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Architect: Nicos Kalogirou Project Type: Vacation House | Holiday Home Collaborators: Telis & Prodromos Vassiliadis, Artemis Kalogirou, Evangelos Kotsioris Photos: Nicos Kalogirou Location: Naoussa, Imathia Greece Floor area: 143 sq.m. Budget: €155,000 Split & Rotate, a holiday home designed by architect Nicos Kalogirou, has been nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2009. Located at the foot of East Vermion mountain inNaoussa Greece, the single-family house consists of two volumes linked by a glass passageway. The main residence has a metal structure and is clad in shipping plywood. The second volume consists of a children’s pavilion with louvred facades. Nicos Kalogirou is a professor and president of the school of architecture at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The archaeological site of the School of Aristotle is situated nearby, along with the city of Naoussa, known for its revolutionary past, and being one of the earliest centres of industrial development an...

A new build family house located on a steep woodland slope and a small cliff overlooking the Fowey Estuary on the south Cornish coast. The linear plan arcs slightly to follow the land contours while the timber structure is cut into the slope and reinstated by a flat planted roof. enclosed area 550m2. Seth Stein Architects has an international reputation for designing exceptional private houses. Having completed contemporary residential projects for both urban settings and greenfield sites in the UK and overseas, the practice\'s breadth and expertise in this sector earned it the title of BD Single Dwelling Architect of the Year 2007.

Situated with a spectacular aspect of Bondi Beach, this multi split-level house is designed to optimise access to its views, open plan living, and environmental comfort. Designed by AJA Architect, The architect delivers creative and appropriate solutions for a broad range of projects in urban design, architecture and building interiors. A main living level extends from front terrace, overlooking the beach, through to a rear landscaped courtyard and swimming pool, creating an inner sanctuary for the residence. Lower levels include 3 bedrooms, a study and rumpus room, while an upper level provides a master bedroom retreat. With a spectacular aspect over Bondi Beach this spatially fluid split-level house optimizes enjoyment of the site’s beach views and setting. Through the visual permeability of the split-level design and the stair layout, a series of ‘great’ views to the beach were achieved throughout the house and garden, complementing the site’s coastal ambience. The landscaped entry ...

This Bundeena Beach House is sited on the dune fronting Horderns Beach, Bundeena, on the northern edge of the Royal National Park, on Sydney’s south eastern fringe. The house is raised off the ground, set on steel posts driven into the dune, braced against a north-easterly sea swell that can, at times, send a surge of energy through the dune and into the building fabric. The house is designed to be both strong, and flexible - built of a composite steel/ timber frame, clad in rough sawn plywood and corrugated iron. Each room provides a framework for a different set of experiences. The living rooms are positioned on the dune ridge to make the most of the stunning bay and ocean view. On the beach front a breezeway room sits protected from the morning glare of the water by operable timber louvred walls - and on the bush side, an open deck sits protected from a sometimes bracing breeze. The main bedroom is perched above the living rooms, well back from the beach for privacy, commanding 360...

This Kayak House was designed by Ogrydziak/Prillinger Architects for an avid kayaker and his wife. Several years ago, the owners decided to sell their suburban tract home and move to the country, to live on the river. They chose a 4.5 acre site on the South Fork of the American River, overlooking one of the best kayak funs in Northern California. At the time of purchase, this particular lot was the last available empty and developable river site for over ten miles in either direction. Ultimately, the project design arose from an intersection of this spectacular site and the clients' own specific interests in kayaking, durability, ecology, and accessibility. The house is built as close to the river as code allows (5' above the 100-year floodline). Because the lot is extremely deep and narrow, this siting effectively splits the lot into two landscapes with very different characters - both in terms of terrain and public/private divisions. On the river side, there is a dramatic sl...

The V-House. An amazing jungle retreat near the fishing village of Yelapa in tropical Mexico. This rustic-modern aesthetic hotel was designed by Heinz Legler, who use to own a film set construction company and Veronique Lievre, previously a set decorator, from Paris. They started this project as their personal hideaway, but it ended up construction an hotel in a 5 acre area, with infinity pool, spa, restaurants, yoga hut and 8 guest rooms. This year they expanded their hotel with V-Houses, 5 units with 3 units for hotel staff, 2 for guests, a kitchen and a shared bathroom. This three tower-houses have a particular structure, raising from a small concrete foundation as you can see on the construction pictures. The V Houses are made out of steel, plywood and red corrugated iron roofs. The idea to build those ‘outlooks’ came from Jo Scheer who had build his ‘hoochs’ in Puerto Rico and Oregon. He use mainly Bamboo or Douglas fir poles; we decided to use metal instead. With basically no env...

Casa 11 Mujeres by Mathias Klotz is build on a cliff-top near Santiago de Chile . The brief was to provide a second home laid out on three levels for a couple with eleven daughters, whose ages range from four to twenty, and to provide all services, a master bedroom and spaces for entertaining and guests. Designed as a holiday home to accommodate a family with eleven daughters, the house is built on a 45 degree slope. “ELEVEN WOMAN” house is a vacation home at Beranda. It stands on a site sloping down to Cachagua beach on the Pacific, 140 kilometers north of Santiago, Chile. Divided in three floors, the house was built with bare concrete with wood floors, glass, and steel on a 45 degree slope looking down the beach. The bottom floor contains shared spaces, while the second level has the daughters bedrooms, and the top floor has the master bedroom, kitchen, living room, and dining room. The site is on terrain with a steep slope (about 45 degrees), which offers a splendid view of the be...

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