SOREL Sees Re16 24 32 40 48 56 62 70 78 86 92 102 Contents RAAAANAN ATA, BR Foreword BY Ta Lefevre Beach House SE RBS Mirindiba House ACE AE Panama House esos Pentimento House RAS Capece Venanzi House 8Ahe Esker House Rooftop Apartment EUR BES Harbour me, Celia! FHERIE, BA! House in Carabbia FHA BIS lJburg House S18 IE J2 House J2qI SE Milhundos House RE aS Redondela House EZRHIZ Steigereiland RAS 108 116 122 130 136 144 150 156 162 168 176 184 192 198 Villa G Gas Villa Marstrand Wadt SHRI + SEAWE Villa Petersen BAS FRB! Villa Storingavika SE AREER BIE Barrow House Aaa EHS Marcus Beach House Deis Ral Noosa Hinterland House & Studio SYR S TES The Bay House ee Tugun Residence Bhp aE Vader House SE Helal “New Moon” Residence eh) “MAR” MB Hover House BWSR Shell House 3a) Symbiosis House in a Forest FE www.blogmythuat.com ca a ia aaa aaa ia aa ia a aaa aaa ILS AN204 208 214 220 230 236 242 254 260 270 276 282 288 294 Zen House ee Beuth Residence ARES Brosmith Residence HE PEM ES Hamptons Beach House MEER IS Kelly Residence Ee Ibe Lago Vista Guesthouse APE HS Point Dume Residence BESS + BUTE Pool House akan SE Skyline Residence REME Suntro House RT NE Surfhouse mS BE The Xeros Residence RRES MAE Torres House Rs Villa NM NM 3) 302 308 314 320 326 332 338 346 352 358 Zeidler Residence SUES Biscuit Lofts HFA Collage Paris HUER GreenCity Lofts RRAE Silkwood CMABAR Strandkanten HHAEER “Miravalle Tower RES MTN MINAS Museum Residences BwRES Index #5|Foreword BU A Habitation is one of the fundamental needs for human beings, and it is just from residence that architecture developed itself. With the unceasing growth of this discipline, designs for public buildings drew more and more attention, as witnessed by numerous memorial edifices built all over the world. However, architects have never moved their eyes from residences. In the early 20th century, great designers contributed to this field with many gorgeous projects, such as Fallingwater, Villa Savoye, and Schroeder Housein Utrecht. Today when we have stepped into a new era for design, grandmasters in architecture are paying an unprecedented effort to our living space with their genius in creativity and innovation. This book covers fifty outstanding houses built recently, from villas to flats, each shining with its own brilliance. Thanks to the delicate designs, the clients could live in their dreamed spaces. Houses are closely related to our life, as some designer once said that the design for a house has nothing to do with style, creativity, or concept; a good house is only designed with your soul attached. Among all types of architecture, house design is the most affectionate. The forms of houses may vary greatly, and there are no fixed rules. Excellent house designs present themselves in various forms. As we could see in this book, the designers brought out their characterised houses, applying different concepts in different contexts, being considerate or showing their peculiarities. For sure, you would find many surprises here. The stunning design for the project Harbour me, Celia! would be a good example. It is a renovation project situated in an old farmhouse, in which the designer tried his best to retain the existing structure. The air of a farmhouse is further kept with simple decoration. Here simplicity is the expression of beauty. So is Pentimento House, in which you wouldn't find imposing decorations, but subtly and flexibly designed ones which filled the house with pleasure and surprise. Poo! House is another example. It is so small that the house even seems subordinate to the pool! For this, the designer made a subtle contrast of the scales, and together with careful details, the house is extremely distinctive. The fast-paced city life makes us feel more and more alien from nature. As the design that most focuses on human souls, house design is sure to take nature as a key element. This is well exemplified by many houses included here, in which the designers implied various ways to help their clients live closer to nature, in tranquility and peace. Symbiosis House in a Forest, for example, is built amongst mountains. The context naturally endowed the house with a strong sense of nature. The landscape is perfectly kept, without cutting a single tree on the site. In this way, the forest becomes the garden for the house, with living space fully integrated into nature. Conversely, Uburg House is a different case. While there is no forest in its surroundings, the designer created a green context inside the limited space of the house, with as much plant as possible. The small house is quite impressive for its intimate atmosphere. Designers are diversified in their designing methods. In a simple form, an extraordinary spatial sense could be achieved through designing with flowing streamlines. In Steigereiland House, for instance, in this “blue box”,we would have an unexpected spatial experience, seeing surprising construction techniques. In Surfhouse, however, apart from the flexible arrangement of the limited interior spaces, the designer livened up the small house in the form of a square box, by applying a “subtraction” concept. Of course, some designers are good at making novel forms in architecture. The “grey” spaces caused by the irregular forms become, quite surprisingly, the sparkling points of the houses, through certain magic processing of the designers. Villa NM stands out just for its graceful configuration, with its streamlines being focal points for both the outside and the