Floor Plan of Alden Mason House by Ueda Design Studio
The bench by the hot tub was salvaged from a local ski resort.
Candour is a prefab building system and a tool to customize building components within that system—including walls, floors, facades, and roofs—with a proprietary CAD plug-in. Users of the software can draft a design, determine if it’s feasible, and price it all in one day. Designs are built at Candour’s manufacturing facility in Sunshine, Melbourne.
Paul and Jules see the home as a "museum
Floor Plan of La Colorada by PPAA
A spacious concrete patio awaits in the backyard, presenting an idyllic entertaining setting.
Floor-to-ceiling windows and large sliding glass doors wrap around the main living areas.
The living room has a gray rug by Tai Ping Carpets, rust-colored B&B Italia sofas, a pendant by David Weeks, and a frieze of butterflies by artist Kirk Maxon inspired by birds that flutter in the treetops outside Roberta’s balcony. Blinds, pocketed in the soffit above the doors, come down automatically when the sun is too bright.
"There are two decked terraces,
A new retaining wall lines the exterior walkway to form a light well for the large glass doors in the basement. This level has become a flex space for the owners, where they can watch TV as a family, host guests in their own suite, or set up an office space.
Blend Projects offers to install solar arrays and water catchment systems in their homes to make living in them more sustainable.
The studio cantilevers over a steep hillside and provides a tree house effect.
The glass walls frame large expanses of greenery.
Another light-filled space is the dining area, complete with an L-shaped built-in bench.
Simple plywood interiors made the project budget-friendly and allow nature to serve as the focal point.
The siting was designed so the boulders block the morning sun, yet the reverse side offers beautiful, sunset views.
"Something really important to us is the slab in the front and the back,
Tucked away on a wooded property in Greenwich, Connecticut, the cantileverd writer’s retreat holds over 1,700 poetry volumes.
Bound by the four elements of nature – earth, wind, water, and fire – the Falling Leaves House by Bercy Chen Studio is a treehouse-like sanctuary for one young family, along with the surrounding habitat of cedars, oaks, mule deer, and the endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler. Inspired by the shapes and curled edges of falling oak leaves, the compound’s sheltering roofs and glass pavilions cascade into the landscape.
“Everything is in the core,” Farley says. “It’s an efficient way to organize space and functions.
Floor plan of Upper Wheelan House by Douglas & Company
The home’s living room benefits from the unlocked volume introduced by the new gable, with soaring ceilings drawing the eye to the outdoors.
The new façade, glazed from floor to ceiling, opens up the house to its natural environment. “We transformed the exterior into a modern wood structure that responded to the surroundings,” says Olle Lundberg, Design Principal at Lundberg Design.
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