A luxuriant forest of Jeffrey and sugar pine mixed with white and red fir covers this two acre site at roughly 6,300 feet above sea level in the Martis Valley near the north shore of Lake Tahoe. Gently sloped, the site falls toward the south with views to the Northstar California ski resort.
Project name
Forest House
Architecture firm
Faulkner Architects
Location
Truckee, California, USA
Photography
Joe Fletcher Photography
Design team
Gregory Faulkner, Principal. Breanne Penrod, Project Manager
Interior design
Rory Torrigiani, Natalie Zirbel
Civil engineer
Shaw Engineering
Structural engineer
CFBR Structural Group
Environmental & MEP
Sugarpine Engineering (Mechanical Engineer), Sugarpine Engineering (Electrical Engineer), Collaborators NV5 (Geotechnical Engineer)
Lighting
Faulkner Architects
Construction
Glennwood Mountain Homes
Typology
Residential › House
mwworks designed a small cabin called the Little House, a 1,140-square-foot retreat nestled into the forest overlooking Hood Canal on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. "The small footprint ultimately served as an effective tool to govern the design process," notes the architects. "Focus was placed on the essentials...extras were edited out...
Project name
Little House
Architecture firm
mwworks
Location
Seabeck, Washington, USA
Interior design
Avery Cox Design
Landscape
Johnson Southerland
Structural engineer
PCS Structural Solutions
Construction
E&H Construction
Material
Wood, Glass, Stone, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
Five Shadows, located on a prime site at the base of the Teton Mountain Range, belies the density of the surrounding area. Sited at the western boundary of a development, the project lives in the fringes of a meadow near an aspen and conifer forest that cascades down from the summit of Rendezvous Peak.
Project name
Five Shadows
Architecture firm
CLB Architects
Location
Teton Village, Wyoming, USA
Photography
Matthew Millman
Principal architect
Eric Logan, Andy Ankeny
Design team
Eric Logan, AIA, Principal. Andy Ankeny, AIA, Principal. Sam Ankeny, AIA, Associate
Interior design
Philip Nimmo
Civil engineer
Nelson Engineering
Structural engineer
KL&A, Inc.
Environmental & MEP
JM Engineering (Mechanical Engineer), Helius Lighting Group (Electrical Engineer)
Landscape
Hershberger Design
Typology
Residential › House
Located on a rocky, wind-swept south facing shoreline; this retreat home nestles into the landscape to harmonize with its surroundings and minimize exposure to weather. The home is a vacation retreat for a family of four, who desired a low-impact home with a strong connection to land and sea.
Project name
Lone Madrone
Architecture firm
Heliotrope Architects
Location
Orcas Island, WA, USA
Design team
Joe Herrin, Mike Mora, Jonathan Teng
Interior design
Ore Studios (Interior Furnishings)
Structural engineer
Swenson Say Faget
Typology
Residential › House
A house under the trees welcomes you with certain heaviness that makes you feel as if you are entering an enclosed space. Even though it is a closed panorama from the outside, the inside of the piece seeks the light. An internal patio serves as the main articulator for the house. It´s orientation allows an open space that lets air flow through it w...
Project name
House Under The Trees (Casa bajo los Árboles)
Architecture firm
Molina Architecture Studio
Location
Nuevo Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Tools used
Autodesk Autocad, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Ipad, Apple Pencil
Principal architect
Rodrigo Molina
Design team
Molina Architecture Studio
Visualization
Hyperlight Visuals By Molina Architecture Studio
Typology
Residential › House
The concept is located in a pine forest. The main idea of the design is to preserve as many trees as possible and let the trees play a significant role in the design processes and be a part of the design itself.
Project name
Forest House
Architecture firm
Omar Hakim
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Lumion , Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Omar Hakim
Typology
Residential › House
A livable place always tells us a story, a gesture, a sense, just like nature, architecture is also capable of flourishing like a tiny seed among the undergrowth, inhabiting it is our instinct and basic need, this house shows this reverence for nature and respect towards her, appropriating landscapes and taking advantage of every visual moment towa...
Project name
Earth Caterpillar House
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Location
All over the world
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › House
The challenge of the project was to design "... a studio that does not see the house, and a house that does not see the studio." The house is immersed in a country context, where a piece of land is located, among beech trees. The design is conceived from the premise of not touching any tree.
Project name
Black House (Casa Negra)
Architecture firm
ArquitectónicA
Location
Consolapan, Coatepec, Veracruz
Photography
Raúl Meza Yarmuch, Valentina Aguilera Yarmuch
Principal architect
Cecilia Yarmuch, Alejandro Aguilera
Design team
Cecilia Yarmuch + Alejandro Aguilera
Collaborators
Reynaldo Martínez, Sergio Amante
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
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