inside, Shell House, similarly, is built with the configuration of a shell, in which the elegant streamlines could be seen everywhere. Moreover, the designer made use of the “shell” configuration in interior design. In the book, you would find careful design schemes as well as excellent design skills, implemented in houses, villas, flats, etc. in various scales, with a diversity of styles. We believe that certain ones of them would wow you when catching your eyes! BERAREFORARRZ—, QARVREHETTIE, MELAFHAMAR, ALBAN RTAMLAER, HE HLA, BRR MARAM ESSN, COL, MAAMNATT “sek RI” . "RAR BE” “AS RES” SARER. MOEA TRIN, MRNA RSH ORAS AM NE AE. APWRTOMEFHOHELRI, FRAAREANE, BARES, MORI, STREWN. FEEMEASBARK, ART, LENRTTRSRHARX, SURARK, SESAR, ROLRRMAR. ESHER SRUPREGAN. LERUHLARLSH, RABE, ARAREA, STUMHHEHETt, EAB, TSH BHM ATAHSS, ARGON, RR )SABOHESR, TEAMMATES, ARABS PRESS. 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EADS, RIBZSARSAMLOR, DIMAS HEBRITRD, RT RUE, DAHER, Te FARMS ESIRH, HES—MRS, PTAERS RAL RA —AAR. a5Location: Mi Designer: A F Completion date: LAA: MM AMEN TIT: PEAR A U aR Phatographer: RS Lefevre Beach House Conceived as the place where the arid Peruvian desert meets the Pacific Ocean, this beach house located at Punta Misterio 117km south of Lima, is an intervention where the integration of architecture and landscape was an important concern, The base of the project is quite special, thus the designers at the beginning made up their minds to make the house fit the characters of the environment. Therefore the designers have this tensional rising- suspending configuration. The monotonous single-linear design is replaced by corners and obliquely suspending figures, contributing to a sparkling point to the design. The facade of the house is built with local stone material; the white walls are particularly used to achieve a bright atmosphere corresponding to the beach: The design made full use of the landform of the site, particularly the different heights, making the house perfectly suit the landscape Sand garden roofs act as the extension of the desert; lap and recreation pools connect the ocean with the house, while a glass box hangs from the structure symbolising architecture between sand and water. A waterscape is also realised through an ingenious use of the landform. The interior design is simple, linear and layered. The comers and the different heights are all taken into consideration. In order to offer the client the most comfortable living space and to enjoy a better experience of the outside nature, the designers used window boxes to bring outdoor scenery inside. Stones are used in the interior, matched with a simple and natural interior design style.a = ds The figure of the house is simple and elegant, perfectly integrating into the site. The interior space is layered according to the difference of the height of the site. The environment is fully considered: the surrounding stones are integrated with the house and the sea is introduced into the house: the configuration, the material and the colour palette are alll in good integration with the environment. The outdoor vista is introduced indoors through the big windows; meanwhile, decorative stones adopted indoors remind us of the nature outside. The interior design is simple and delicate, with irregular graphic designs corresponding to each other. Details are fully considered, contributing to the continuity of the whole atmosphere, from inside to outside.Aiea EH Location: date: Designer: Photagrapher: Completion Mirindiba House Immediately to the right, in the entrance of the house, a large living: room completely opens, using two window-frame moldings that are entirely built into the wall, creating cross-ventilation and an area of continuum space that is totally free. There is no structural interference in this space. The living room opens to a delicate wooden-floored garden with a reflecting poo! and minimum vegetation. The perfection ‘of the execution, the surprisingly free and continuous space and the play of volumes invoke a cinematographic atmosphere. The constructive materiality meets with a said imaginary architecture. A small atrium articulates the remaining areas: the way to the dining room and to the kitchen and, vertically, to the other places programmed into the house. On the first story are the intimate areas and, on the second, a more reserved social area. In this room, two large wooden lath doors open to a deck, on one side, a beautiful view ‘of the city and, on the other, a view of the garden which, downstairs, is protracted from the living room. Upstairs, the precision of the drawing and the execution continues to impress and create the cinematographic atmosphere of the house Awarded: 2008 Short List / 2008 Short List / London international Creative Competition_LICC 2007Short List / International Biennial Barbara Cappochin / Italy 2007 Award Winning / International Design Awards_IDA / USA The Mirindiba House is an impressive example of construction, good drawing and good execution on building the architecture. The details, exhaustively and precisely drawn are fulfilled in a perfect execution. The use of materials, the shape, the intention of the drawing, quietly materialise, as thoughts on a drawing board. This precise drawing glimmers in the architectural detail. Each small re-entering angle of the house was deliberately thought out D&AD Awardif i : tee#33/ Panama House Location: Designer: \/ yon Photographer: M The Panama House is located in one of