vacation

vacation

• Brett Webber Architects designs a house with a studio for painting and music

  A live/work house on Whidbey Island, Wash., nourishes the mind and soul.

   

• Slaughterhouse Beach House, Lahaina, Hawaii

  A Hawaii beach house by Olson Kundig Architects opens up to its spectacular site.

   

• Glass Farmhouse, Eastern Oregon

  On a rural Oregon site, Jim Olson designs a glass farmhouse.

   

• Weekend House on Lake Superior, Schroeder, Minn.

  Julie Snow's weekend home on Lake Superior defers to its serene natural environment.

   

• Architect's Dream House Becomes Reality in the Berkshires

  A Tanglewood, Mass., weekend house applies structural artistry to defy gravity.

   

• Sugar Mill, Chilmark, Mass.

  This cedar-and-teak dwelling is at home on its hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and coastal ponds while also paying playful homage to the sugar mills of the West Indies, where the clients vacation.

   

• baja fresh

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

   

• Buisson Residence, Lake Anna, Va.

  A wooded point of land on the shore of Virginia's Lake Anna presented architect Robert M. Gurney and project designer Claire L. Andreas with the perfect stage for this strikingly sculptural weekend retreat.

   

• reykjavik, iceland

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

   

• the shack at hinkle farm, upper tract, w.v.

  After purchasing 27 acres of land in Upper Tract, W.V., Jeffery Broadhurst, AIA, thought long and hard about what to put there. He ultimately came up with a “shack” that may be a step up from camping but still has arc