An extraordinary contemporary house by Henri Fitzwilliam-Lay, designed for living in harmony with nature
The interiors are otherwise taut and restrained, allowing the landscape to dominate. Polished plaster walls shimmer with shifting…
The bohemian Spanish apartment where fashion designer Penelope Chilvers spends her summers
‘It was basically a white box,’ says Penelope, of the flat when she first took ownership, ‘For the…
Keiji Ashizawa transforms 120-year-old townhouse into rental home
Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design has created the Toune holiday home in a 120-year-old machiya, preserving its original…
Khanna Schultz infuses Hamptons home with “quiet contemplation”
New York studio Khanna Schultz has taken cues from Japanese architecture to create a “net-positive-energy” house in the…
“Nothing is superfluous” in The Root holiday cabin by Kasawoo
London architecture studio Kasawoo has created The Root, a prefabricated holiday cabin in Greece, clad in deep-red timber…
OAD tops barn-like summer home with thatch roof
An exterior of charred timber and thatch is contrasted by a vibrant interior palette of blues and purples…
Heliotrope tucks cedar house into rocky site on a Washington island
Architectural studio Heliotrope took a “site-sensitive approach” while designing a vacation house in the Pacific Northwest, resulting in…
House Grimstad in Norway is “a test of reduction”
Local studio Waelgaard Salim Arkitekter has completed House Grimstad, a barn-like dwelling in Norway that contrasts black tar-stained…
Holzrausch references Luis Barragán in Mallorcan holiday home
The vivid architectural style of Luis Barragán spurred design studio Holzrausch to add bright pops of pink, yellow…
Ma+rs designs thatched Serenity retreat as “a quiet observer”
Indian studio Ma+rs has completed Serenity, a wildlife retreat in Tamil Nadu crowned by a cluster of thatched…
Tristan Burfield creates bushfire-resilient annexe in Australia
Architect Tristan Burfield used a palette of galvanised steel and Blackbutt timber to meet bushfire regulations at No.…
YOD Group crowns glass huts with 10-metre-tall thatched roofs
Kyiv-based architecture and design studio YOD Group looked to Ukrainian vernacular architecture when creating this cluster of guesthouses,…