Location: North Woods. Minnesota. United States Year of construction: 1998 Architect: David Salmela Associates: Carrol & Franck, Hurst & Heinrichs, Coen & Stumpf Photography: Peter Kerze Jim Brandenburg discovered this secluded spot in 1979 on an assignment for National Geographic to photograph a waterfall close to where Ravenwood now stands. This site lies within the […]
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Into House
Location: Espoo, Finland Year of construction: 1998 Architect: Jyrki Tasa Photography: Jussi Tianeti & Jyrki Tasa This design by Jyrki Tasa combines a poetic exercise with a rational development. The most advanced precision techniques have been applied to transform the symbolic forms of this modern, sensual, and imaginative structure into reality. Standing on a tall […]
YG House
Location: Katta-gmi, Japan Year of construction: 1997 Architect: Atelier Hitoshi Abe Photography: Syunichi Atsumi Hitoshi Abe, the visible head of Atelier Hitoshi Abe, belongs to a later generation of architects. Born in 1962, he is a contemporary of Shigeru Ban and Kazuyo Sejima. For four years he worked for the Coop Himmelblau before founding the […]
Rosebery House
Location: Brisbane, Australia Year of construction: 1997 Architects: Brit Andresen & Peter O’Gorman Associates ‘.John Batterbam, Lon Murphy Photography: John Linkins, Brit Andresen The Brisbane gorges are magical, mysterious places: deep, leafy remnants of the original landscape now reduced by mankind’s efforts to adapt the land for building. Wild and densely wooded, the plot where […]
Biichel House ^louse’s located in a contrasting
landscape, with a steep, rocky cliff on one side and on the other the valley filled with fruit trees lying below Vaduz castle. Location: Vaduz, Liechtenstein Year of construction: 7996 Architects: Baumschlager & Eberle Associates: Elmar Hasler, Nic Wob/weiid, D. l. Plankel Photography: Eduard Hueber Biichel House stands alone and unconcerned in this outstanding countryside […]