Category: HOUSES OF THE WORLD

Fuchs House

Location: Latigen, Vorarlberg, Austria Year of construction: 2002 Architect: Herman Kaufmann Photography: Ignacio Martinez With its exceptional location and vegetation, this piece of land was once the site of a smali country home in an advanced state of disrepair. The property was bought with the intention of demolishing the old building and erecting a new […]

Casa Palmira

Location: Cuernavaca, Mexico Year of construction: 1994 Architect: Alberto Kalacb Photography: Marta/rene Alcantara, Pep Avila Designed to be surrounded by gardens, this house stands alongside a gully in Palmira, Cuernavaca, Mexico. As it takes years for a garden to develop, the property effectively lies unfinished, like a forgotten seed. The house is a pavilion surrounded […]

Heschl House

Location: Agarane, Switzerland Year of construction: 1987 Architect: Luigi Snozzi Photography: Francesc Tur Heschl House is built on densely wooded hillside in the Magadino meadowland, which is gaining popularity as a site for second homes. As a result of local regulations, the owners were obliged to build their property on an uneven area of ground. […]

House on Lake Marion

Location: Massachusetts,. United States Year of construction: 1987 Architect: Peter Forbes Photography: Tim Hursley The inspiration for this single-family property came from the owners’ passion for boats and sailing. Taking this as his guiding principle, American architect Peter Forbes designed a building that would resemble an observation tower, facing out over a large, picturesque lake […]