the garden neighborhoods, Completion date: just some blocks from Paulista, the financial centre of the city of S40 Paulo. The client has an important art collection, above all, modern Brazilian art, and the house was designed to house this collection. The works of art are scattered throughout all the areas of the residence, from the bedrooms to the gardens. The interior house-plant is organised into 3 floors and a sub-solo, Upon entering the lot, a tree-covered patio leads the guest to the door. A social hall distributes part of the program of the house: a library, vertical circulation, the utility rooms and the living room. From within the library you can see, in front of the exterior stone wall, a Maria Martins sculpture, reposing over a reflecting pool. The living room has large spans that open, in their entirety, to the garden, building a spatial continuity between interior and exterior, In the garden, the pool, installed on the side of the lot, mirrors the stones of the wall On the second floor, a large corridor connecting the bedrooms also works as a gallery exhibiting the paintings and sculptures. Two windows, at the ends of the corridor, bathe this area with light and, in front of one of them a sculpture made by Brazilian Amilcar de Castro constructs the space. An office annexed to the master suite overlooks the garden, as do the other bedrooms. The facades of the rooms have brise-soleils made of sliding vertical wooden lathes. The brise-soleils are important to guarantee greater comfort, protecting from direct sunlight and creating a texture with the light. One of the architectural premises of the house is to organise the space from a wooden box that is placed inside a C-shaped concrete cask. This concrete cask is farmed by cement slabs and a wall and, in relation to the wooden box, determines the translucent and transparent areas. On the third story, a game room and an academy connect to a wooden deck, the terrace of the house. The utility rooms of the house and the garage are located on the sub-solo. $5, BS 287 GF, BAR- SAMA, WorLieR Ree x. BPA—> Aika AMM NE OBE A BARR, RHDKE an, PBSUER LAN PE ASE LRA RAMEE De i-E ~ EES marine HER, ST MOGE! mH aia wi‘ z Awarded: _IDA / USA ional Brazilian inforced concretemat } = ete30~34RAS Location: © Designer: Jose Maria Saez, David Ba Photographer: Completion date: Pentimento House A concrete platform serves as its foundation and adapts to the topography bypassing the trees or incorporating them. On the platform rises the prefabricated system. The pieces of steel rods are inserted into the conerete, anchored by epoxy glue. These rods and elements of ork between pieces generate a tight structure of small columns and lintels especially well suited to the seism of the area The interstices in the prefabricated structure are left open at some points and closed in others with a transparent or translucent acrylic and wooden strips, becoming vegetation and light filters. Inside, the same cracks help to support some wood pieces, including shelves, seating, tables and steps. The foundation slab melts with black pigment and hardener to become the final floor, The Flowerpot stays in its precast concrete finished as in its interior and exterior. The wood in the interiorand vegetation in he exterior are always an important part of the project. On the top floor the lookout becomes the main space and robs its attention for any secondary element, allowing the passage of air and light, aligning ws of the distant mountains. It concentrates on linking the user ith the surrounding environment Economy, simplicity and clarity of the house lead to a simplified structive process and its low budget. The constructing work is done in @ temperate climate and with available materials. Awarded 2006 National Architectural Design Award 2006 XV Quito Architecture Biennale 2008 Lisbon Best Work by Young Architect VI BIAU (Architecture and Urbanism Iberoamerican Biennale) The appearance of the Pentimento house resembles a flowerpot, converging with nature as a garden and closely connected with its surroundings. It is built with a single piece of prefabricated concrete. Outside is a neutral grid that is camouraged like a fence or hedge. Inside, each wall is different, fitting its own scale need, function,— = a ~ ™~ > ~“i h ia q#2 Capece Venanzi House Location: y Designer: Photographer: Capece Venanzi House is a suburban house for a young couple. It Completion date: s situated in the diffuse sprawl of the Adriatic coast, in one of the Papas : ‘i ee possible areas of this diffuse ci the segment between Ascoli Piceno and Pescara. The site is tightened between the urban texture of two levels houses for single families and the hill, completely covered with “spontaneous” vegetation: The system is defined from one development in section on three levels: Level buried completely dug is in the land; an inner patio is the element around to which the spaces are organised, constructing @ game of goals between the spaces second plan, Gruond floor; it is the collective part of the building: large vetrata a flowing one marks the border between the roof uncovered garden and the covered area day, The space wheels around to a metallic scale lamellare that it connects with the first floor The first level receives the rooms and the private spaces of the building (bagno/sauna, arena, study) , BREA AO 38 KRSM AE x ae Awarded: Winning Academic of National Academy of San Luca, Italy The idea is to construct a building with one “inverse” guideline. Instead