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Insulation made of discarded sheep wool used for Argentina guest house

August 27, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Argentine studio DUB Arquitectura has created a metal-clad house called Casa La Escocesa, which features “insulating blankets” made of sheep wool that otherwise would have been incinerated. The 150-square-metre project is located on a farm in Argentina’s subtropical Pampas region, which consists of agricultural fields that stretch over flat plains. The building site is surrounded

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Architect couple creates Atwater House in Los Angeles over two decades

August 19, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

A co-founder of the firm Design, Bitches and her architect husband have completed the latest iteration of their family home in California, which features ample daylight and the “feeling of being in the trees”. The house belongs to architects Rebecca Rudolph, a principal at local studio Design, Bitches, and Colin Thompson, who works at Gensler.

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Mountains and valleys inform design of Montana house by The Ranch Mine

August 12, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Architecture studio The Ranch Mine has completed Shadow Box, a holiday home in northwest Montana with angled forms clad in black metal, offering a “striking contrast” against the landscape. The home is located in Whitefish, which lies near the western edge of Glacier National Park. Tucked within the Rocky Mountains, the area is known for

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Walker Warner Architects includes recycled-plastic thatch in Hawaii hut resort

August 6, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Winding pathways and thatched roofs made of recycled plastic are among the features at the Kona Village resort in Hawaii, which Walker Warner Architects designed to replace a 1960s hotel destroyed by a tsunami. Located on Hawaii’s Big Island, the property replaces a resort of the same name that was decimated by a 2011 tsunami. The

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NBBJ completes nature-infused California school for neurodiverse students

August 2, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Staggered volumes organised around a rounded courtyard form the net-zero Westmark Lower School, which was designed by architecture studio NBBJ to “reduce anxiety and stress” for students with learning differences. Located in the southern California town of Encino, the facility is part of the larger Westmark School, which serves children with learning challenges such as

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3R Studio creates Bay Area ADU as a “backyard retreat” for living and working

July 16, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

The founders of California-based 3R Studio have created a compact, live-work unit for themselves called Evelyn ADU that consists of two gabled volumes connected by a glazed bridge. Located in the rear yard of a 1938 home in Albany, a town near Berkeley, the project was designed “in response to the increasing density within the

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Heliotrope uses “warm and subdued” materials for Seattle house extension

July 11, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Heavy timber, wood and brick are among the materials used by US studio Heliotrope to create an extension to a historic 1930s home that was originally built by a Norwegian ship captain. Dating to 1933, the house was built by ship captain Ole E Nelson, who modelled it after his boyhood home in Bergen, Norway.

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Cosmic reveals updated “high-quality” model of all-electric micro home

July 5, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

US company Cosmic has unveiled an accessory dwelling unit that it claims is the first to come with integrated systems for generating and storing solar power and recycling water. Called Cosmic ONE, the building is an upgraded version of a model unveiled in 2002 by the San Francisco-based company. The small building is designed for

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Feldman Architecture updates 1970s home in coastal California

July 2, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio Feldman Architecture has created the Pebble Beach Residence to have a “distinctively northern Californian, mid-century feel” by including wooden surfaces and brightly lit rooms. The project was created for a couple who wanted a weekend retreat that would “fuel their love of surfing and golfing”. They purchased a 1970s fixer-upper house in Pebble

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Ecology centre in coastal Maine is “model of holistic sustainability”

June 25, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio Susan T Rodriguez Architecture & Design has incorporated local materials and energy-saving features into a Maine building that is meant to be “a new benchmark for academic buildings in northern climates”. Located in the town of Bar Harbor, the Davis Center for Human Ecology is located on the main, 38-acre (15-hectare) campus of

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