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Church at the Park’s Village of Hope in Salem, Oregon, is one of a growing number of micro-shelter communities popping up across the country as an emergency response to the homelessness crisis. Residents have access to housing and employment assistance, mental health services, alcohol and drug treatment, and peer-support groups.
Church at the Park’s Village of Hope in Salem, Oregon, is one of a growing number of micro-shelter communities popping up across the country as an emergency response to the homelessness crisis. Residents have access to housing and employment assistance, mental health services, alcohol and drug treatment, and peer-support groups.
The first loft by celebrated Costa Rican architecture studio Alianz is an awe-inspiring, seemingly gravity defying form that rises up from a neatly manicured lawn just 20 minutes from San Jose airport in Costa Rica. The glass-clad cantilevered form, with a steeply angled butterfly-style roof, shelters an outdoor deck and hot tub surrounded by a lushly landscaped garden.
The first loft by celebrated Costa Rican architecture studio Alianz is an awe-inspiring, seemingly gravity defying form that rises up from a neatly manicured lawn just 20 minutes from San Jose airport in Costa Rica. The glass-clad cantilevered form, with a steeply angled butterfly-style roof, shelters an outdoor deck and hot tub surrounded by a lushly landscaped garden.
The Alerce shingles change color when it rains, moving from red to grey. “It’s alive,” says Marambio.
The Alerce shingles change color when it rains, moving from red to grey. “It’s alive,” says Marambio.
The homeowner inherited the 1.36 acres over 40 years ago and finally saved enough to hire Matteo Arnone and Pep Pons of Atelier Branco Arquitectura, who came recommended by a family friend. The initial project was slated to be a modest, 540-square-foot space to house his books to be built for $50,000—but through the client’s involvement, the scope expanded.
The homeowner inherited the 1.36 acres over 40 years ago and finally saved enough to hire Matteo Arnone and Pep Pons of Atelier Branco Arquitectura, who came recommended by a family friend. The initial project was slated to be a modest, 540-square-foot space to house his books to be built for $50,000—but through the client’s involvement, the scope expanded.
The painted black wood facades vary. Some feature wide slats on a fixed board, others feature thin ones.
The painted black wood facades vary. Some feature wide slats on a fixed board, others feature thin ones.
The studio’s dramatic ceiling is nearly 14-feet high. Thomas says that the yoga deck sits in the landscape “like a wooden lake.”
The studio’s dramatic ceiling is nearly 14-feet high. Thomas says that the yoga deck sits in the landscape “like a wooden lake.”
The home is geared toward indoor/outdoor living with a large, shaded deck and sliding glass doors.
The home is geared toward indoor/outdoor living with a large, shaded deck and sliding glass doors.
The Adaptable Living prefab sits perched on a bluff in Tasmania’s Tarkine Forest.
The Adaptable Living prefab sits perched on a bluff in Tasmania’s Tarkine Forest.
Spacecube and Breathe were already collaborating on a demonstration unit for the Adaptable Living series when jeep suggested trying a remote location, to portray idyllic off-grid living.
Spacecube and Breathe were already collaborating on a demonstration unit for the Adaptable Living series when jeep suggested trying a remote location, to portray idyllic off-grid living.
A diagram of Spacecube's Adaptable Living series, which breaks down into a series of small 20-square-meter boxes that can be collated and expanded in myriad configurations.
A diagram of Spacecube's Adaptable Living series, which breaks down into a series of small 20-square-meter boxes that can be collated and expanded in myriad configurations.
The open-plan home’s core is the towering chimney—clad in the same double-long, thin bricks that sheathe the Kolumba museum in Cologne, Germany. It holds three fireplaces, a conventional oven, and a pizza oven; all vent into three distinct flues, emerging from the chimney as their own kind of architectural statement. Inside, life revolves around the brick chimney, which the architect surrounded with a concrete counter that wraps from the kitchen to the living area. The stools are vintage.
The open-plan home’s core is the towering chimney—clad in the same double-long, thin bricks that sheathe the Kolumba museum in Cologne, Germany. It holds three fireplaces, a conventional oven, and a pizza oven; all vent into three distinct flues, emerging from the chimney as their own kind of architectural statement. Inside, life revolves around the brick chimney, which the architect surrounded with a concrete counter that wraps from the kitchen to the living area. The stools are vintage.
After living on and studying a woodsy acre of land in North Zealand, Denmark, architect Jesper Brask cleared a stand of pine trees and, from the timber, built a getaway open to its surroundings. The house, which Brask shares with his wife, Lene, and sons, Kristian, Jens, and Niels, is used mainly in summer, when the weather is optimal for throwing open the glass doors.
After living on and studying a woodsy acre of land in North Zealand, Denmark, architect Jesper Brask cleared a stand of pine trees and, from the timber, built a getaway open to its surroundings. The house, which Brask shares with his wife, Lene, and sons, Kristian, Jens, and Niels, is used mainly in summer, when the weather is optimal for throwing open the glass doors.
The Hald Strand Summerhouse floor plan.
The Hald Strand Summerhouse floor plan.
Architect Charlie Lazor designed this peaceful, lakeside prefab in Ontario, Canada, with a Japanese-style bathroom clad in richly stained teak with a matching tub and sink by Bath in Wood.
Architect Charlie Lazor designed this peaceful, lakeside prefab in Ontario, Canada, with a Japanese-style bathroom clad in richly stained teak with a matching tub and sink by Bath in Wood.