of being oriented towards the crowded city, it turns towards the hill from wiich the house rises from a "green sea’ Heth BAHERH42~43 aeRATA Esker House Rooftop Apartment Location: Designer: «dio Photographer: b a Esker House (esker means stratified geological formatio Completion da is a self contained residential unit placed on top of an existing house from the as ; ‘ 1960s. The project is formed by a series of steel and timber frames that deform to recreate the smooth hillsides of the surrounding dolomites. This partly accessible roofseape also determines the spatial character inside- the spaces are enfolded by an angular and dynamic series of planes creating new and ever-changing perspectives and spatial constellations. The unique stratified morphology and construction system started off from projecting each step of the external stairc as a modulor that then was proliferated as frames. These frames enable the subsequent deformation and softening of the overall geometry. The split level organisation leads to the lengthening of parts of the stairs to form a topography for informal occupation. The overall spatial character is that of an echelon with a diffusion of functions and conditions where inside and outside, above and below become gradient zones of varying intensity. These interleave as a loop that transgresses from the most private zone of bedroom and bathroom via en, dining and living rooms towards the more public and exposed territory of the various terraces. se kite RFSM BEM fame z Am. FRE Awarded: 2006 Italy Competition The architects challenged the standard pitched and overhanging roof and instead developed a rich texture of different occupiable spaces. On the outside these are a podium that leads to the top of the roof, —— a semi-covered pergola beneath it, a long terrace as extension to the south of the living room. Given that the existing house has two “wings with different roof levels, the designers started from a simple diagram of two boxes forming a “T”, allowing plenty of external space for The lower western box became the living zone ith the upper eastern box to contain the master bedroom, bathroom, second bedroom and kitchen. terraces to the southie rite Y Za \ WY,> ANS 74 Sa WAS “8FROEC, FRR! Location Designer: Photographer: Edw Completion date: Harbour me, Celia! Hai Merlin Studio/Peter Haimerl and Jutta Gorlich have decided to build the n Structures in the old farm house in the Bavarian Forest in foam glass concrete. On the one hand the living spaces should appear as monolithically as possible and should have very good thermal properties. On the other hand, the history of the Bavarian Forest is connected to the production of glass. A very special landscape characteristic that points out this tradition is the “Pfahl* - the pile ~ an underground quartz ridge, that comes to the surface near Viechtach town. Foam glass concrete is a very lig! whose coefficient of thermal conductivity is between 0,12 and 0,38 m k) and therefore can also be used as thermal insulation. Another advantage is that the material has similar characteristics to wood and therefore connects very well to the old house. in order to achieve reasonable heights in the kitchen and eating area the floor had to be sunk 130 centimetres. A downpour of foam glass rubble protects the living spaces against heat loss. at and still very stable material Awarded: 2008 Best Architect Award 09 in Gold 2008 Architecture Award for Concrete Buildings / Germany In the latest thirties most of the old farmhouses in Bavarian forest were destroyed, because of ignorance and the lack of appraisal adverse to the “old stuff”, maybe also to erase the contemporary witness of rather poor time. Therefore the architectural concept intends to keep the existence - as ruinous at it might be - and not to intervent into the structure of the old farmhouse “Celia”. The rooms of the old building stay as they are, barely anything of the existence will be removed, that's imperative to the windows, the old plaster, the floor tiles and the other old fixtures. Other removed material will be recycled to produce furniture. Boxes ‘out of concrete are going to be placed into a few central rooms, for example the old parlor, where the new life is going to take part. The new construction frames the old one, carries and protects it, the old building accomodates the new.60~6162763 AE Location: Designer: Completion date: Photographer: House in Carabbia Carabbia is a little village of approximatelly 600 inhabitants. The house rises on the western side of Mount San Salvatore slope in a beautiful bowl. Carved in a clear square geometry, the spaces meet the slope and extend in a spiral-fluent movement that constantly changes the perception of the space and its relation with the exterior, offering privileged views towards the beautiful landscape of the region This small house (13x13m) stands for a sequence of experiences condensed in a continuous space that gives a sense of protection and. at the same time, of being projected into the landscape. The sloped roof that follows the inclination of the land is a reaction of building on the hill side proposing an organic language instead of an urban one! The plot is characterised by a slope of about 30° facing west. The way the new volume adheres to the sloped land optimises the excavation works. No earth has been displaced from the construction site. The three main storeys of the house are set on the plot at shifted levels to match the correspondent