Located in the south industrial area of Beverly Hills, California, it is a newly built office building designed by Ehrlich Architects. The office building is measured 232’x 95’, has four storeys and got programs as many as 73,000 gross square feet. It is the office building of City of Beverly Hills, City’s TV cable facilities, and also for public lease. (more…)

This is Dupli.Casa – Luxury Contemporary Germany House which Site area: 6900 m2, Building area: 569 m2, Total floor area: 1190 m2, Number of floors: 3, Height of the building: 12.2 m designed by Juergen Mayer H., Simon Takasaki, Andre Santer, Sebastian Finckh Team. Building geometry is based on the footprint of the house previously located on the site.

Originally built in 1984 and with various extensions and modifications since then, new buildings echo the family archeology “by duplication and rotation. Raised, it creates a semi-public space on level ground between the two layers of discretion. Skin sophisticated villa connecting between the inside and outside and offers spectacular views over the old town of Marbach and the German literature the national archives on the other side of the Neckar valley.

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Perched in the Oakland Hills on a double-sized 13,000 sq. ft. multi-layer lot overlooking San Francisco Bay, the award-winning Margarido House exemplifies outstanding, sustainable design. Over 4,600 sq. ft. on two levels, the new five-bedroom, five-bath masterpiece features designer finishes throughout, and an open floor plan that takes full advantage of the breathtaking views.

The Margarido House is 55 percent more energy efficient than California’s Title 24 energy standards. The home features extensive green building components such as eco-friendly Western Red Cedar siding, a planted green roof garden and deck, on-site rain and ground water reclamation, in-floor hydronic heating, and solar electric and solar thermal (hot water) systems.

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This is the studio of artist Gary Faigin, Perched on the border between Ballard and Phinney Ridge, the Belyea Faigin residence works hard. home for Gary, his wife Pamela Belyea and their two children and the site of social and business gatherings centered around the Gage Academy of Art that Pamela and Gary direct. Their 1936 bungalow sits in the back seat and a new three story, 1600 SF addition is in the driver’s seat. The lowest level is Gary’s studio, the middle level is the living/dining room and the top floor is a new master suite. The interface between the original structure and the addition is expressed in the glassy gasket between the two buildings.

Studio House Design of artist Gary Faigin by Johnston Architects

The original beveled siding slides from outside to inside marking the transition between old and new. The new portion is emphatically modern in its use of materials, structure and detail but the gable roof and areas of wood siding make it sympathetic to the character of the old house. The straightforward design direction was set by the need to economize and dictated the use of exposed truss-joist framing, simple forms, aluminum windows and sleek but modest finishes. Vivid paint colors and walls full of art enliven the rooms. This addition has allowed a busy family to work, entertain and live more efficiently and comfortably in a neighborhood they love. And the views aren’t bad either!

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Marcus O’Reilly Architects has carefully designed a low key, site responsive beach house in Sorrento on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula in Australia. The timber clad structure reinterprets a longstanding beach house tradition in the area. It uses local materials to blend into, respect and compliment it’s sought after, national park adjacent location.

The site, which has been in the owner’s family for more than fifty years, is heavily populated with eucalyptus trees which grow out of the rolling sand dunes of the area. Floating green stained cedar volumes and bleached timbers visually respond to the Eucalyptus canopies. The volumes step up the sand dune allowing it to be virtually undisturbed as it rises to the rear of the site. The front volume is anchored to the ground by canted sandstone walls lending a sense of gravitas to the otherwise light wood framed structure.

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