The Findling: Of Possible Floats a Larch Retreat on 500-Million-Year-Old Boulders.In German, 'findling' means both 'orphan' and 'glacial erratic'. Brooklyn studio Of Possible leaned into both meanings for this timber retreat in Austerlitz, New York, commissioned by two Manhattan psychoanalysts seeking a more restorative...
A Compact Rural Retreat Inspired by Thoreau’s Walden Philosophy.In Spain's Sierra de Gredos mountains, architecture firm Extrarradio Estudio has created a compact cabin that punches well above its 40m² footprint. Prado Toro reimagines local agricultural typologies through vertical expansion, with a...
Sleeping Among the Trees But Make it Luxury: The Montenotte’s Woodland Suites in Cork.The Woodland Suite Experience at Cork's Montenotte Hotel redefines luxury accommodation in Ireland with its €7.5 million ($13M AUD) development of nine architect-designed retreats. Nestled within the hotel's historic grounds, these...
Love Shack in Bondi Reimagines Material Reuse and Small-Scale Functionality.Second Edition's Love Shack is a small but powerful example of sustainable design principles in action. This chameleon of a space functions as a bedroom, living room, or office while championing innovative material reuse. From salvaged...
Familiar & Futuristic: The Glass Cabin by Mjölk Architekti.Mjölk architekti have completed a renovation of a 130-year-old cottage in Czech Republic’s Jizera Mountains with a glass extension. The home oscillates between familiar and futuristic, with the unusual layout capturing a multitude of...
Marra Marra Shack in Berowra by Leopold Banchini Architects.Marra Marra Shack overlooks a remote creek through a fully-glazed facade. Located in Berowra, the structure is sensitive to the surrounding site in a thoughtful design underpinned by a strong sense of place. It's a home indebted to its...
Paddington House by Retallack Thompson.Retallack Thompson has undertaken an alteration to a two-storey Victorian terrace in Sydney’s Paddington. Home to a growing family, the architects were approached to provide an additional bedroom to the current two-bedroom terrace house...
Tiny but Mighty: Picalo Cabin by Gerard Dombroski Workshop.Gerard Dombroski’s Picalo Cabin is a simple construction is made entirely of materials that are no longer useful on the buildings they was once on. The mini-construction resembles a classic corrugated metal shed framed by weather-worn...
House Meets Garden: Guest Pavilion in Quintay, Chile by Tironi Bartlau.For Santiago-based architecture studio, Tironi Bartlau, designing this guest pavilion in Quintay, Chile was an exercise in balancing the intimate and extroverted. “We set out not to simply build a new building in the vacant space,”...
