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Elizabeth Roberts combines two buildings into one for a Catskills ski house

February 22, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Brooklyn studio Elizabeth Roberts Architects has completed a cedar alpine house in the Catskills Mountains that connects two gabled forms underground. Located on a mountainside in Windham, New York, the 3,500-square-foot (325-square-metre) house sits on a 1.4 acre site with a steep drop-off. Completed in 2020, Elizabeth Roberts Architects used the grade to embed part

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Hsu McCullough orients Los Angeles home around legacy elm tree

February 17, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Hsu McCullough has completed a stucco and ash home with an accessory dwelling unit in Los Angeles’ that wraps around an elm tree. Hsu McCullough created the chevron-shaped home, called Psomas, on a wedge-shaped lot in the city’s Mar Vista district. The irregularly shaped lot provided the primary inspiration for the design. “This ‘pizza

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Splyce Design centres Vancouver house around “weightless” staircase

February 15, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Splyce Design has designed a light-filled, angled house with glazed corners and a sculptural staircase overlooking the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia. Completed in 2021, the 5,700-square-foot (530-square-metre) residence, known as Yield House, is oriented east-west and responds to the varied setting in both directions. The front of the house – functioning

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Worrell Yeung balances cascading cantilevers for Connecticut lake house

February 9, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Brooklyn studio Worrell Yeung designed a timber-clad lake house with cantilevered roof planes that cascade down s sloped near Connecticut’s Candlewood Lake. Worrell Yeung completed the 4,900-square-foot (455-square metre) getaway in 2021, replacing a small cottage previously on the site with a spacious house that uses the hillside to diminish its mass. “Part of the

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Charles F. Bloszies inserts glass addition into San Francisco cathedral complex

February 8, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Office of Charles F. Bloszies has completed an extension and renovation of the Cathedral School for Boys in San Francisco. The two-storey addition is part of the Cathedral Close, an entire city block in Nob Hill that includes the Grace Cathedral. Completed in 2022 while the school was in use, the project includes

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ERDC arquitectos creates a “bread oven” house with vaulted brick in Quito

February 7, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio ERDC Arquitectos has constructed a brick and glass house with an arched roof and mezzanine level in Quito, Ecuador. Completed in 2022, the 60-square-metre house is called Horno de Pan – which translates to brick oven – for its vaulted form that is open on either end through glazed walls, which transform the

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Urlo Studio completes stacked pigmented-concrete complex in Quito

February 3, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Urlo Studio designed a rotated, triangular mixed-use complex clad in red concrete panels and terracotta tiles that is meant to reference the architectural heritage of its site in Quito, Ecuador. Completed in 2022, the project known as Olvia contains 14 residential units and commercial space, totalling 4,285 square meters on a steep 760-square metre in

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Formafatal creates series of rammed earth structures in Costa Rica

February 1, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Formafatal has constructed twin villas out of rammed earth on a jungled hillside in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica that open to the Pacific Ocean with expansive frameless glass. Named Achioté, two 95-square metre villas are embedded in a steep 11,000-square metre plot of jungle, 300 metres above the sea and are, according to the studio, the

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BattersbyHowat balances metal-clad cabin on a mountainside

January 30, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Vancouver-based studio BattersbyHowat Architects has completed a parallelogram-shaped, mountainside home clad in standing seam metal that includes a detached sauna structure in Whistler, British Columbia. Named Ambassador Crescent, the 3,130-square foot (290-square metre) house is tucked into a steep hillside near the popular ski resort town, so the three-storey house and garage had to be

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Drew Mandel blends old and new in the expansion of a 1920’s Toronto residence

January 23, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Drew Mandel Architects has renovated and expanded a 1920’s craftsman-style cottage in Toronto that “marries old and new” with a contemporary open floor plan, limestone terrace, historic touches and upscale details. Completed in the summer of 2022 – approximately 100 years after the original construction – the five-bedroom, 4.5 bath house keeps the historic character

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