100 HOUSES
100 Houses
NATURE AND NURTURE
100 Houses
NATURE AND NURTURE
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
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Hannah Jenkins
30TH STREET HOUSE
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Robert Gurney Architect / United States
ALEXANDRA FAMILY HOME
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Bull O’Sullivan Architecture / New Zealand
AMARA HOUSE
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Swatt | Miers Architects / United States
ARROWTOWN FAMILY HOME
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Bull O’Sullivan Architecture / New Zealand
BARDON HOUSE
28 bureau^proberts / Australia
BEL AIR
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McClean Design / United States
BGS HOUSE
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Alvaro Moragrega - arquitecto / Mexico
BLACK ROCK
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MUS Architects / Poland
BLUE DOG RESIDENCE
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smitharc architects / United States
BLUE OAKS
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Swatt | Miers Architects / United States
THE BOOKS HOUSE
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Luigi Rosselli Architects / Australia
BRIDGE HOUSE
BRIDGE RESIDENCE
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Belzberg Architects / United States
BRISE SOLEIL HOUSE
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Ruben Muedra Estudio de Arquitectura / Spain
CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
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PRau LImited / New Zealand
CALETA 18
CANAL HOUSE
CASA MANNS
CHUCAO HOUSE
50 ArchLAB / Lithuania
66 R79 / Mexico 68
The Ranch Mine / United States
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Felipe Assadi / Chile
76 ABESTUDIO / Chile
CONTAINER HOUSE
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McCleod Bovell Modern Houses / Canada
CORKSCREW HOUSE
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rundzwei Architekten / Germany
CS CASA
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Daniel Laubrich / Germany
FABER DRIVE
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HYLA Architects / Singapore
THE FARM
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Scott Posno Design / Canada
FOREST HOUSE
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Bloc Architects / South Africa
GEORGICA COVE
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Bates Masi + Architects LLC / United States
GLASS VILLA
GRAPHIC HOUSE
H VILLA
HOFMANN HOUSE
HOUSE 7105
HOUSE ON CLIFDEN BAY
HOUSE T
98 Mecanoo / United Kingdom 100 Marlon Blackwell Architects / United States 102 Mer Arkkitehdit Oy / Finland 104 Fran Silvestre Arquitectos / Spain 108 Robert Gurney Architect / United States 112 Tierney Haines Architects / Ireland 116 monovolume architecture+design / Italy
CONTENTS CONTINUED
HUIS CB005
IRON MAIDEN HOUSE
KALEIDOS HOUSE
126 Taller Estilo Arquitectura / Mexico
KIHT’HAN HOUSE
128 Bates Masi + Architects LLC / United States
LA BINOCLE
132 _naturehumaine / Canada
LA MIRA RA
134 AUM Pierre Minassian / France
LIGHT HOUSE
138 Sigurd Larsen Design & Architecture / Denmark
LILY AVENUE
140 HYLA Architects / Singapore
LONG HORIZONTALS
142 Thellend Fortin Architectes / Canada
LUI HOUSE
146 D’Arcy Jones Architects Inc / Canada
M VILLA
MAISON CTN
MASUTO
MF HOUSE
MIRAVENT CASA
120 GAAGA / The Netherlands 122 CplusC Architectural Workshop / Australia
148 Graft / Germany 150 Brengues Le Pavec architectes / France 152 Jamison Architects / Australia 156 Studio Raro / Italy 158 Perretta Arquitectura / Spain
