Award winning LaRue Architects designed a unique residence perched on a lakeside cliff with a 150 feet vertical drop, located on Austin’s beautiful Lake Travis.
Architecture firm
LaRue Architects
Location
Lake Travis. Texas, USA
Photography
Dror Baldinger
Principal architect
James LaRue
Design team
James LaRue; Richard Medina (Interior Design)
Collaborators
Gregory Deane (Owner’s suite). Butterflies, Shanny Lott (Fireplace)
Interior design
LaRue Architects and Karen Greiner Interiors
Landscape
Sitio Design, Curt Arnette
Material
Slab on grade, wood frame construction with stone, stucco, and metal panels and a metal roof
Typology
Residential › House
Elemental Home: An approach to envisioning a home that is essential in its form and program necessity. Situated as a rendezvous location in Joshua Tree, home to the spark of a new creative AirBnB architectural oasis, the Elemental Home synthesizes all aspects of living into a pristine and proportionally divine living quarter.
Project name
Elemental Home
Location
Joshua Tree, California, USA
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, V-Ray Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Abe Salman
Typology
Residential › House
The defining characteristic of this house is its contextual responsiveness. While contemporary in expression, it relates to its location in Chicago's leafy Lincoln Square neighborhood. in a number of ways. Its scale aligns with the surrounding century-old houses.
Project name
Eastwood Residence
Architecture firm
Searl Lamaster Howe Architects
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Principal architect
Greg Howe, Pam Lamaster
Design team
Greg Howe, Pam Lamaster
Interior design
Homeowner
Structural engineer
Robert Darvas and Associates
Environmental & MEP
Searl Lamaster Howe
Lighting
Searl Lamaster Howe
Visualization
Searl Lamaster Howe
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD
Material
Brick, Cement Board
Typology
Residential › House
Tall and thin, the Haas Valley Farm Residence perches on its site which is centered in the Driftless Area, a small pocket of the Midwest so named because the glaciers skipped over the region, leaving a surprising landscape of rolling hills and deep valleys bisected by the Mississippi River. T
Project name
Haas Valley Farm
Architecture firm
Searl Lamaster Howe Architects
Location
Potosi, Wisconsin, USA
Principal architect
Greg Howe and Pam Lamaster
Interior design
Homeowners
Structural engineer
Lynn Barber
Lighting
Searl Lamaster Howe
Supervision
Graney Construction
Visualization
Searl Lamaster Howe
Tools used
Autodesk Revit
Construction
Graney Construction
Material
Wood frame, cedar exterior cladding, pine interior cladding, black slate floors
Typology
Residential › House
This residence rests on a spectacular lot at the base of the iconic Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona, offering our firm a wide range of design latitude. This part of the Southwest offers residents a ‘resort’ climate for much of the year and our clients wanted the property to fully embody al fresco living.
Architecture firm
180 Degrees Design + Build in collaboration with Studio B
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Photography
An Pham Photography
Principal architect
James Trahan, John Anderson, Troy Vincent
Civil engineer
CVL Consultants
Structural engineer
GF Group
Environmental & MEP
Otterbein Engineering
Landscape
Trueform Landscape
Lighting
Woodward Engineering
Supervision
180 Degrees Design + Build
Tools used
Auto CAD, Google SketchUp, Autodesk Revit
Construction
180 Degrees Design + Build
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel, stone
Typology
Residential › House
After purchasing the lot set among the aspens in Woody Creek, Colorado and overlooking the Roaring Fork River, the owners knew they wanted a modern, grown-up “tree house”. In collaboration with Studio B, a design program was set to not only create a house that appeared to live amongst the trees but that would also serve as a gallery for its eclecti...
Architecture firm
180 Degrees Design + Build in collaboration with Studio B
Location
Woody Creek, Colorado, USA
Photography
An Pham Photography
Principal architect
James Trahan, John Anderson, Troy Vincent
Design team
James Trahan, Jeeyoung Pinnella + Dusty Bodero
Civil engineer
High Country Engineering, Inc.
Structural engineer
High Country Engineering, Inc.
Environmental & MEP
Resource Engineering Group, Inc.
Landscape
Connect One Design
Lighting
Resource Engineering Group, Inc.
Supervision
G.F. Woods Construction
Tools used
Auto CAD, Google SketchUp
Construction
G.F. Woods Construction
Material
shou sugi ban slats and matte black metal panels
Typology
Residential › House
The Design is a Post Covid Sanatorium [Medi Hotel], with a theatre at its core. With the site being New York City, theatres and Broadway shows are quite a well-known thing and the architectural language allows the building to become part of the performance.
Architecture firm
Abhijit Prasanth
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Post Covid Quarantine hotel, Theatre for Performance and Arts
The Spiral House by ANTIREALITY, is a conceptual, experimental design of a coastal villa integrated within the rocky landscape. The main project idea is to challenge the standard way of approaching the functional layout of the house.
Project name
The Spiral House
Architecture firm
ANTIREALITY
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Visualization
ANTIREALITY
Typology
Residential › House
