A celebration of the best in world-class architecture and architects. From the most architectural homes, architectural landmarks and architectural design to case studies from all around world to profiles about and with the incredible people that build and design them.
LaRue Architects designed a house that takes advantage of the stunning panorama of the Lake Austin in a U-shaped layout to preserve the existing vegetation between two huge heritage oak trees and the views are framed perfectly.
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.
San Francisco-based design firm SAW // Spiegel Aihara Workshop tackled the challenge of transforming a 1962 house with a dated floor plan and created The Middle Half, a light-filled dwelling with a clear connection to the landscape and layered geometries highlighted by raw materials.
A stunning residential showpiece designed by Tom Kundig FAIA, RIBA from Olson Kundig architecture firm and with fellow architect Greg Faulkner in the mountain town of Truckee, California. This project draws its inspiration from the location’s Ponderosa pines and uses light to create a unique experience.
This cleverly abstracted concrete oasis by architect Ludwig Godefroy is a bold reinterpretation of an ancient Oaxacan temple, fusing tradition and modernity with seclusion and exposure for something not as much built as sculpted.
Today, a new chapter has started for the Goldwyn House, now owned by David Alhadeff, the founder of the renowned contemporary design gallery The Future Perfect.
St. Michael’s Mount, a tidal island in Mount’s Bay, Cornwall, England, is a centuries-old citadel of history and lore, with strong ties to both.
Surrounded by a vineyard and mountains, the 10,000-square-foot San Miguel de Allende Roy Azar-designed house is situated on a single-level in a U-shape layout, which takes advantage of the lake views.
In the heart of Wilmington—Delaware’s largest city—The Quoin Hotel is a one-of-a-kind hotel that takes visitors on a journey through time while remaining firmly rooted in the present.
In converting the ruins of a deserted rock quarry into a minimal subterranean dwelling in the scrubby Balearic landscape, Ensamble Studio has given fascinating new meaning to living with nature. Which is to say raw, among the elements, and nearly completely in situ.
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.
