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A French alpine chalet unlike most you have seen. Fluid, organic lines. A muted palette. Concrete, metal and plastic play against ribbons of wood. Part sculpture, all luxury. The Chalet la Transhumance in St Martin de Belleville by French designer and interior architect Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance.
Hanging from the edge of Signal Hill in Cape Town is a house for the 21st century, Head 1843 Fresnaye. Breath taking views are captured from a luxurious pool terrace. A fantasy for the entertainer with pavilion, pool and alfresco dining area. Perhaps the show stopper is the cantilevered fireplace shelf. No I take that back. The show stopper is the infinity pool with views to ... well, infinity. Antoni Associates have refurbished a SAOTA designed house and taken it to a new level. It's conspicuous wealth but oh my it's sexy in a James Bond parasailing from the pool edge, explosions and pouty Bond girl left pining pool side sort of way.
Studio Junction is an architecture firm and woodworking shop based in Toronto and founded by Peter Tan and Christine Ho Ping Kong. I'm really surprised I haven't blogged these folks before. I spotted the first home below a few years ago in Dwell magazine and was mesmerized. You don't see funky outdoor spaces like that in too many Canadian homes. It happens to be the home of Peter and Christine and was one of their first major design projects. And they scored. (I included some bits and pieces from a couple other projects too).
New work from Argentinian architect Martín Gómez. Sitting firmly within its landscape it is a contemporary home of soaring voids and intimate spaces. Holistically embracing architecture, interior and landscape design this statement home turns its back on the street and looks reflectively inwards to its private lush garden providing refuge from the everyday world in a luxury setting. More see previous work by Martín Gómez Arquitectos here.
Mimicking the ancient rocks of the Blue Mountains is a house of concrete block, timber and stone left to weather. It rises like a monolith or a rocky outcrop from the sheep paddocks providing shelter from the elements, a place to retreat. The fireplace is central to the idea of hearth and home, protection and warmth. "Mending Wall" (from a line in a Frost poem) is by Australian firm BVN Architecture via World Buildings Directory.
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Mon, 28 May 2012