Category: House

Huangshan House // Park + Associates

Location: Anhui, China. Architect: Park + Associates. Huangshan House is a 2,000 sqm piece of land overlooking the Hengjiang River, a major river that forms an important part of the identity of local residents. It is an example of man over nature, fueled by and built by the vanity of man, disrupting the flow of […]

H71a // Studio Granda

Architects: Studio Granda. Location: Reykjavík, Iceland. Year: 2015. Photographs: Courtesy of Studio Granda, Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson. Hverfisgata 71 had a storefront next to a timber house called H71a. Photographer Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson used the home in 2001 as a studio, office, and archive thanks to Studio Granda. The unsoundly constructed business was left empty. The shop volume has been rebuilt in […]

House 304 // KIENTRUC O

Architects: KIENTRUC O. Location: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Year: 2015. Photographs: Hiroyuki Oki.

Kaufmann House // Richard Neutra

Architect: Richard Neutra. Location: Palm Springs, California, United States. Year: 1947. Photographs: Thom Watson. Richard Neutra was one of the most significant if often overlooked architects of the 20th Century, working with Frank Lloyd Wright and Rudolf Schindler until 1930. He designed the Kaufmann House in Palm Springs, California, a vacation home for Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. and his […]

Casa Barragán // Luis Barragán

Architect: Luis Barragán. Location: Mexico City, Mexico. Year: 1948. Photographs: Barragán Foundation. Luis Barragan is known for his emphasis on colour, light, shadow, form and texture, and the former residence of Pritzker Prize winner Luis Barragan encompasses all of his trademarks. The most prominent aspects of the design are the use of flat planes and light, both natural and […]

Deventer House // Studio Maks

Architects: Studio Maks. Location: Deventer, Netherlands. Year: 2015. Photographs: Christian van der Kooy. This house for two young people in an old industrial harbour area in Deventer, the Netherlands is a compact design with open spaces surrounded by an activated building mass containing built-in functions.