“the summerhouse is a seasonal hideaway for a hackney-based family of four. they all needed more and safe play space as the children are growing older. the new space should serve as a painter’s studio, garden shed, table tennis venue and sleep-over place. developing the somewhat neglected rear of their garden became and alternative to moving away into a larger property.

the outside of this timber structure is clad in thin skins. beyond weather protection these surfaces are meant to re-enforce the presence of the garden and to frame the seasons. an 8m long mirror reflects the diverse floral range and defies the solidity and proximity of the wall it is mounted on. semi-transparent striped polycarbonate interferes with the shadows of the moving leaves above.
the summerhouse sits in the rear of an elongated victorian garden and the design attempts to screen out this urban setting. baroque ideas of illusion, distortion, camouflage and capture of nature create a contemporary, rigorous and surprising building.”

via ullmayersylvester

a gorgeous, converted water tower.

via dumdum.it.

“An addition to an original weatherboard house in an inner city area. The original house maintains it’s integrity as a larger worker’s cottage with narrow weatherboards and functional details. The new addition is a reinterpretation of the two storey cottage replacing the previous utilities ‘lean to’ with a new form which echoes the existing.

This new space incorporates a living area with a children’s loft above, study nook, kitchen and dining area. The living area and loft are connected by a void which forms the termination of the circulation spine extending from the exisiting corridor through to the new spaces.

The addition is clad in a wide vertical steel “weatherboard” more often used on commercial buildings but here viewed as an appropriate response to both historical and visual contexts.

Design decisions were driven by references to existing fabric, orientation, axis of movement and, importantly, the intersection of new and old forms.”

via nobbs radford architects.

ok… not quite a building, per se…. but something else! nonetheless.

via elmanco.

 the opportunities for this type of project do not come along very often.i am always thrilled when an artist is all over it!via materialicio.us 

i don’t understand a word… but i appreciate it.

via bakarquitectos.com.ar

absolutely gorgeous! outstanding build ininnisfil, ontario. 

via kohnshnierarchitects