SottoSopra is a three-floor house reimagined by Italian design studio ZZ Studio in Giaveno, Italy. The design features an expansive open-plan living area created within the house’s gable roof, while the bedrooms remain on the first floor.
Japan House by Sandbox Studio is a pavilion addition that enhances a 1920s Californian bungalow in Sydney, Australia, designed in 2023. The project emphasizes Japan-inspired design elements, blending natural materials, light, and landscape. It provides a private domain through a series of interconnected rooms, including Tatami and kitchen spaces.
Architecture In Formation completed a “rigorously eclectic” transformation of a townhouse on New York’s Upper Westside. Designed in 2021, the restoration maintained and restored much of the original stone and woodwork.
Bajersokol designed the Black Amber flat, located in Warsaw, Poland. The 160-square-metre apartment for a couple and their son features distinct day and night house sections. Bajersokol employed materials like marble and textured wallpaper to create cohesion and a warm, dark aesthetic. This balanced composition, along with hidden storage solutions, seamlessly integrates functionality and style in the interior design.
Farmer Payne Architects designed Cache House in Wyoming, United States, focusing on maximizing a small-town lot. Completed in 2021, this residence features a large two-story great room that enhances natural light and passive solar heat.
Studio Becker Xu, led by Robert Becker and Sharon Xu, crafted The Dogtrot House in Hillsborough, North Carolina, in 2023. Inspired by historic vernacular design, this 3,400-square-foot home features pavilions connected by a central corridor, merging indoor and outdoor living amidst a densely wooded site.
ARRCC has re-envisioned a Cape Town home’s interior layout and exterior composition to include a flowing, open-plan arrangement beneath a newly crafted self-supporting concrete roof. Named Wave Villa, the project is located on the Atlantic Seaboard at the foot of Lion’s Head in South Africa. The home’s existing footprint and foundation were retained, but the envelope was remodelled to connect better to the natural environment.
Castle High is a coastal farmhouse located in Pembrokeshire, Wales, designed by Hyde + Hyde Architects in 2021. The project transforms a thermally inefficient farmhouse into a contemporary residence, creating a natural-flowing horseshoe courtyard layout.
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