The client’s request was quite common - a typical 2800 sf builder home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living space, and den. However, their desire was for this to be “anything but common.” The result is an innovative update on the production home for the modern era, and serves as a direct counterpoint to the neighborhood and its more conventional suburban housing stock, which focus views to the backyard and seeks to nullify the unique qualities and challenges of topography and the natural environment. The Terraced House cautiously steps down the site’s steep topography, resulting in a more nuanced approach to site development than cutting and filling that is so common in the builder homes of the area. The compact house opens up in very focused views that capture the natural wooded setting, while masking the sounds and views of the directly adjacent roadway. The main living spaces face this major roadway, effectively flipping the typical orientation of a suburban home, and the main entrance pulls visitors up to the second floor and halfway through the site, providing a sense of procession and privacy absent in the typical suburban home. Clad in a custom rain screen that reflects the wood of the surrounding landscape - while providing a glimpse into the interior tones that are used. The stepping “wood boxes” rest on a series of concrete walls that organize the site, retain the earth, and - in conjunction with the wood veneer panels - provide a subtle organic texture to the composition. The interior spaces wrap around an interior knuckle that houses public zones and vertical circulation - allowing more private spaces to exist at the edges of the building. The windows get larger and more frequent as they ascend the building, culminating in the upstairs bedrooms that occupy the site like a tree house - giving views in all directions. The Terraced House imports urban qualities to the suburban neighborhood and seeks to elevate the typical approach to production home construction, while being more in tune with modern family living patterns. Overview: Elm Grove Size: 2,800 sf, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Completion Date: September 2014 Services: Architecture, Landscape Architecture Interior Consultants: Amy Carman Design

David Matero
ポートランド(メイン)にある小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

This compact pool house / guest house is contained within in a single module, clad in cedar siding.
ニューヨークにある小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

Bildnachweis: Michael Maurer
ケルンにあるお手頃価格の小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (漆喰サイディング、アパート・マンション) の写真

他の地域にあるお手頃価格の小さなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

Detail of materials used on the exterior of the shipping container home. Adina Currie Photography - www.adinaphotography.com
カルガリーにあるお手頃価格の小さなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (メタルサイディング) の写真

A courtyard home, made in the walled garden of a victorian terrace house off New Walk, Beverley. The home is made from reclaimed brick, cross-laminated timber and a planted lawn which makes up its biodiverse roof. Occupying a compact urban site, surrounded by neighbours and walls on all sides, the home centres on a solar courtyard which brings natural light, air and views to the home, not unlike the peristyles of Roman Pompeii.

Jay Goodrich
シアトルにあるお手頃価格の小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (メタルサイディング) の写真

Steven & Cathi House
低価格の小さなトロピカルスタイルのおしゃれな陸屋根 (漆喰サイディング、黄色い外壁) の写真

トロントにある高級な小さなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (レンガサイディング、縦張り) の写真

“The trees still sway, the wind, daylight, darkness and moonlight pass through the openings as through so many inner branches. Anyone taking shelter in its floors will certainly feel the rustle and rush of breeze. It’s enough to inspire nostalgia for a childlike appreciation of things.” -Phyllis Richardson, XS Extreme, Thames & Hudson, London

パースにあるお手頃価格の小さなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (コンクリート繊維板サイディング、マルチカラーの外壁) の写真

Curvaceous geometry shapes this super insulated modern earth-contact home-office set within the desert xeriscape landscape on the outskirts of Phoenix Arizona, USA. This detached Desert Office or Guest House is actually set below the xeriscape desert garden by 30", creating eye level garden views when seated at your desk. Hidden below, completely underground and naturally cooled by the masonry walls in full earth contact, sits a six car garage and storage space. There is a spiral stair connecting the two levels creating the sensation of climbing up and out through the landscaping as you rise up the spiral, passing by the curved glass windows set right at ground level. This property falls withing the City Of Scottsdale Natural Area Open Space (NAOS) area so special attention was required for this sensitive desert land project.

ロサンゼルスにある高級な小さなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (混合材サイディング) の写真

FaçadeSud Ouest, Brise-Soleil Orientable (BSO)
ナントにある低価格の小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

ナントにあるお手頃価格の小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

(Before Finishes) Residential Rooftop Basketball Court and Lighting
ニューヨークにあるお手頃価格の小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

(Before Finishes) Residential Rooftop Basketball Court and Lighting
ニューヨークにあるお手頃価格の小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

“The trees still sway, the wind, daylight, darkness and moonlight pass through the openings as through so many inner branches. Anyone taking shelter in its floors will certainly feel the rustle and rush of breeze. It’s enough to inspire nostalgia for a childlike appreciation of things.” -Phyllis Richardson, XS Extreme, Thames & Hudson, London