Completed in 2021 in Pilar, Argentina. Images by Fernando Schapochnik. The decision to act upon the property was made with the aim of generating a temporary house that can be developed in stages, economic, flexible, and...
10 Truss Houses That Brilliantly Blend Architecture With Engineering - Architizer Journal
Moving beyond the application of trusses as roof forms, the following residential projects fully integrate trusses into their designs as building envelopes, façades and organizing devices.
Completed in 2008 in Mazama, United States. Images by Olson Kundig, Chad Kirkpatrick / Olson Kundig, Tim Bies / Olson Kundig, Derek Pirozzi / Olson Kundig. Responding to the owner’s need for space to house visiting friends and family, the Rolling Huts are several steps above camping, while remaining...
Completed in 2014 in Syracuse, United States. Images by Nathan Rader. The Haffenden House is a writing studio with a garage/breezeway at ground-level, library and writing space on the second level, and a curved/soft...
Completed in 2016 in The Netherlands. Images by Joep Rutgers. This narrow 18th century house in the south west of the Netherlands had been in decay since the 70’s when it lost its historical exterior and had...
Completed in 2011 in Bay Roberts, Canada. Images by Bent René Synnevåg. The Tower Studio is dramatically situated on a stretch of rocky coastline in Shoal Bay, Fogo Island, Newfoundland. The studio’s sculptural silhouette...
Built by Saunders Architecture in Fogo, Canada with date 2013. Images by Iwan Baan. The Fogo Island Inn is a public building for Fogo Island with 29 rooms for guests. The building, located between the ...
Completed in 2011 in Bay Roberts, Canada. Images by Bent René Synnevåg. The Squish Studio is located just outside the small town of Tilting on the eastern end of Fogo Island. First settled in the mid-18th century, Tilting...
Completed in 2009 in Bay Roberts, Canada. Images by Bent Rene´Synnevåg. Introduction Fogo Island lies outside of Newfoundland, Canada and is home to a gentle, independent people who have lived for centuries between wind...
Completed in 2019 in Osaka, Japan. Images by Katsuya. Taira. This residence sits on a long, narrow property in urban Osaka that will likely become increasingly hemmed in by high-rise buildings in the future....
Completed in 2017 in Japan. Images by Toshiyuki Yano. This small house is located on a narrow street in a dense Osaka neighborhood. We were involved in the project starting with the search for a lot and...
This small site measuring 36.95 sqm is located in a downtown residential area. The slatted, drainboard-like floors on the first through third floors...
Built by ma-style architects in Fujieda, Japan with date 2012. Images by Nacasa & Partners Makoto Yasuda. There was the building site on a gently sloping hill.It is land for sale by the lot made by recent land adjustment he...
Built by Tato Architects in Kobe, Japan with date 2008. Images by Satoshi Shigeta. We are convinced that architecture is a means to find to love the environment and have been in quest for creating arc...
Built by Tato Architects in Itami, Japan with date 2012. Images by Koichi Torimura. Widening interspace to utilize Many of the requests to us for designing a house are accompanied with a prerequisite...
Built by Takuro Yamamoto Architects in Tokyo, Japan H-ORANGE is an independent house featured by the character of its site, which is located next to a small field and la...
Completed in 2010 in Katsushika, Japan. Images by Koji Fujii / Nacasa&Partners Inc. This is a project of a house for a married couple and two cats, located in Tokyo. The project had started based on the idea that humans and cats live...
Completed in 2010 in Itabashi, Japan. Images by Koji Fujii / Nacasa&Partners Inc. This is a house for a hearing-impaired couple and two children with no impairment. The site is located in a dense residential area in Itabashi-ku,...
Built by Takuro Yamamoto Architects in Kashiwa, Japan What the architect invented, was to put the rectangular courtyard at an unusual oblique anglerather than a right angl...
Built by Takuro Yamamoto Architects in Kanazawa, Japan White Cave House is a massive lump engraved by a series of voids interconnected in the shape of a kinked tube. The co...