Almost effortlessly and without intervention, this transformation of a farmhouse in the heart of nature nestles between a found state of ruin and the utopia of a building that can one day be said to be «finished». In contrast to a form of finiteness, the

The Pottering Shed is a 30sqm artists studio located in Poole on the south coast of the UK. The studio is designed to feel like an upside down boat. A timber structure sits on a concrete shelf, projecting from the landscape over the beach below. The build

Located in the rural community of Mercendarbe in Latvia, House Pienenītes consists of a family house, a barn and a small sauna building, the latter of which will be built by the client later on. It was designed by Studio VĪKSNE, an emerging London based

The silence, the nature, the wind. You, floating under a pine canopy. That’s it. Trakt’s five suites are merely shells that put nature in focus and make a stay in the woods possible. By elevating the buildings, the suites get closer to the treetops and le

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In the summer garden, the plants are in a more natural and wild state, and the original clear boundaries fade away, with plants staggering in height, creating an experience from enclosure to seclusion and then to openness. Disappeared architecture The tea

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In 1788 Captain Cook and his fleet entered the delta of the Hawkesbury and the sheltered bay of Sydney. At the entrance of the Dyirabun (Hawkesbury) River, he was first welcomed by the Darug People who had been living on these banks since the beginning of

A retreat where walls “wander” On an ocean front mountain top between tall grasses and acacia forests, rugged curvaceous walls blur the boundaries between architecture and landscape to define public and private spaces of an 8 room retreat. The retreat, th

The Chalet Hentsch was built in 1904 for a railway engineer, Paul-Auguste Hentsch, who was responsible for the construction of part of the Martigny-Chamonix line, which runs through the Trient valley. Located halfway along the section concerned, between t

This wooden house scrupulously chooses its land, its exposure, its height, and its references (from Japanese architecture to Californian Case Study Houses) to revisit the archetype of the country house. A place in which you live in carefree and unconfined

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Since the 2017 earthquake that struck central Mexico, initiatives such as Reconstruir México emerged, the objective was to achieve a conscious and effective reconstruction of the affected areas. For this, 50 architectural firms were summoned, which would

In a terrain with a steep slope and vast vegetation located in the heart of Cordoba, Argentina, we find this small refuge that respects the characteristics of the natural soil and preserves the existing flora without altering the mountain landscape. Disus

Chalet La has been completed by Paris-based Atelier Leymarie Gourdon, situated in a field facing the Cambre d'Aze mountain range with a stunning lake view.

Australia, like most of the world, is in the midst of housing and environmental crises. The Tasmanian House is an attempt address the contemporary problems with a combination of traditional and innovative approaches. The core of the building’s design is t

THE HOUSE FOR A CRAFTSMAN The Avala House is a residence situated in a pastural landscape on Avala mountain near Belgrade in Serbia. The house is a case study on how design effort can turn sufficiency into a desirable form for living. The open frame The h

Japanese studio Takeru Shoji Architects has completed Hara House, a village home designed to look like a tent.

A typical Swedish soldier’s cottage from the mid-nineteenth century, unfortunately with rot in the entire frame, was replaced by a new house with the same placement, footprint, volume and materials—a memory of the old. The ground floor maintains the origi

Vardehaugen is an architectural studio based in Oslo, Norway. We work with a diverse selection of projects and clients, from private houses, to public processes and urban planning. We conduct our services both domestic and abroad. We keep a close dialogue with our clients through the design process and take pride in tailoring our projects to the people and places we work with. Every client is different; every place is in some way peculiar and unique. We aim to embrace this in all of our projects. Vardehaugen was established in 2015 by Håkon Matre Aasarød, – former partner and co-founder of ...

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Based on a slim V-shaped floorplan, La Dacha Mountain Retreat sits at the edge of a steep slope, amid a wood of local trees, hualle oaks. Located in Las Trancas, an emerging mountain village surrounding astounding views of the Nevados de Chillan, an activ

Un’architettura ecosostenibile nel Golfo di Baratti Quando si dice Destino. Tutto nasce da un caso, da un incontro inaspettato, quando una notte i due amici Alessandro Olsckhi e Vittorio Giorgini si ritrovano in barca in mare aperto, lungo le coste di Marina di Cecina. Il tempo non è dalla loro parte e una tempesta li […]

Wingårdh converted a large old farm in the countryside in southern Sweden into a vacation house for a family from the nearby city of Malmö.

New build artist studios located below the St. James Lane Viaduct in Muswell Hill. The rational plan is made of two identical spaces mirrored to form twin facades, one faces the client’s private house and garden behind the viaduct, while the other offers