July 2008

Machly/Schwarz Single-Family House
Christoph Mayrhofer Architect
Austrian architect Christoph Mayrhofer was hired to create a noteworthy home in an otherwise bland neighborhood outside Vienna. The result is a tube-like form with windows that frame spectacular vineyard views while keeping the neighbors visually at bay.

June 2008

Box House
PyattStudio LLC
Box House, a renovation and addition to an existing 900-square-foot home in Boulder, Colorado, addresses issues of sustainability with elegance. Rob Pyatt of Pyatt Studio designed the house with the University of Colorado College of Architecture & Planning's research + design + build program.

May 2008

House at Further Lane
Leroy Street Studio
The 1,400-square-foot House at Further Lane, designed by Leroy Street Studio, is one of three structures on a 12-acre compound on Long Island. With its stone walls, hovering roof planes, and taut private wing, the house is part of the perfect family retreat.

April 2008

Reff Residence
ARCHITECTS hanna gabriel wells
Calling their process "choreographed subtraction," architecture firm ARCHITECTS hanna gabriel wells conceived this beachfront home in San Diego's Mission Beach as a solid form with carefully eroded spaces carved out for living a life that melds inside and out while maintaining privacy in this densely populated community.

March 2008

Ravine Residence
Cindy Rendely Architexture
Designed for an extended family—grandparents, parents, and three children—as well as a caregiver and her husband, the Ravine Residence in Toronto by Cindy Rendely Architexture pulls off comfort, privacy, and community, all while reflecting the sophisticated modern design aesthetic of the homeowners.

February 2008

Franco Residence
Stern McCafferty Architecture and Interiors
Stern McCafferty's Franco residence in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts functions as both an object and an edge, and recalls the simple, stuccoed homes found on the small Azorean Island off the coast of Portugal where the owners were born.

January 2008

Soaring Wings
Winn Wittman Architecture
A house in Texas by architect Winn Wittman seems about to take flight, yet its materials – copper, iron, steel, granite, wood – and built-in features such as a 3,200-pound bathtub keep it grounded to the earth.