2010 Award Winning Cozy Modern Organic Home Design of Brisbane Stone Hawk

Solidly anchored in the ground for sure and we present you the winner of 2010 RAIA Brisbane Regional House of the Year, 2010 RAIA Brisbane Regional Commendation, the body of the house is wrapped itself around an above ground pool also reflects the wood in their final terms. With this type of organic materials and rustic natural environment of limestone and several species of tall native trees is reflecting the form and materiality of the appearance of the house. With this language, the siding and the structure are represented great agreement with rustic weathered wood, galvanized steel and combinations of vertical and horizontal sections imitating the shapes of the trees.

This a critical source for both a smooth and refined palette for the interior details as considering the importance of cohesion and the notion of interior and exterior. Once inside, users are visually and physically transferred between this notion of openness of the house with a counterweight system windows and external sliding windows. A minimum intrusion on the natural terrain is carefully thought by Base Architecture in the form of a flat glass protected with lawns for children to play and explore the natural rock walls and in the intriguing bush located on the side.

Luxury Design of Atherton Residence by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects

A beautiful Atherton residence completed in 2008 designed by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects located on the peninsula south of San Francisco, this house sits on an internal suburban flag lot. The main house features a butterfly roof that turns up to the south with a dramatic overhang. Large sliding glass doors open directly out to the pond and terrace. The roofs conceal photovoltaic and solar hot water panels.

The house is heated with a radiant system in the stone floors, and despite the hot climate it is not air conditioned, but passively cooled with a combination of overhangs, shades, and operable windows. The house also features many green building materials, including high fly-ash concrete, formaldehyde-free casework and denim insulation. The new house creates a special place for the clients, making a main residence feel like a vacation retreat.

The original 1950s Bay Area home on the lot was torn down due to structural problems. In its place, this structure was erected around the site’s existing pond. To take advantage of the scenic views of water, the home was built as four buildings, the main house, study, pool house and garage, that all come right up against the water’s edge. Large sliding glass doors from the buildings open up towards the pond, providing an immediate connection with nature as well as a good dose of natural ventilation.

Wooden Beach House Design – Vashon Island Cabin by Vandeventer + Carlander Architects

This house is a result of story cabin remodeling designed by Vandeventer + Carlander Architects in Vashon Island, Washington, USA. Vashon is a census-designated place (CDP)which covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon-Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet.

Some additional floor area is needed to recognize. The idea developed to insert a wood box resting on the existing floor and cantilever over the existing basement walls, thus not affecting the existing drain field. The wooden box contains master bedroom, bath and kitchen. The exterior form and materials of the box are continued to the interior, while clerestory windows separate the box from the new shed roof above. Thermally the broken aluminum curtain walls is used for the extensive glazing of the main floor living spaces. An existing masonry fireplace and wall on the north side of the cabin are the only elements preserved at this floor from the existing cabin. Large sliding doors open onto a rebuilt wood deck to the west and allow for easy movement from the interior for entertaining. The daylight basement has been developed into two bedroom, bath and TV area.

Modern Kyneton house Design by Marcus O’Reilly Architects

This Kyneton house on a leafy well established street is a variation on the common single room width house typology. Stretching East to West across the site, the dynamic double skillion roofs provide ample northern light into every room in the house. A central spine between the two roofs splits the house into public and private functions and visually connects the entrance of the home to the sculptural forms of the rear garden. The home thermally performs exceptionally due to ample thermal mass to the south, double glazed windows to the north, long eaves, and a subfloor airspace to stabilize the diurnal range. Beautifully put together by the owner David Emery, who brought his cabinet making sensibility to the intricately crafted detailing.

Beauty of Tea Trees Beach House Design in Sorrento

Marcus O’Reilly Architects has carefully designed a low key, site responsive beach house in Sorrento on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula in Australia. The timber clad structure reinterprets a longstanding beach house tradition in the area. It uses local materials to blend into, respect and compliment it’s sought after, national park adjacent location.

The site, which has been in the owner’s family for more than fifty years, is heavily populated with eucalyptus trees which grow out of the rolling sand dunes of the area. Floating green stained cedar volumes and bleached timbers visually respond to the Eucalyptus canopies. The volumes step up the sand dune allowing it to be virtually undisturbed as the dune rises to
the rear of the site. The front volume is anchored to the ground by canted sandstone walls lending a sense of gravitas to the otherwise light wood framed structure.

The main living level stretches east to west along the site to welcome northern light into each room of the house. The light is cleverly filtered through tea tree stake sunshades and screens which add to the vernacular of the house. The point of entry of the house is up a timber staircase with playful and unpretentious custom galvanized steel balustrades which leads to an expansive deck covered with a radial polycarbonate and timber awning. The architect chose a low maintenance material palette which was not only intended to stand up to the tests of sandy boogie boards, wet towels and teenage parties but also improve with age.

Sustainable issues were to the fore, primarily with passive Solar performance. The orientation, size, volume of building, insulation and the weight were modelled to assess how much extra ballast would be needed to add to the southern walls to obtain the required thermal mass. The calculations paid off and rendered Air Conditioning unnecessary despite the obvious
difficulties involved in obtaining optimal thermal performance for a structure that is up on stilts and lightweight in a temperate climate. Passive ventilation and 10,000 litre rainwater tanks complete the package.”

Wood Home Design at The Queens Park Residence

Still from Sydney, Australia, we will be taking you on a architectural frenzy holiday with us to the Queens Park Residence designed and built by CplusC Architects and Builders, an Aussie based architects. The home design itself is based over the idea of being a good wood. So as expected, it displays the firm’s love over wood which makes it warm. The house strongly shows that it is modern architecture housing. Taking the first step inside, the main hallway is comparable to a tree trunk, lined with a rich wood floor and ceiling. Into the heart of the house you will find an open concept kitchen, dining and living area and out into a rear courtyard you will enjoy the wood deck which encircles the pool. Get ready to swim around the house designed by CplusC Architects and Builders.