level of the site. This offers a direct elation to the outside from all parts of the house at all levels. While entering the house the eyes embrace the whole interior space and the related outdoor space, till the most far diagonals. This enlarged the potential of the perception of bigness of a house that is actually a very small volume: around 1000 cubic metre for a usable area of 150 square metres; while the perception is closer to a house of at least 300 square metres. The dilatation of the perception between the spaces and between outside and inside works in the same throughout the entire building, From all part of the building the feeling is approximately to live in an open space surrounded by @ prosperous natural landscape and the space you are enjoying is related to the others through transparent or translucent filters/layers, The perception transits always from inside to outside to inside again, making the outdoor space part of the ndoor one. In this way the living space has been stretched and its size appears bigger This research on dilatation of the perception of the spaces en the idea that a space can be only completely understood by spending time in it and that besides the walls/slabs (material), shape, design, type, typology, etc. a space must be conceived using time as instrument for the planning/creative phase. hances.64765 Awarded: 2007 401 of the Most Exciting Young Arc y itects of the Wor fallpaper UK 25 Shortlist, House of the Year 2007, by WAN-World Architecture News This house is characterised by the creation of clearly identifiable geometric structures that delimit an organised development of the spaces. The underlying theme is the establishment of a spatial or that aims at ne son comes from fior-interior and interior-exte! elation bet) dilatation the succession of Japanese gardens the space through a sequence of sceneries a sas if ce a domestic atmosphere a the same time, to project one’s own perception on a geographi This building responds to the owner's v as if it were a shell. wer int the living dimension. The in resting le ich show a different awareness id space dilatation. It id, at scale it were possible to experi ish to an intimate space,mT | Ci Ph4s Swe s Designer: \ ehler Architects Photographer: Location: therl Mi ») der Burg Completion date = mR Bit + ne ALN B+ Te tte see TJburg House The 140-square-meter house is located on a small plot in burg; a recently developed suburb of the city of Amsterdam. The house is designed as a vertical garden giving space to flora and fauna to grow in a densely urbanised area, Closed private spaces contrast with open collective spaces that seem to have been “carved out” from the solid volume as a continuous transparent void. In this way the interior space is visually and physically connected to the street, the garden and root terraces. Outdoor and indoor spaces become one and natural daylight flows into the interior. Three bedrooms, a small bathroom, WC and a “multipurpose hall” are situated on the ground floor whereas the first floor remains completely open for living, cooking and eating, flooded with daylight. The multipurpose hall on the ground floor is much more than an entrance zone. It also functions as an artist studio, work-desk, laundrette and playground. Storage and service spaces are invisibly integrated in thick walls keeping the living spaces as open, transparent and fiexible as possible. The facade contains specific brick detailing inspired by techniques from the famous Amsterdam school style from the 1920s, which had become redundant in the second half of the 20” century. By intensive cooperation with brick and mortar suppliers, masonry consultants and brick layers, the architect managed to introduce these traditional texture effects in contemporary building methods. Because brickwork lasts long, is free of maintenance and can be recycled it is an interesting sustainable building material The ornamental masonry is not only a decorative enhancement of the sculptural character of the design, but also functions as an underlayment for different sorts of climbing plants to grow up the facade, giving birth to the idea of a vertical garden, which was enhanced by integrating flower pot on several levels in the facade. Hedra, Kiwi's, grapes, apples and roses will over time overgrow the house and create a “natural curtain’ around the living spaces and terraces, providing natural shading and privacy. Although the living area is situated on the first floor, the inhabitants will experience their garden as an integral part of their living space, uniting nature and culture in a unique way. aS Ae, i, apm,"a bbl ell idl SoU Sd ul eM i sh dd bb ob hb dh LiL Te as AS ™ saeAwarded: 2008 World ArCE pete GEES tess I: TSEJes J2 House The type of the project “J2 House” was commission, the site area is 687 square metres, the gross floor area is 396 square metres, its footprint is 159 square metres, and also, the entrance level is 20L5m. On both sides the site is bordered by a street and a high building, These contextual facts determined the concept and the shape of the few project. The “L" layout with closed fronts “protect” the house from the street and the neighboring building. At the same time the garden has been redesigned with all the main rooms in the house oriented towards it. The living room, dining room and kitchen form a unique space and together with a swimming pool are built into the ground. In —| this way, being at the same level and separated from each other by