MK5 HOUSE 160 ORTRAUM Architects / Finland MOVING CUBES 162 arches / Lithuania NY HOUSE 164 Urbanscape Architects / Canada ÖJERSJÖ HOUSE 168 Bornstein Lyckefors / Sweden OMAHA ART HOUSE 170 Olson Kundig / United States OZ RESIDENCE 174 Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects / United States PARALLEL HOUSE 178 En Route Architects / Greece PECONIC HOUSE 180 Mapos Architects, DPC / United States PETALUMA HOUSE 184 Trevor McIvor Architect Inc / Canada PETRY RETREAT 188 N + P Arkitektur / Denmark PHEASANTS 190 Sarah Griffiths and Amin Taha / United Kingdom PORCH HOUSE 192 StudioMET / United States PORTICO HOUSE 194 Ofis Arhitekti / Slovenia RESERVOIR DOGS 198 TCA | Thier+Curran Architects Inc. / Canada
RIDGE MOUNTAIN RESIDENCE 200 Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects / United States
RIDGE RESIDENCE 204 TCA | Thier+Curran Architects Inc. / Canada
RIVER HOUSE 206 Neil Cownie Architect / Australia
RODRIGUEZ HOUSE 208 Luciano Kruk Arquitectos / Argentina
ROOFLESS HOUSE 212 Craig Steely Architecture / United States
ROSCOMMON HOUSE 216 Neil Cownie Architect / Australia SCREEN HOUSE 220 The Grid Architects / India SHROPSHIRE RESIDENCE 224 Gregory Phillips Architects / United Kingdom SIMPLEXITY 228 URBAN Architectes / Belgium SKINNYSCAR HOUSE 230 Marijn Boterman and Gwen Huisman / The Netherlands
SLENDER HOUSE 232 MU Architecture / Canada
SOUTH HARBOR 234 Blaze Makoid Architecture / United States
SPINY GROUSE 238 FWC Architecture / Canada SQUARE HOUSE 240 Cocoon Architecten / Belgium STACKED KAMPUNG 242 FOMA / Singapore STONE HOUSE 246 MM++ Architects / Vietnam STOUFFVILLE RESIDENCE 250 Trevor McIvor Architect Inc / Canada STRADBROKE ISLAND HOUSE 254 Gabriel Poole + Tim Bennetton Architects / Australia SWISS HOUSE XXXIV 256 Davide Macullo Architects / Switzerland SYDNEY STREET HOUSE 258 Fouché Architects / Australia TM HOUSE 262 CDM Casas de México / Mexico TRANQUIL HOUSE 264 FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects / Japan TREEHOUSE 266 StudioMET / United States TRELDEHUSET 268 CEBRA Architecture / Denmark TRIPTYCH 270 YH2 / Canada TWO HALVES 274 Moloney Architects / Australia
UPPER EAST SIDE TOWNHOUSE 276 Michael K Chen Architecture / United States
VEX 280 Chance de Silva Architects / United Kingdom
VILLA MISTRAL 282 Mercurio Design Lab / Singapore
VILLA YPSILON 286 LASSA Architects / Greece
VILLA ZEIST 2 288 HofmanDujardin / The Netherlands
VOLTOR 16 290 Signature Group Mallorca / Spain
THE WATERFRONT RETREAT 292 Koichi Takada Architects / Australia WAVE HOUSE 296 Seppo Mantyla / Finland WAVERLEY RESIDENCE
298 Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects / United States
WEAVE 302 The Ranch Mine / United States WEDGE CASA
306 Antonio Altarriba Arquitecto / Spain
WOONHUIS DOETINCHEM 2 308 Maas Architecten / The Netherlands 100 HOUSES CREDITS 311
INTRODUCTION There’s plenty to be said about how humankind interacts with the natural world, particularly within modern times. But despite the ever-increasing breadth of manmade domains and their arguably detrimental effects on the environment, architecture as an element within this manufactured realm bears an adaptability that has the potential to redefine notions of how, why, and where we take up residency. An appreciation for the natural world is not a new concept within architectural practice. Consider some of the greats, for example: Frank Lloyd Wright coined organic architecture and believed a structure should be a product of its time and place; Antoni Gaudí’s masterpieces merged aesthetic aspects of nature with modernism; and Zaha Hadid’s otherworldly creations brilliantly enhance the characteristics of their surrounding landscapes. And while these design philosophies indeed hold recognition for the beauty of the natural world, they rest predominantly upon a foundation of utilization, which, one might argue, resides at the core of prevalent modern-day dissociation with the natural environment.
