Marcus Beach House is a contemporary alteration and addition to an existing beachside home with a convoluted plan arrangement. The brief was to provide privacy to the street frontage whilst creating an expansive open plan living space that connected these areas to front and rear gardens.
Project name
Marcus Beach House
Architecture firm
Alexandra Buchanan Architecture
Location
Marcus Beach, Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia
Photography
Cathy Schusler
Principal architect
Jacob Jooste
Collaborators
Cooper Small
Interior design
Alexandra Buchanan Architecture
Visualization
Alexandra Buchanan Architecture
Construction
Masonry and Lightweight
Material
Brick, timber, glass
Typology
Residential › Beach House Renovation
The "Cullen House" from the Twilight movie series becomes a LEGO set: Iconic Portland home by Skylab Architecture immortalized in bricks. The iconic Hoke House in Portland, Oregon, originally designed by noted design firm Skylab Architecture and made famous as the Cullen House in the Twilight Saga movie series, is now a LEGO set.
Photography
Twilight The Cullen House LEGO Set (Image: LEGO) and Hoke House by Skylab (Photo: Jeremy Bittermann)
Casa Negra is a small urban infill live/work space situated on a wooded lot in West Asheville. We acted as architects, builders, developers and interior designers and did around 30% of the actual work ourselves. The project started as an accessory dwelling to our home and currently it houses our design studio on main and top level with a rental on...
Architecture firm
Rusafova Markulis Architects
Location
Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Interior design
Rusafova Markulis Architects
Client
Rusafova Markulis Architects
Typology
Residential › House
Minimalism combined with a splash of colors from Scandinavian furnishing, this house experienced a complete transformation from a dated, dark, and dull palette into a Japan-inspired, California-modern bright pool-side house.
Architecture firm
Koami Architecture
Location
Mountain View, California, USA
Photography
Mikiko Kikuyama
Principal architect
Nana Koami
Design team
Koami Architecture
Interior design
Koami Architecture
Lighting
Koami Architecture
Supervision
Koami Architecture
Material
Shosugi Ban (Charred Wood), Stucco, Wood Siding
Typology
Residential › Single Family Home
Studley Park in Kew is a treasure trove of post-war architecture, with a number of houses designed by Robin Boyd, John and Phyllis Murphy and Guilford Bell. Given this lineage of great architects, as well many fine period homes, it was appropriate to create a boutique-style development that would be nestled into this precious environ.
Architecture firm
LIFE Architecture & Urban Design (Formerly CHT Architects)
Location
Kew, Victoria, Australia
Principal architect
Mark Spraggon
Design team
Mark Gifford, Brian Rogers, Jim Tsoukatos, Nathan Byron, Chantelle Balliro, Emma Riquelme, Chivonne Hollis
Interior design
Sora Interior Architecture & Design
Status
Complete & fully occupied
Typology
Residential › House
Sensitive reconstruction of a fortification guard house with an emphasis on preserving as many of the original elements as possible.
Principal architect
Radka Valova, Petr Vlach
Material
Steel – staircase railings, arches - ground floor portals, kitchen viewing areas, furniture shelf construction, dining room chests of drawers, study and kitchen cabinets, shelves (sheets) in bathrooms, stairs to the attic. Brass – furniture details. Stainless steel – kitchen worktop. Solid wood – windows, doors, stair cladding, floorboards, kitchen units, furniture, benches made of beams, roof coverings, ceilings Wood veneer – furniture in rooms, beds. Stone – stair treads. Ceramic tiles and floor tiles – bathrooms, floors on the ground floor. Glazed plasters – the entire interior. Trowels – bathrooms, furniture. Coatings – floors, railings, reactive stain on ceilings. Textile – shading, furniture
Typology
Residential › House
Highvale House sits amongst native gums on a sloping site. Perched on posts to disturb the land as little as possible - this raised position provides vistas through branches to the valley and hills beyond. Wrapped in metal cladding, the house speaks to a rural Australian vernacular and reads as a singular element, both sculptural and responsive to...
Project name
Highvale House
Architecture firm
Alexandra Buchanan Architecture
Location
Samford Valley, Southeast Queensland, Australia
Photography
Andy McPherson Studio
Principal architect
Shane Wilmett
Collaborators
Div Build (Builders)
Interior design
Alexandra Buchanan Architecture
Structural engineer
Fidelis
Supervision
Alexandra Buchanan Architecture
Visualization
Alexandra Buchanan Architecture
Material
Timber, Metal, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The opportunity to live simultaneously in the center of the city and in an isolated refuge presented a powerful circumstance for this family of four. Within a very ordinary neighborhood, this 3,230-square-foot home is oriented to take maximum advantage of the unexpected escarpment, creek, and natural views offered at the rear of the property.
Project name
Constant Springs Residence
Architecture firm
Alterstudio Architecture
Location
Austin, Texas, USA
Design team
Kevin Alter, Ernesto Cragnolino, Tim Whitehill, Joseph Boyle, Michael Woodland, Sara Mays
Collaborators
Pool: Jay Scallon Pools
Interior design
Alterstudio Architecture
Structural engineer
Scott Williamson, PE
Environmental & MEP
Mechanical Engineer: Positive Energy
Landscape
BDW Landworks and Construction
Construction
Chris Hill, Mark Paulsen
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
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