The Ettley residence is a study in solid-void relationships. The Aluminium and wood "umbrella" over the blue glass, which appears to be blocks of frozen blue Pacific ocean. juxtapose against the solid wood boxes giving an appearance of a modern seaside sculpture. Situated just a few blocks from the ocean, the up-sloping lots achieves commanding views of the water while providing a Cityscape foreground.

The master suite is located at the mid level front has a glass floor sitting area, which overlooks a reflecting pond and garden below. This patio is located off the theater/family room. There is a vertical garden surrounded by wood slats that grow up through the building providing needed privacy to the master and to the main living spaces at the top level. This vertical garden gives a zen like feeling completing the richness in the selected materials utilized in the designing of this home. The glass and wood combination gives a minimalist feel to the house making it look clean and elegant.
There are three bedroom suites, with a walk in closet and the main bedroom has a balcony. The rooms are all situated on the first floor, on the basement floor  you have the guest room, gym and living room area.

Limantos Residence - Sao Paulo, Brazil

Not like its not every ones dream to already live in Brazil, or maybe just mine, but after seeing this house I know its meant to be!! Amazed how beautiful the design of the house is. This one family residence of 820sq ft is built on three levels on a 780sq plot in the upscale neighbourhood of Cidade Jardim (Garden City) Westzone of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

This clean,classic lines contribute to the harmony between nature and indoors, the understated elegance of less is more. The house represents the perfect way to use an open plan design, with the interaction of private and social space.

The house consists of 13 rooms: Living, dining, kitchen, mezzanine, kids playroom, three bedrooms suites, powder room two staff suites, laundry room and garage. The family used architect Fernanda Marques to create this beautiful home, both the interior and architecture was created by Marques.Keeping the consideration of the functions needed by the family, such as allowing them to be active and also entertaining.

Wirra Willa- Somersby, Australia

Wirra Willa is a small tranquil home, inspired glass pavilion situated in a vibrate and fertile, rural landscape.
The aim was to create a multi-functional  space that provided an experiential opportunity for the visitor so they could appreciate the beauty of the surrounding landscape. The specific site is situated remotely on a private property that total in 80 acres and was originally a stone and citrus fruit orchard.

The amazing part of the structure is that it cantilevers over the natural spring fed dam to connect the inhabitant to a sublime private and remote spa house and guest retreat that compliments the existing residence on the property. Due to the multi-functional aspect of the pavilion, the design is flexible and adaptable to accommodate for various uses during the changing seasons of the year. The pavilion faces to the north-east direction to capture the sun and response to the prevailing winds.The geometry itself is simple. the building is essentially two bisecting rectangular prisms, one created from composite steel, concrete and glass and the other is sandstone cladded core.


Inside it has a minimalist feel to it as timber is used as most of the finishing of the structure. It is equipped with a bedroom, bathroom and small kitchen also allowing a splash indoor pool that can change to a living room with a fireplace.

Perfect outdoor fire places

So we doing renovations at my house, i will blog about it once everything done, as i will like to take about the long process of building if you don't have handy builders!! but my mom and I will like to add a fireplace outside and on here are a view designs that stood out at me.....

HOUSES THAT SHARE ONE LOT IN MONTREAL

Situated on a private lot in the center of Plateau Mont-Royal in Montreal, the Siamoises Mentana Boyer projects offers something a bit unexpected - twin houses. This clever designs joins two,almost identical houses were designed back to back and occupy a single lot. Each house takes up half the lot, with their entrances facing opposite streets.
With neighboring buildings restricting the size of the project, the need for the property to be co-used, and the challenge of bringing each residence as much light as possible, made for a difficult task for Blouin Taradif Architecture Environment . To give each residence the best of everything, they took the footprint to the edge of the lot.
 Despite taking up the whole lot, each residence has their own inner private courtyard, which helps with natural sunlight 

COSTA ESMERALDA HOUSE BY BAK ARQUITECTOS

The Costa Esmeralda House was designed by Maria Victoria Besonias and Luciano Kruk, formerly of BAK Arquitectos, as a summer home in the Costa Esmeralda area, outside of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The clients wished for a low-maintenance home with plenty of gathering space, two bedrooms, and a third multinational room that could be a guest or an audio and video room. Separated over two concrete volumes that interacts, the space are divided into private and public areas.

The deck and front entrance are made of concrete and gives sun protection to the space below. The interior is also protected with wood eaves or sunshades that rotate to help with glare and the intense heat of the sun. The wood adds balance to the coldness of the concrete making the exterior harmonious. adjustments had to be made since the home was built in the dunes. To cope with the direct sunlight during summer and the cold during winter, they had to maximize the thermal insulation. The patio is also protected by the volume above.