Site Seeing

The lakeside Haus V designed by wolf leeb architektur. Via Judit Bellostes. More images here.

House within a house House N in Oyta, Japan by Sou Fujimoto Architects. 

House N - Oyta - Japan

Located deep in the bush of New South Wales, Australia, Box House was designed by Nick Murcutt for a couple who requested a simple house to be built on a budget of $50,000 (AUS). They got a 20′x20′x20′, 400sf cube sitting on concrete piers; three sides of the house are clad in 1¼” thick timber and the fourth, north sun-facing side, is entirely of glass, with bi-fold doors on the lower level that open onto a deck Continue reading “box house”

Box House

LASC studio is a Copenhagen based office founded in 2007 by the Swedish/German architect Jonas Labbé and the Dutch architect Johannes Schotanus. They currently have several ongoing residential projects in Denmark, Germany and Sweden. This summerhouse in the southernmost Swedish region of Skåne is the first project to be finished as a result of their collaboration. read more

This summerhouse in the southernmost Swedish region of Skåne

PFNC stands for “Por Fin Nuestra Casa.” Translated in English this simply means “Finally, a home of our own.” These words are the foundation of PFNC, whose goal is to provide housing to those who most desperately need it around the globe. read more

Finally, a home of our own

Morphosis bath

The amazing, futuristic Morphosis Bath inspired bathroom design pictured here is presented by Jacuzzi. A fascinating and unusual room read more

New StreetAdvisor features

StreetAdvisor implemented Google’s StreetView in our US site StreetAdvisor.com some time ago. In August Google has made StreetView available in Australia, and StreetAdvisor was ready and waiting to drop the StreetView code into our Australian site. StreetView is live in StreetAdvisor.com.au now! Read more about StreetView in the StreetAdvisor blog.

With rainfall and our dam levels at an all time low and the price of water set to rise, there’s never been a better time to install a Reln water tank.The Reln Slimline 2100 provides the ideal solution for capturing precious rainwater to use around the home.Designed to be visually appealing, the Slimline 2100’s sleek form and low profile allow it to blend into your home environment rather than dominating it. Read more of this story at reln.com.au

Tezuka Architects have designed a hillside studio-house in Ushimado, Japan.