Lien Residence, single storey home in Singapore with planted roof. Designed by Singapore studio Ministry of Design. The interior devided into three sections – an entertainment zone, a family zone and a private master zone. The interior is very amazing, combination of wood floors with clear glass walls covered interior room, so saving lighting energy during the day time. Planted roof, if viewed from above looks like a green garden grass, something unique and not yet widely implemented. We like this house, how about you? Via DigsDigs.
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Posted by worldhouse on July 26th, 2010
A simple pitched roof pavilion was added to an existing federation period home. The pavilion features exposed beams and a plywood lined ceiling framing an open-plan room with galley kitchen along one wall and a series of dining, lounge and entertaining areas opening out onto the plunge pool. The pavilion is flanked by a series of timber platforms framed by a pergola that extends the full length of the yard and terminates in a seating area where you can soak up the last of the afternoon sun. The home continues to impress the owners who feel it is more enjoyable to live in with each year that passes. [ Designed by CplusC Architects ]
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Posted by worldhouse on July 21st, 2010
R R House, is a summer house in Sao Paulo was designed by Andrade Morettin Architects.
This Summer house is situated only a fey meters from the sea, on the north coast of the State of Sao Paulo, a place with exuberant vegetation and hot humid climate.
The project was begun with the idea of a big shelter, a “shell”, under which the actual living spaces would be located, protected from the intense sun and the frequents rains, however without blocking the permanent natural cross ventilation.
This roof at a height of six meters, with a surface of eighteen by eight meters, was built using a pre-fabricated timber structure with galvanized steel joints. The lateral and top faces are made of steel cladding with eps filling.
Please visit Andrade Morettin Architects for further detail.
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Posted by worldhouse on July 21st, 2010
Description of P_House from Architects:
Located in Redondo Beach, a greater Los Angeles area beach city, the p_House is a transformation of a small post war house into a modern live/work home for a young professional. Due to budget constraints as well as environmental regard, the original house was recycled as much as possible (in lieu of scraping the whole thing and building from scratch). The existing foundation was kept intact as well as the majority of external framing. Keeping to the original footprint lowered construction costs and allowed the project to bypass local zoning regulations required for new construction.
The challenge was making the small house feel larger without growing the house horizontally. The majority of interior walls where removed or relocated; allowing the living, kitchen, and dining area to be one fluid space. A fourteen foot wide sliding glass door pockets out of site, extending the space outside to a revamped back yard and swimming pool. This outdoor living area becomes the focal point of the new design, while making the modest size of the interior feel more expansive. A bedroom, a bathroom, and the one car garage are the only rooms that keep their original location. A design studio with it’s own entrance replaces a third bedroom and the old kitchen. The master suite is relocated to a new second story addition which cantilevers over the one car garage below creating additional covered parking. It’s slim form allows the midday sun to shine over the main floor and onto the pool and outdoor living area. The use of clerestory windows on the south elevation prevent views of the busy street, while still bringing in breezes and framing the tops of nearby palm trees. The north elevation, which faces the back yard and pool, has floor to ceiling windows providing the interior with an abundance of diffused natural light. The open tread stairwell acts like a thermal chimney sucking warm air through out the house and ventilating it outside through operable windows at the upper level. High solar reflective roofing, light colored cement board siding, and a well insulated building envelope add to the passive solar design. This along with the use of high efficiency ceiling fans, eliminates the need for A/C. A clean burning modern stove reduces heating loads during the colder months. Other sustainable building materials and methods used include a tankless water heater, FSC certified cedar, low V.O.C. paints, bamboo flooring, and xeriscape yards. [ Ras-a ]
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Posted by worldhouse on July 17th, 2010
This Verdant Avenue House was designed by Robert Mills Architects.
According to the DigsDigs : It is a home that showcases a modern aesthetic, form, function and details alongside the nature. Besides, the home is sustainable without losing in glamour, luxury and pleasure of living there. An 80 year old pin oak tree serves as the focal point for the ground floor living and first floor bedroom areas. A striking 3.5 meter wide spiral staircase is an another focal point on this floor. Floor to ceiling glass windows also add a dramatic touch to the interior. The exterior entertaining spaces separated from the ground floor areas by glass walls and sliding doors. There is a 25 metre lap pool outside, which runs the length of the building and provides natural evaporative cooling to the living areas.
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Posted by worldhouse on July 15th, 2010
H_Home was designed by Ras-a. It is a residential project on a golf course in southwestern Missouri. The design explores the spirit of a “country club” home through a modern, open floor plan, while using familiar forms and materials found in the midwest vernacular. Please visit Ras-a site for further detail.
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Posted by worldhouse on July 14th, 2010
Sprout is modern farm house located on an agricultural farm and combines Japanese minimalism and practicality of farm houses. This residential project was designed by Japanese studio, Archi Farm. It’s The site is in a natural environment surrounded by fields and woodlands and the house fits it perfectly. One of the most noticeable feature of the house is the second ground roof that ressemble the lawn. The main living space is overlooking this roof that hides large farming vehicles below it. Another interesting solution is the using of well water that gets pumped up to the roof and acts as a cooling system. [ Via ]
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Posted by worldhouse on July 14th, 2010
Here are some bathroom series from a Spain company Porcelanosa. Available in various kinds, you can choose that matching to your bathroom. It can be used as ideas to create or decorate your bathroom. Please visit Porcelanosa for further detail.
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Posted by worldhouse on July 12th, 2010
Description from architects:
Alterations carried out to a Federation bungalow to provide a new Family Room, Kitchen and Dining Area. Extensions and building envelop performance were tightly controlled to keep within the limits of the exiting air conditioning system.
Full width aluminium sliding doors were positioned along the back wall incorporating high performance glass. A significant design element is the use of the hanging corner making the building more open and giving a better connection to outside. The verandah was extended to match and large rainwater storage tanks positioned below. Designed by Tom Bombford Studio.
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Posted by worldhouse on July 5th, 2010
Description of Layer Residence from Schola Architecture :
The existing home is part of a standard San Clemente neighborhood developed in the 50’s. Our design direction was to provide a studio and garage addition as well as provide exterior living spaces to blur the line between indoor and outdoor living. Our design strategy converted the enlarged garage roof into a roof deck. The new studio addition was designed with a roof deck as well and provided some much needed outdoor living space at the upper level of the existing home. In addition, by placing the new studio lengthwise along a new semi-private courtyard was formed at the ground level. The new studio faces the courtyard with sliding glass doors and a concrete floor allowing this space to flow out seamlessly to the exterior courtyard. The cantilevering roof deck of the studio provides a view out the ocean around their neighbor, as well as hovering over the new entryway to the home. Cantilevering off of the exposed CMU wall, supporting the studio roof deck, is a steel stair that directs visitors to the upper level and to the entrance of the home.
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Posted by worldhouse on June 23rd, 2010
