Designed to passive-house principles, an airy multi-story addition to a Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, rowhouse adds 30 percent more area to the building while requiring only 12 percent additional energy consumption.
Resilient and super-insulated, this four-bedroom seasonal retreat is clad in contrasting weathering steel and acetylated wood, echoing the geological character of the nearby Teton Range.
Primarily built from concrete, wood, and glass, this four-room residence with a star-shaped floor plan rethinks the typical approach to house planning in suburban Spain.
The project’s lucid celebration of craft and materiality came about through a seasoned ensemble of collaborators, from expert carpenters to ‘mudslinging’ plasterers.
PTA and Studio VARA design resilient, amenity-filled Mission Bay housing complex
April 2, 2024
Designers developed a beautiful, long-lasting exterior with local metal experts, BŌK Modern—a US-based single-source provider of structurally integrated architectural metal systems for the building envelope.
This Maui abode is the first built prototype of a system aiming to standardize technical components and costly finishes into a compact and easily shippable prefab module that can be quickly assembled.
Topped with a green roof, this modest ADU erected on a narrow Seattle lot serves as the client's painting studio and a place to accommodate visiting family.
See and hear from the architects of 2023’s award-winning houses as they explore how to integrate residences into natural surroundings and strategize methods of sustainability and resilience.
This webinar will provide a brief history of the Mid-Century Modern (MCM) movement in the U.S., including basic principles, leading architects, and key projects that exemplify the style.