Campo Loft is surrounded by lush vegetation atop a mountainous hillside.
The Wilde Retreat Glass House of Lake Gaston
Cove room overhang and wrap around deck at dusk
Partially hidden from the main driveway, the cottage is accessed by a meandering stone path—you can't drive a car up to it. "It's not conventionally convenient,
A second tiny house is set within an existing structure and contains a kitchen, dining area, and bathroom.
The piston-operated pine sunshades lift upwards to protect the exterior deck and give residents the ability to manually modulate the home’s access to daylight and shade as the sun moves across the sky.
Exterior with infinity pool-VILLA CP
Villa Le Trident owes its name to the steep three-pronged piece of land on which it is situated. Before and after the Second World War, the likes of Picasso, Somerset Maugham, and the Windsors all paid a visit to Dierks and his stunning French getaway.
General plan
Each of the two bedrooms, simply decorated, have muted color palettes and calming textiles with modern accents.
“We want the house to blend into the environment and feel like part of this place, not stand out,” says architect Ben Callery.
Constructed from a single repurposed shipping container, the one-bedroom VMD model includes an open-plan kitchenette, a dining area, and living space on one end. A bathroom and storage space are located in the middle, and the bedroom is on the opposite side.
Whisper Rock Ranch just north of Pioneertown, California.
Built to commune with its scenic surroundings, this sustainable home embodies understated luxury.
Located in the historic English village of Bentworth, Friends Lab is a contemporary take on the local agricultural typology.
The bedroom is elevated around five meters above the forest floor, and the space beneath has—like the green roof—been given back to the Bushveld. “Naturally, this space is shadier than the surrounding forest, so it creates a different microclimate for different species to flourish in that area,” says architect Ant Vervoort. “It’s an area that we have cultivated.”
“We always comb through work we really like for general inspiration when starting a project, but usually there isn’t one project we draw from,” says architect Ryan Bollom. “I’d consider The Barak House, designed by R&Sie in 2003, a more direct precedent for this home. Formally and conceptually it’s very different, but its core idea is a flexible wrapper over a more rigid home construction.”
The O-asis house is set on an elongated 1.7-acre site on a horse property area of Phoenix, north of Piestewa Peak within the Phoenix Mountain Preserve.
Dwellings
Winner: Casa Ter by Mesura
Mesura designed a retreat for a family of five in the Catalonian countryside, utilizing regional and artisanal building techniques and local materials for a sustainable home that blends with the landscape.
Over 1,700 square feet of steel decking wraps around the elevated home.
A 16-foot-wide, multi-slide door leads from the main living area to a covered patio.
Terra-cotta tiles clad the kitchen backsplash, and the countertops are made of oak.
Developed as a holiday home, the pared-back timber construction is a nod to the modest fisher-cottages prevalent in the area.
Barcelona-based Slow Studio builds a bioclimatic home for a couple who work with the United Nations.
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