The town of Rotenberg is located in a World Heritage listed area in the Southern German district of Stuttgart. The clients wanted a modern home that would accommodate their multigenerational family. Overcoming the challenges of the historic area’s strict building codes and an awkwardly shaped, tight building site has resulted in a three-story, less than 1,000-square foot home with frugal details and a modern sensibility that pays respect to the traditional forms and building craftsmanship of the region. Design concept and solution:In context with the area’s traditional houses, the barnlike volume is painted white. Windows are positioned to frame views
Situated in a nondescript subdivision of Eastern Pennsylvania, this 3,100-square-foot house is surrounded by other single-family houses of all shapes and sizes.
Built for a couple and located in an area of Southern Holland notable for its extensive sand dunes, this house was designed to both embrace and stand out from the landscape.
Built for the Hanil Cement Company to educate visitors about concrete and how it can be recycled, architects for the Visitors Center and Guesthouse use a variety of construction and landscaping techniques.
The Green-Blais residence is located on a rolling field overlooking Beaver Valley on the Niagara Escarpment, one of Canada’s most significant landforms and a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.
Designed for a San Francisco couple and their six children with ages ranging from high school to college, the project is located on a 20-acre site with ocean and mountain views, about five miles inland from the Pacific Ocean.
The Galley House emerged out of the context of studying patterns of the evolving typological landscape in Toronto, and the desire over the past century to maintain natural light within spaces affected by an urban block-type progressively becoming more dense and refined.
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