Residential Architect Magazine: International Projects

The Majestic: Transforming a Sydney Theater Into Apartments

Mon, 4 Mar 2013 06:38:01 EST

An apartment conversion in Australia breathes new life into a former theater and roller rink.

Suburban Home Down Under Clings to Cliffside

Wed, 5 Dec 2012 04:16:58 EST

A spectacular custom house in Australia clings to a cliffside that could be at the end of the world rather than the end of a suburban neighborhood. The structure perches at the edge of a continent, but also at the balance point between the force of nature and the reach of human aspiration.

Ghost Architectural Laboratory

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:11:08 EST

Upper Kingsburg, Nova Scotia / MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Limited

HyundaiCard Air Lounge

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:11:13 EST

Incheon, South Korea / Gensler

The Integral House

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:11:14 EST

Toronto / Shim-Sutcliffe Architects

Summer Cottage on Swedish Shorefront

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:55:00 EST

Stockholm-based architect Mats Fahlander was an apt candidate to design a summer cottage for this shorefront site on Sweden’s rugged western coast because he’s known the both the client and the area since childhood.

Award: Hawk House

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:29:28 EST

Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada / Andrew King

Kingdom Tower

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:59:03 EST

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia/Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

A Swedish Neighborhood Puts the Human Element in Sustainability

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:33:35 EST

Designed by the Netherlands firm ArchitectenConsort, this new housing development in southern Sweden aims to create both sustainable buildings and a sustainable community life.

housebrand's Calgary office serves a multitude of purposes

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:37:26 EST

Like the firm itself, housebrand's Calgary office space is multidisciplinary.

Salt Spring Island Cabin, Salt Spring, British Columbia

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:28:52 EST

In Tom Kundig's hands, a weekend cabin isn't just a cabin, but a metaphor for something else.

baja fresh

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:13:57 EST

Off-the-grid living is the one and only option at this improvised vacation home in Baja California, Mexico.

reykjavik, iceland

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:27:01 EST

The owner of this penthouse pied-à-terre overlooking the Atlantic Ocean uses it primarily to entertain business colleagues.

encore, encore: pool cues

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:14:00 EST

Silvio Gueilburt specializes in hospital design in Argentina, but when he was given the opportunity to transform a defunct factory into a home for a professional couple, the commission was too good to pass up.

super save

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:22:21 EST

Three neglected buildings are rediscovered, repaired, and reused as residential.

rock harbor

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:01:29 EST

A free-flowing bedroom—with floor-to-ceiling glass overlooking the Baltic Sea—segues directly into the bathing and living areas. “Bedroom and bath are one,” Helineva says of the open layout.

ahead of the curve

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:40:12 EST

The clients for this seaside vacation home in Kirkkonummi, Finland, wanted a kitchen that was practical, elegant, and out of the way. But they didn't want the room cut off from the amazing views of the site's rocky headland.

elbe pirouette

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:08:57 EST

Sensitive urban revitalization often goes hand in hand with sustainability. When an underpopulated neighborhood blossoms, its city becomes denser and more resource-efficient.

food for thought

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:08:54 EST

Toronto-based Teeple Architects is interested in architecture that not only occupies its environment, but is a full-fledged extension of it. The 60 Richmond Street East Housing Co-operative project is an application of the principle.

vertical landscape

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:11:03 EST

Zoltan E. Pali, FAIA, makes no bones about the steamy climate in Nausori, Fiji, where his firm, Studio Pali Fekete architects (SPF:a), is designing a pair of residential towers. Within this extreme environment, Culver City, Calif.-based Pali and his team created an evocative design that turns natural conditions to its advantage.