David Maurice, the director of LTD Architectural Design Studio in Auckland, focuses on merging inexpensive design with the gorgeous rural terrain of New Zealand.
The Japanese housing market differs from that of North America or Europe in that homes are regarded as depreciating assets, similar to vehicles, which are frequently regarded as useless after fifteen years. That's why MUJI's latest prefab, The Vertical House, is so intriguing.
The raised platform at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) at the 25-acre Hallam Lake nature preserve and environmental learning center was made of CNC-milled plywood that would acquire a patina and merge into the surroundings over time.
Ziedlejas "nature spa" in Latvia's Gauja National Park is a wellness retreat designed for a quiet, immersed respite away from the masses. The resort's concept is centered on preserving local traditions by adapting them to modern standards, making them more accessible to a larger crowd.
Manhattan-based MB Architecture has finished its largest and most complex prefab project to date in the East Hampton town of Amagansett - a 1,800 ft2 shipping container home that promotes indoor and outdoor living.
Java Architecture, a French firm, has renovated and enlarged a damaged stone home in Paris with a timber tower encased in polycarbonate panels, in order to fit a family who desired to live in capital city while avoiding its rising house prices.
This Cape Town getaway has four cylinder towers set on stilts to provide views among the woods. The goal was to maximize views from the highest portion of the sloping site by responding to the height of the large trees around the clearing.
The goal was to minimize the impact of a new structure on the well-established gardens, informing the decision to build the gym pavilion onto the existing concrete slab roof of an older guest cottage and storage area.
Firm Architekten in Austria used lumber from the client's own forest and materials acquired within 50 kilometers to create this cuboid house in an alpine town.
Kynttilä is a modest, off-grid hut located on a narrow arm of the Nunnanniemi peninsula in Eastern Finland, built as a prefab meditation cottage with a 150 square foot construction to stimulate visual and spiritual attention without distraction.
The L-shaped home is located in Lake Ontario in Canada and is equipped with a blackened wood facade and cedar that has been hand-charred using the Japanese method known as Yakisugi.
This vacation home built by KRADS boasts big windows that frame views of Iceland's Lake Þingvallavatn and a turfed roof to blend in with its natural surroundings.