a Blass wall they bring the garden inta the house. The house entrance is above, at street level, together with garage, storages, closet- space and studio. The family area is above the entrance space along with the living and dining rooms. ‘The materials used for the facades corresnond to the spatial organisation of facilities. The living and dining spaces are separated by glass walls which completely open the living space to the outside: on the other hand, the bedroom walls are alternatively panelled by wooden boards. RR, SMRACTHAX, | S86 HA, BRINE 59% 8 H201.5% MG AM H—isam ste HS ae #8, Bh, Ma: BRB TANG: 20458 9h — ‘Awarded: 2008 Annual Award for Best Realisation On the 15th of April 2008 at 6 p.m., at the Plaster Casts Museum venue in Zagreb, the Yearly Exhibition of Realisations organised by the Croatian Arct cts’ Association for 24 continuous years, since the Zagreb Architects’ Society has for the first time presented the achievements of Croatian architects in 1984. The family house for a couple with children is located in the green residential part of the city of Zagreb. The family house did fully use all the advantages of the site and did it meet the requirements of contemporary living standards. What is more, the beautiful view to the city and large garden was valued appropriately.>Location Designer: Photographer: Completion date: i ar | 1 a | Clea 1 Le | | 1 I Milhundos House The plot is located in the outskirts of Penafiel, in the valley of the Cavalum River and is inserted in an allotment near the Farm of the Flagstones Park. The proposal modifies the implementation anticipated in the original allotment, and resumes the duplication rule, not observed in the buildings of the adjacent lots, seeking a more articulated solution with the nearest volumes and simultaneously taking the vast ambiguities and disarrangements between the allotment and the lot drawings into account, The slate/dark stone covered volume contains the living and dining/ kitchen areas and the white plastered volume, is for the night's repose areas. Each one of these volumes has different relations to the exterior space: the white seeks the most distant landscape; the dark has a more direct contact with the surrounding garden. The applied materials condense a domestic duality, which is projected in the public space, in between the intimate and the public, the day and the night, the light and the darkness, that here finds an inverted expression: To the night nucleus it corresponds to a white plaster and to the day nucleus consists a facing, clad with a dark stone. EL RE HH RS 28 ae, Peck es PAALAR MED 3 Awarded: 2008 World Architecture Community, UIA, WA Awards, 1st Cycle Winner The initial seanty budget creates not only an economic, but above all a conceptual challenge. All the process was thought and felt in @ permanent dialectics between the maximum of systematisation estraint, and the uttermost expressive outcomes. A project is nat a good project when it is solely used to satisfy a functional and economical program, it has to satisfy another type of questions, such as substance and nature. And nevertheless, a good project does not necessarily lead to a good work. The author must look for the work's own character in a process permanently alive and pledged.88~89BS Ria E Location: Phatographer: Designer: ro Irisarri, Guadeloupe Pinlera M x10) Completion date: 2 Redondela House A sheet of concrete is replicated as a shell since its start as a containment wall, forming a volume that is emptied offers from remote and hidden from the eyes, which makes intermediate sequences penetrate the wilderness, until a final shooting outwards, with the dominant eye on the distant landscape, returning to the owners that look on the river, which made them choose this place to live. The shape of the shell as well as hosting the program resolves the structure, the leading water and the various scales that make up the diversity within the space. A program that receives in turn linked to the land, the vast storage needs of products that provides a continuous floor space in the yard and cutting section formed in the volume, which will place direct links to the nature of the place and that as a lookout and rises from the ground to provide an autonomous and site staff. A parcel deep, narrow and steep that hangs over the river and the distant horizon of the sea, with the city of Vigo to feet and a special client, (alll are), which are intensely ancestral rural Galicia and the time of globalisation. Awarded: 2008 FAD and ENOR Awards This is a building that qualifies in each space, the look and feel of the Surroundings and the distant landscape. In contrast to other cases where we have overlapping architectures that emerge through the actions of the users, preparing stage with a large processing capacity, here is an architecture and is the scene that opens the lives of its residents to the world. SmRM LR BAe RRR Shce 0M Location: Completion date: Designer: WRAMAB w Photographer: Steigereiland On the Steigereiland, near Amsterdam, Pieter Weljnen built his own experimental wooden home, The house is painted a vibrant blue, referring to the traditional dike houses of nearby Durgerdam. The ground floor consists of a roomy live-in kitchen. Entering the home, the first thing you notice is the lounge hanging from the ceiling like a floating island. The battom of this contraption is shaped like the belly of a whale and clad in copper. The shape has been interpreted as a boat or a basket, giving