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The work focuses on the juxtaposition of traditional concepts and contemporary syntax by weaving expressions of heritage and history into a modern vocabulary. The rocky slopes of the Cycladic landscape are dominated by the picture of a complex consisting of…

The characteristic features of the site and the island’s traditional building practices, though without a historicist attitude, are the recognisable project elements: the maintainence of the existing flora, the restructuring of the site’s terracing and the organization of the house…

This project was built adjacent to the Mountain Course in the Bighorn Golf Club, Palm Desert, California, in the foothills of the Santa Rosa Mountains. The design of the central living space has formed a theatrical proscenium, framing the desert-scape…

The house is placed in steep slope of a rocky area, overlooking the sea.An elongated linear volume semi-buried in the ground, is embraced by stone masonry in Γ shape, that protects the house from the north, becomes the limit to…

Nicole Vidalakis had contemplated building her dream house for years before finding the perfect site in Portola Valley, a semi-rural enclave on the peninsula south of San Francisco. The 3.8-acre site is a beautiful, gently sloping parcel, with mature oak,…

The site for this new 10,800 square foot home is a prized 2.3 acre level parcel, bordered by a year-round creek in Lafayette, California. A key design strategy involved re-using the footprint of a pre-existing home as the basis of…

The project involves the renovation of a single-family residence and its existing concrete structure. The proposal aimed to maximize the openness of its interior, creating more direct relationships between the exterior and interior. The pine forest and the house blend…