Kwong Von Glinow’s residential project Ardmore House breaks the mold of traditional Chicago residential homes which prioritizes light and connection with the surrounding environment.
The design of this Feldman Architecture home incorporated the natural colors of the rural setting, with concrete floors, walnut-clad ceilings, and four oversized counterweight glass doors that open onto a poolside patio, terrace and fire pit.
It’s a behemoth, not just in size but also in standards—the taste level is as high as the view is magnanimous. And for Paul Vincent Wiseman, when it comes to this house named Nouveau Modern, perspective is everything.
Inspired by the context, the 360-degree views and the passions and rituals of every family member, this house by GO’C was built on a very steep slope to the south, with neighbors on both sides.
After traveling the world and moving multiple times during the 16 years of his career as a professional hockey player, the homeowner, who retired in 2020, was ready to settle down with his wife and their three daughters in a peaceful environment.
Based in Cape Town, architecture studio SAOTA has projects all over the planet. The firm made its name through projects with pure lines and a clean yet sculptural designs that typically maximize views. This two-story Los Angeles home is no exception.
Located in Seattle, the 3,442-square-foot home by Heliotrope Architects was built on a site with an odd shape reminiscent of the state of Oklahoma, which faces the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains.
With the clean lines of a modern aesthetic balanced with the warmth of traditional style, Palisades Ranch is a characteristically sunny Southern California house designed by a quintessential California architect, William Hefner.
With its minimalist rectilinear form clad in charred shou sugi ban rain screen siding, the house by Annie Barrett & Hye-Young Chung contrasts with the San Pedro cacti and other kinds of vegetation that welcome the inhabitants and their visitors.
After living for two decades in a relatively small house in Palo Alto, California—where they raised their four now-grown-up children—the owners of this home jumped at the chance to expand their property by purchasing the adjacent lot.
Situated on a quiet cul-de-sac in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles and designed by Abramson Architects, this house has an ideal location that invites the homeowner—a photographer and interior designer—and her guests to enjoy exceptional views of the Getty Center and beyond.
At the center of a quiet, 18-acre meadow in Jackson, Wyoming, providing panoramic views of the surrounding ranchlands, foothills, and the Teton Range, this one-story, four-bedroom house of 3,632 square feet features an asymmetrically gabled roof and a protected courtyard garden full of natural light.