the space below a homely atmosphere. Together with the floating lounge, the 7-metre-high space creates a vertical loft. To make the most use of the space, Weijnen wanted to avoid load bearing walls as much as possible. To ensure stability, he used old docking poles as diagonal braces behind the front wall. All the walls and floors are made of massive, laminated Lenotec spruce ood Sustainable use of energy is a leading principle for the house on steigereiland. The glass facade facing South, lets in plenty of daylight and sun heat. The air-conditioning is based on an ancient Arabian system: the air from the dwelling is pumped through underground tubes. After the air has cooled down, it is led back into the building. A tank under the roof terrace collects rainwater, which is used for the washing machine and the toilets, Plenty of recycled materials were used building this wooden home. The large beams in the front are old docking poles from the UJ, and the furniture in the children’s room is made of used cheese shelves. The copper cladding on the floating lounge, used to be on top of the roof of a church. Wee,104~105 Awarded: 2008 International Architecture Award The house has won the International Architecture award 2008, issued by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. and co-presented by The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. This is an international award, open to designers worldwide Spaciousness is the keyword in this design. The lounge hanging from the ceiling like a floating island made the house particularly eye- catching. Besides, sustainable use of energy is the leading principle for this house on Steigereilandasi Villa G Designer: Saunders Arck J Villa G lies like a white landmark in the soft landscape at Hjellestad, { Completion date: 200: near Bergen. The wooden cladding on the house consists of 3 different size mounted in a random pattern. The house has an over-built outside space and the second floor covers the entrance below helping the house work together with the rough climate on the west coast of Norway. The stair is one solid piece of Lem thick steel, galvanised with white sand corn making it slip resistant. The stair is produced locally, weighs almost a tonne, and had to be lifted into place by a crane through the window in the roof. The architect and client have an enthusiastic description of the design and building process. Saunders say, "the client is very intelligent and has an acute interest in architecture. He challenged us the whole time, but never can get in the way of out design process. The family has documented their wants and needs. These clear and concise wishes help us come of with simple design principles for the project." When commenting his own experience of the how the design of the house evolved, the owner said: "yes, we had an exact number of how many meters of closets we needed and so on. We have built a few houses before this and have learned from our experiences and istakes. We knew that we wanted a house with clean lines without any visual noise and clutter." This is one of the reasons that most of the closets and storage spaces are integrated into the so-called thick wall ~ walls that are at least 60-70cm deep. The kitchen bench is 8 meters long and has plenty of drawers for kitchen equipment and even other things that need to be stored away. None of the electrical outlets are visible and all technology controlled by a main control panel in the kitchen. The client admits that he is a ‘gadget freak’ and the house reflects this part of his personality. Se. Bal RU OHS, ae i: HRM WER, ate Reet rae ADEA TRE meetf1o~tit Awarded: 10¢ minated for Wallpaper “Best Housins 1€ house is large yet not domin Project ting, modern at not preter he house has a futuristic form but is built materials and architect Jilding methods. _ - tradition al elements with a goad basis in Norwegi112-113115 114Location: Jylinge, Denrmar Photographer: (or Villa Marstrand Wadt The project is a rebuilding of an existing house from the sixties. It enjoys a beautiful view of the protected natural settings of Roskilde Fjord. The site has a unique contrast with the light from the Fjord and the setting sun in the background. The house is L-shaped. It has a very large living room, kitchen, dining and master bedroom facing the view to the west and with access to 3 terraces that all enjoy the view. Each of the terraces has its own quality; either as a panorama terrace, an evening terrace or a wind protected morning terrace, and all of them enjoy different settings of the sunlight during the day. The bathroom and another bedroom are placed in the back of the house opening towards the morning terrace to the east The house is kept in modernistic white, but a logal red colour of traditional wooden fishermen houses is used on the wall and door in the entrance area. The underground garage is a dark colour in order to underline the horizontal line. Eventually some black-painted wooden slats will allow climbing green plants to grow on the dark sidewalls, Visitors to the house take the outside steps to the main entrance ‘on the south side of the house. Big slabs of reused granite are used as steps. Black slate is used in the entrance and at various points throughout for flooring and terraces. Sir Sh SRE ER TIS O MT Mee HEE Awarded: 2006 3-year Architectural Grant from The Danish Arts Foundation The architectural approach is to create a precise connection with the house and the surrounding landscape. The