Blue Sky Building Systems worked with CB Architecture to create a modern home for a family of four in Orinda, California.
Primary access is via a private gated courtyard at ground level.
Only 10 people live in the crumbling town of Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy. The Italian Villages project aims to revitalize rural ghost towns across the country. To ensure that funds are reinvested in the community, Airbnb does not take a commission on bookings of redeveloped buildings.
After: The couple renovated Casa Terrosa for just $46,280, including labor, in a span of seven months.
Tasmania, Australia
Dwell Magazine : September / October 2017
The house is surrounded with rammed-earth walls, built by Austin construction services company Enabler via an ancient construction method that requires mixing, tamping, and creating a structure from the land itself.
The home takes the form of two volumes that slide past each other. The front door leads directly to the center of the home, which connects to the both the entrance courtyard and the rear pool area, dissolving the boundaries between interior and exterior space.
The elevated modular home is clad in locally sourced radiata pine treated with a stone-gray oil stabilizer.
The pantry features black-stained timber doors that conceal appliances, keeping the kitchen surfaces clear.
The east-west breezeway divides the home into nearly equal halves: 700 square feet for bedrooms, a bathroom, and the laundry, and 650 square feet for everything else. To focus attention on the backcountry wilderness, the team relied upon a restrained mix of materials, including tongue-and-groove cedar siding and a Vicwest corrugated-metal roofing product that is more commonly used for agricultural buildings.
All lightHouses come with custom OxBox (oxidized steel) and Barn (wood) siding, as well as a collection of unique exterior steel features.
Two Swiss designers breathe new life into retired gondolas by turning them into sleek, customizable saunas. The interiors are gutted, and the exteriors receive a brand-new paint job—in any color of your choice.
This Beverly Hills kitHAUS is comprised of modernist prefab modules that can accommodate a variety of uses: from yoga studios to home offices, and from weekend retreats to pop-up kiosks and guest rooms.
Bi-fold doors open up a corner of the pool house to connect the internal jacuzzi with the external patio and beach.