The works throughout this book shine a light on architectural union rather than utilization. They reveal a design tendency that bears a deeper appreciation for the landscape while offering new understandings about occupancy. One of the defining elements of this contemporary approach is experiential design, which has observation and immersion at its heart. Together, these contemplative aspects have a powerful effect on both the purpose and aesthetic makeup of a home. And although the idea is not entirely new, it seems to have intensified and taken on prominence within the initial stages of architectural design, as is demonstrated in Craig Steely Architecture’s Roofless House, an ingenious home that innovatively appeased the client’s desire for a life lived predominantly outdoors. Inspired by a dynamic skyscape adorned by an ever-changing mature tree canopy, its defining quality is a curving timber wall that encloses both interior and exterior living spaces while establishing a breathtaking, albeit, unconventional upward-focused context. Another example is Fran Silvestre Arquitectos’s Hofmann House, a home that expels cliché expectations of grand seaside living by incorporating a vast, unadorned belvedere-style rooftop, which allows occupants to feel the landscape rather than simply view it.
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Also emerging beneath the umbrella of architectural union is the idea of solicitous design, which, in essence, harbors principles associated with compromise, transition, and adaptability. The need for a modus vivendi between humankind and the natural environment is increasingly looming, so it’s encouraging to learn that such principles, when incorporated into a current-day residential design, have the potential to facilitate momentum toward a more harmonious existence. This is evident in Sigurd Larsen Design & Architecture’s Light House, of which untreated larch panels that weather with the seasons bear a sense of graceful surrender and aesthetic impermanence. There’s also Alvaro Moragrega’s BGS House, a refreshing example of when manmade pursuits appease the natural environment, as opposed to the all too common reverse situation. Located in the depths of Mexico’s Tapalpa forest, both the design and construction of the home prioritize the natural layout of the forest, respecting every tree on the site. The construction of habitat is another notion that bears promise when it comes to unification with the surrounding environment. Human habitat can all too easily hinder the natural world, so how we choose to create the place in which we live and to what extent have a direct effect on pre-existing domains. When projects
such as Marijn Boterman and Gwendolyn Huisman’s skinnySCAR assert themselves within the realm of contemporary design, new perspectives emerge as we’re forced to reconsider the potential of our own habitats. Located within otherwise neglected space amid the Rotterdam cityscape, the home demonstrates how seemingly redundant areas can be upgraded to complete the urban fabric while creating new forms of living. Though they’ve always been present, preservationist and conservationist ideals are beginning to stir with greater fervor and relevance within today’s society. Perhaps it’s due to the obvious fact that we are not separate from or superior to the natural environment in which we exist. It is within this context that architecture has the potential to be used as an impactful medium through which we can further shift humankind’s relationship with the natural world. By taking a contemplative and considered approach to residential design, as is revealed in the examples featured throughout this book, our home becomes far more than a built structure upon the ground. Instead, it is an extension of the landscape upon which it resides, an anchor point through which we can rediscover our ever-present union with the environment and our place within it.
Hannah Jenkins Editor and writer of several high-profile compilations of global contemporary residential architecture.
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“A landscape to be seen has to be composed” —George Santayana, The Sense of Beauty
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30TH STREET HOUSE Robert Gurney Architect / 2018 Washington, D.C., United States
Occupying slightly more than one acre (4,046 square meters), this grand dwelling is specifically positioned to align with and continue the rhythm of the large and typically traditional homes existing in the area. Structurally, it is divided into three volumes connected via two glass links. Exterior materials employed include red brick, Indiana limestone, black slate, iron, and Impala Black granite, all of which are consistent with the materials used on many of the buildings in the area. While gabled-roof forms, tall chimneys, and steel windows evoke a traditional language, the glass links and crisp detailing are intended to render the house modern and allude to a more contemporary way of life. Due to an abundance of space, the design was able to include sprawling manicured lawns and gardens that reach a boundary of surrounding woodlands. Such areas further enhance the home’s grandeur while affording occupants unrivaled opportunities for contemplation and leisure within the natural environment.
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