Yesterday I showed you a restored chapel, today’s home has a similar style but is very new. This home was part of the Street of Dreams in Longwood, Florida this year, in fact it was the winner, for best in show, landscape design, architectural design and interior design. The Grand Chateau d’Usse is on three [...]

Great work from this brazilian architects. It blends with the landscape, while being fully opened to the amazing views of its surrounding.
Architects: Una Arquitetos
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Project Team: Cristiane Muniz, Fábio Valentim, Fernanda Barbara & Fernando Viégas
Collaborators: Ana Paula de Castro, Jimmy Efrén Liendo Terán, José Carlos Silveira Júnior, Maria Cristina Motta, Miguel Muralha & [...]

Walensee contemporary house by k_m Architektur takes its hilly backdrop to heart with a design that simply floats high above Switzerland’s Lake Walen and the Churfursten mountains. This spectacular location is the essence of serenity, setting the stage for this sprawling 7,427 sq.ft. chalet style house of wood, glass and concrete. A wrap-around terrace hangs [...]

Architects: km Architektur
Location: Walensee, Switzerland
Project Year: 2007
Site Area: 690 sqm
Constructed Area: 140 sqm

The alone location of this single family home in Unterterzen, with a clear view of lake Walensse and the mountains of Churfürsten, is spectacular.
The property which is located on the slope of a green meadow offered the conditions to realize the floating design [...]

Architects: Alejandro Beals, Christian Beals
Location: Lago Rupanco, Region de los Lagos, Chile
Design Year: 2004-2005
Construction Year: 2005-2006
Collaborator: Loreto Lyon
Structure: Patricio Stagno
Contractor: Nicolás Aranguiz, Mauricio Carrasco
Site Area: 5,000 sqm
Constructed Area: 280 sqm
The house is located on the edge of lake Rupanco, in the south of Chile. The 160 x 30 meters site has a 36 meters slope [...]

Architect: Smolenicky & Partner Architektur GmbH
Location: Sempach, Switzerland
Project year: 2005
Construction year: 2007
Client: Sempachesee Golf Club
Site Area: 4,500 sqm
Photographs: Walter Mair
The largest golf course in Switzerland
The expansion of the Sempachersee Golf Club to include a second 18-hole course has made it the largest golf club in Switzerland. It is located approximately 15 km from Lucerne in [...]