Simple But Beautiful Brick House | Double Life House | Sydney | Breathe Architecture

This hideout is in a narrow inner-city terrace in Sydney, custom made for a dynamic duo and the double lives they both lead. Like Superman’s Secret Citadel, it is a protective cave-like fortress that immediately blocks out the hustle and bustle of the world outside. There is the sense of a calmer, quieter realm – a true place of retreat. An endless series of discovery and surprise gives a sense of seemingly limitless space, despite the modest footprint. Double Life House works with the existing and incorporates honest and unpretentious materials to maintain the home’s integrity, strength and humility. Double Life House is for two introverts living in a world of extroverts. It is an attempt to keep them sane, to protect their true identities from the outside world. It is their hideout, their lair, their fortress of solitude. A mild mannered exterior but an interior made of steel and strength. - NSW Architecture Awards 2016.....more

House Renovation & Extension | Hello House | OOF Architecture

The Hello House is a renovation and extension of a Victorian shophouse to accommodate a family home + artist's studio. The modest but beautiful front rooms were refreshed and its dysfunctional old back rooms demolished + replaced with new spaces more suitable for 21st century life.

Although limited in area, the comfort + generosity of the new addition is maximised by making every inch of the site’s available space visible from the main living area but protected from the busy street.....more

Brick & Glass House | Villa SR | Netherlands | Reitsema and Partners Architects

The view of the Holterberg was leading for the design. A massive brick wall on the street side offers the home privacy in contrast to the rear that is completely made of glass. This creates a panoramic view. By shifting the storage room and the living area apart, a view through the neighborhood is created on the landscape behind. By lifting the house, the garden becomes part of its environment and the residents have an unobstructed view. A small patio with an opening on the street side provides contact with the neighborhood and also ensures that the kitchen is heated by the morning sun. The concrete roof rests on a few walls and three slender columns. This creates a free floor plan with an obvious outside-outside relationship with the private domain.....more

Modern Brick House With Wood Sun shading | Sydney Street House | Queensland | Australia | Fouché Architects

Alterations and additions to a pre-1946 house in New Farm. The alterations include the rearrangement of the ground floor to support contemporary living as well as the addition of a double-height terrace space and pool area......more

Brick House | House AA | Catalonia | Spain | Alventosa Morell Arquitectes

House located at the edge of the center of the village of the village of Ullà, Baix Empordà. A stone wall of the country separates us from the road that gives us access to the house and, by creating an access patio, we create an intimate and comfortable home. All the main spaces are oriented to the south with windows of high energy comfort where we find a large indoor garden.....more