horizontal line of the landscape and the view is integrated into the residence. A west- facing cantilevering roof rises up to gather in the sunlight to the west in a very dramatic fashion. The horizon is almost penetrating into the interior of the house as light pours in during the day The structure is clean. The lines of the house control the view from the interior to the landscape. Everything is framed with new openings and lines that radiates out from the interior. Different views and new experiences inside the and outside make the building a more lasting piece of architecture in its new incarnationI18~119 ethos 2120~121enn Villa Petersen @ Situated with a beautiful view over Roskilde Fjord and the sunset, Villa Petersen lies on a sloping site exposed to the sun and wind from the west. The building is based on a squarely plan with rooms organised ina U-shape around a protected raised terrace in the middle of the house. A big roof is following the square form of the plan with sun and weather-protective areas around the entrance and in the front of the house. From almost all interior spaces the beautiful view can be enjoyed as delicate transformations fram the outside to the inside. The house is following the sloping landscape allowing different levels | | to be integrated into the architecture. From all spaces the view to = = the Fjord can be enjoyed in different ways together with natural light | ] rT falling into the spaces from all sides and skylights ' | , j From an inviting entrance of long sliding stairs, visitors are led to the | f = i I entrance of the house. Entering with a direct adcess across the house on the highest level where the kitchen and dining area are located with close contact to a wind protected terrace to the east. From the kitchen it is possible to overlook the living space on a lower level and to walk directly out into the raised terrace in the middie of the house. A master bedroom with integrated bathing area and closets are situated on the other side of the raised terrace. Different levels lead to the bedroom with a full view of the landseape and from the combined shower and bathtub there is contact to the view and raised terrace as well The building is a wooden construction with vertical oiltreated Larch- wood in the covered and more protected areas on the outside. On the more exposed surfaces of the exterior horizontal black-painted wood are being used The interior is kept in white surfaces allowing the natural sunlight to penetrate through the building from different angles and opening. In this way the interior spaces are always enjoying the changing light during the day and during the different seasons. The floors are made of black slate and white-oiled ash, The fireplace works both as outdoor and indoor fireplace and is made of a local brick stone Location: Jylinge, Denmark Designer: C Photographer: cary Mori Completion date: 20 FEMS + TRALEE ISTE — OMS ORE, eT LY AAR se BE _ RBA FAVRE GOLRARR. ABNER ALG, AMEN MAwarded: 2006 3-year Architectural Grant from The Danish Arts Foundation The role of the Foundation is to promote Danish creative arts. The Foundation's area of activity includes visual arts, literature, music, crafts and design, architecture, cinema, and theatre, as well as other comparable forms of creative art that do not have other avenues for state support. Out of 2000 applications CORNELIUS + VOGE was chosen as one of 3 architectural offices that received the grant in 2006. The grant is considered to be the largest and most prestigious architectural grant in Denmark128~129Location: way Designer: Completion date: Villa Storingavika Overlooking breathtaking fjords and a stretch of Norway's west coast archipelago, Villa Storingavika is a robust yet refined vessel from which to appreciate the delicate coastline and sometimes rugged climate. e timber volume enrobed in a crisp, ‘pleated’ dark timber Itis 2 pal exterior, The house is oriented along the c f the site and concrete er lawn, utilising all of mpact of the house on the topography te furniture is also integrated into the site, increasing the use of the lower terrace as an extension of the interior ntours stairs link an upper outdoor terrace with a lov the natural terrain. This also minimises the tin con space. Unlike some of Saunders’ other houses whose plinths lightly hover above the ground, this house is well-grounded jn the terrain. On both storeys, the utility and service rooms are located along the northern side of the house, while the living areas open out to the south and the the sea. As a consequence, there are very few punctures on the northern side, and large floor-to-ceiling windows face the south. The height of the outdoor room, the tallest section of the house, signifies its importance in the scheme. Notably, the exterior ceiling timber continues into the house in the lounge room where the ceiling sas high as the balcony. The balcony is pierced by three circular steel columns that are ‘threaded! from the ground to the roof. a work of archite ure, Villa Storingavika is a textbook example of a regional modernism ining the modern gesture of wide spanning platforms of space with the traditional forms and materials of Bergen s light-framed timber houses. The building's proportions are also akin to Bergen's maritime architecture and its long history of two-storey timber buildings. Translating this established building approach to a restrained, contemporary volume links the house to its context, a ties it indelibly to the s mi nt