lakeville, Connecticut, USA. This is a boarding school with the quality of student performances are consistently very good. (more…)
Distort House designed by TWS & Partners is located in south Jakarta, Indonesia. In front of the site there is a public park with large trees. Front of the green areas brings benefits as well as intermediary space open to soften the scale of surrounding buildings and create a visual bridge of transition between the common garden and the house itself. As an open vestibule enriched, we may put private area upstairs, so it has an endless view of tree leaves and felt an endless fresh air. A small living room acts as an area to welcome family members who can connect them to the upper floors while the bedrooms. Appliances we use a semi-page iscrossing small and bridge the whole mass as one experiences inside, outside, above ground and man-made and natural. (more…)
