フェニックスにある高級な広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (ベージュの壁、コンクリートの床、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり) の写真

Photo by Benjamin Benschneider
シアトルにある高級な中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれなリビングのホームバー (コンクリートの床、標準型暖炉、金属の暖炉まわり) の写真

Photo: Fidelis Creative Agency
オースティンにある高級な中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、コンクリートの床、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、埋込式メディアウォール、グレーの床) の写真

Poolhouse on the Connecticut River Photo Credit: MIchael Elsden New construction on the Connecticut River in New England featuring custom in ground infinity pool and hot tub located en centre. Pool is flanked by newly constructed pool house featuring sliding glass doors and custom built in interior.

This house is discreetly tucked into its wooded site in the Mad River Valley near the Sugarbush Resort in Vermont. The soaring roof lines complement the slope of the land and open up views though large windows to a meadow planted with native wildflowers. The house was built with natural materials of cedar shingles, fir beams and native stone walls. These materials are complemented with innovative touches including concrete floors, composite exterior wall panels and exposed steel beams. The home is passively heated by the sun, aided by triple pane windows and super-insulated walls. Photo by: Nat Rea Photography

Mid-Century Modern remodel with a view!
シアトルにある高級な中くらいなミッドセンチュリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、コンクリートの床、標準型暖炉、積石の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、グレーの床) の写真

An oolitic limestone fireplace anchors the topical living room. Photography © Claudia Uribe Touri
マイアミにある高級な広いトロピカルスタイルのおしゃれなリビング (ベージュの壁、コンクリートの床、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、テレビなし、グレーの床) の写真

Cozy open concept living space with a beautiful white stone fireplace.
オースティンにある高級な中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれなリビング (グレーの壁、コンクリートの床、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり) の写真

Our clients requested an energy-efficient escape home on a 16-acre site in rural Elgin that would be maintenance friendly, age-in-place adaptable, and whose sculptural quality could harbor for their expressive family. With its dominant east-west axis, the maximizes control of solar gain control; its placement was carefully adjusted to allow all of the nearby trees to thrive. The standing seam roof’s pitch and azimuth provide optimal solar PV and fills a 20,000-gallon rainwater cistern. The age-in-place, step-less interior provides an expansive view at the south terrace. The cantilever of the board-formed foundation is a structurally expressive solution resolving an otherwise imposing mass. The curved prow of the north-pointing entry is a nod to local Elgin brick. A bowed and formally jubilant thermal chimney faces south for efficient passive ventilation. Photo credit: Chris Diaz General Contractor: Native (buildnative.com)

Jason Clapp
他の地域にある高級な中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、コンクリートの床、標準型暖炉、漆喰の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、グレーの床) の写真

The clients called me on the recommendation from a neighbor of mine who had met them at a conference and learned of their need for an architect. They contacted me and after meeting to discuss their project they invited me to visit their site, not far from White Salmon in Washington State. Initially, the couple discussed building a ‘Weekend’ retreat on their 20± acres of land. Their site was in the foothills of a range of mountains that offered views of both Mt. Adams to the North and Mt. Hood to the South. They wanted to develop a place that was ‘cabin-like’ but with a degree of refinement to it and take advantage of the primary views to the north, south and west. They also wanted to have a strong connection to their immediate outdoors. Before long my clients came to the conclusion that they no longer perceived this as simply a weekend retreat but were now interested in making this their primary residence. With this new focus we concentrated on keeping the refined cabin approach but needed to add some additional functions and square feet to the original program. They wanted to downsize from their current 3,500± SF city residence to a more modest 2,000 – 2,500 SF space. They desired a singular open Living, Dining and Kitchen area but needed to have a separate room for their television and upright piano. They were empty nesters and wanted only two bedrooms and decided that they would have two ‘Master’ bedrooms, one on the lower floor and the other on the upper floor (they planned to build additional ‘Guest’ cabins to accommodate others in the near future). The original scheme for the weekend retreat was only one floor with the second bedroom tucked away on the north side of the house next to the breezeway opposite of the carport. Another consideration that we had to resolve was that the particular location that was deemed the best building site had diametrically opposed advantages and disadvantages. The views and primary solar orientations were also the source of the prevailing winds, out of the Southwest. The resolve was to provide a semi-circular low-profile earth berm on the south/southwest side of the structure to serve as a wind-foil directing the strongest breezes up and over the structure. Because our selected site was in a saddle of land that then sloped off to the south/southwest the combination of the earth berm and the sloping hill would effectively created a ‘nestled’ form allowing the winds rushing up the hillside to shoot over most of the house. This allowed me to keep the favorable orientation to both the views and sun without being completely compromised by the winds.

オレンジカウンティにある高級な中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (ベージュの壁、コンクリートの床、標準型暖炉、漆喰の暖炉まわり、埋込式メディアウォール) の写真