Jayna Cooper designing and built house for herself on busy La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles. The 1,600-square-foot house satisfies all the zoning and site challenges (noise, privacy, security) to a T. Because the house is on such a high-traffic street, the city requires complete turnaround space for a car. With such a small property that means that almost the entire ground floor is dedicated to the driveway, carport, and turnaround space. she designed a structural steel system to cantilever a portion of the house and separate the stair tower …

This 3 storey CS House built in uneven topography in Guimarães Portugal, designed by Pitagoras Architects. The CS house is addorsed to the land, with the objective of defeating its accentuated slope. This building embodies distinct programmatic subject matter, which is organized vertically. One of the architectural projects objectives is to establish connections between the building and its surroundings, between its interior and exterior spaces. All floors are contemplated with covered or uncovered verandas and patios that are closed off or open to the landscape, creating variable possibilities of inhabiting …

The Corten House situated in São Paulo Brazil, designed by Brazilian well known studio mk27 | Marcio Kogan. The house facade made of Corten weathering steel. The dialogue between the rusty texture on the outside and the stone, wood, white mortar and the glass build the space. The front door of the garage is made of vertical wooden strips and opens entirely onto the street. The main entry door to the house is also made of wood and, despite being of a color similar to metallic plates, the texture and …

The Mooramie House was designed by Tobias Partners with minimalist style for modern living, located in Sydney Australia. The relatively simple form of the rear addition, situated below the ridgeline of the existing building, allows for the original house to remain the dominant feature of the site. The new/ old exterior connection is delineated by the expressed shadowline created by the junction of the flush recessed steel frame of the new addition. Visual impact of the new southern wall has been reduced in the creation of elevated garden, which internally …

The CS House sited at area dotted with residential buildings in Barcelona Spain. The architects, “AH Asociados” creates an isolated world for its inhabitants requires a simple but determined execution. It has been necessary to make the most of the views by making use of the elevated position of the plot to protect it from the impact of adjacent buildings. The “S” section allows the opening up of the bedrooms and living-room to the garden that is protected by vegetation. The first floor has the opposite orientation so that the …

Dutch Architects Architectenbureau Paul de Ruiter successfully re-design Villa Berkel that originally at 1997 into minimalist Villa with natural lighting. The building plot is therefore divided into three long strips at right angles to the road. The bottom and southernmost strip is reserved for the garden, the middle strip contains the villa itself and the most northerly strip provides access to the house: this is where the drive, parking space and the entrance are located. This layout of the site means that those parts of the house that the residents …