The Main Lodge is tucked back into forty metre high cliffs, with large sweeping window walls capturing the expansive views of the wild Southern Ocean and pristine bush. It provides a textured backdrop to the finely detailed guest areas with recesses accommodating desks, seating and reception. it can serves twenty one guest suites, which has access from a Breezeway ramp. Roofs follow the slope of the...
These walls defined a level area of approximately 12×10mts, 7.5mts below the level of the road. The intense bright light reflected off the snow, together with the thermal loss through windows and walls are important aspects when building in the mountains. For designing this contemporary mountain refuge we proposed a monolithic volume of stone that partially fills the void left by the existing containment...
This is one of summer house. The biggest part of the building is dug into the slope, creating a large horizontal platform in ground level. Half of this platform is taken up by the upper floor of the building; the other half remains an open outdoor terrace in direct connection to the kitchen inside. Next to the kitchen is the living area. The studio, or rather a place for inspiration and creation of...
The old house sat in the middle of the property leaving only unusable narrow and highly sloping ground around it. they placed the building on the northern property boarder leaving most of the property unexploited facing south. The biggest part of the building is dug into the slope, creating a large horizontal platform in ground level. Half of this platform is taken up by the upper floor of the building;...
The project is sited between an existing residence and a concave-shaped hillside to the northeast. Construction drawings were limited to a floor plan and two building elevations. A spiraling wall placed south of the sloping hillside creates an outdoor working yard, while screening car parking from the garden. A folded plate roof placed above the outdoor deck creates an outdoor room for relaxation and...
The house is a new, ground up single family residence located on a typical 25?x100? San Francisco infill lot. The house is just over 3,000 sq ft, three + bedrooms three bathrooms and an open plan living floor with dramatic views of the City, the Bay and the Bay Bridge. In addition to the now standard fare of reclaimed, rapid renewable, low toxicity materials, photovoltaic electric and solar hydronic...