Flouting the de rigueur style in a hamlet north of New York City, Joel Sanders Architect and Balmori Associates craft a mid-century-style home on a forested site.
Project Size: 2,800 square feet Program: The clients, a family with young children, provided the architects with clear guidelines for their house on a protected site on a cliff overlooking the sea on the southern coast of Ireland. They wanted a relaxed and comfortable design that blended in with the craggy site and did not feel “clinically modern” or formal; floor-to-ceiling windows to maximize views; and a flat roof with a terrace. In addition, they stipulated that much of the house be wheelchair accessible to accommodate visits from grandparents. Solution: The one-story L-shaped house, clad in local stone with recessed
A couple with two children asked for a house in a residential neighborhood in northeast Vietnam that would be made of local, natural materials such as stone and wood.
The client, a businessman with a young family, wanted to experiment with unusual construction methods for his new house on a steep hill overlooking the sea and mountains outside Barcelona.
The clients, a couple with a dog, desired a contemporary twist for the renovation and extension of their one-story 1940s bungalow on a corner site in west Los Angeles.
Los Angeles architect Bob Hale, of Rios Clementi Hale Studios, wrapped his Cheviot Hills house in a perforated-metal screen punched with the hebrew word for love.
It's probably safe to bet that most architects have designed their dream house—on paper, in their heads—many times over. Bob Hale, of Rios Clementi Hale Studios, was lucky enough to make one of his iterations a reality in Los Angeles's Cheviot Hills neighborhood.