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In 1978 Frank Gehry built his first Santa Monica House after surveying a gambrel-roofed Dutch Colonial bungalow. Before the acquisition, he made a list of the property’s pros and cons. Among the positives: the green asphalt shingle roof, the pink asbestos shingles, the plywood walls in the den, the corner lot location, the row of tall Lebanon cedars along the…
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The Orinda House designed by architect Charles W. Moore for himself in 1962 is located in a valley behind San Francisco. In this project, Moore experimented with very simple means the possibility to recreate a project that could embody references to different moments of architectural history and that would allow an unconventional distribution and articulation of space.
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The world’s first 3D-printed neighborhood is a collaboration among the housing non-profit organization New Story; 3D printing company ICON, which specializes in construction; and Mexico-based housing social enterprise Échale. The project, which began construction in 2017, is located in a remote area of Tabasco, Mexico.
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The Bianchi House was designed by Italian architect Mario Botta in 1971. Built on a sharply inclined hillside above the village of Riva San Vitale on the shores of Lake Lugano the house is set in the lower part of the plot and laid out on different levels like a tower.
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Luis Barragan House and Studio, also known as Casa Luis Barragan, is the former residence of architect Luis Barragan in Miguel Hidalgo district, Mexico City. It is now a museum exhibiting Barragan’s work and it is owned by the Fundación de Arquitectura Tapatía and the Government of the State of Jalisco.
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The iconographic Raventos house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Bonet Castellana, perhaps best known for designing the iconic B.K.F butterfly chair with Juan Kurchan and Jorge Ferrari Hardoy, was built between 1973 and 1974 and is one of the latest domestic proposals of the architect.
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The Fisac House designed by the Spanish architect Miguel Fisac in 1978, is located in Almagro, Ciudad Real. The project turned an old oil mill into the architect’s home with exquisite care for popular architecture. In the facade, Fisac introduced elements of its flexible formwork in the large entrance gate and on the balcony of the upper floor.
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The design of John Lautner’s Arango House, also called Marbrisa House, is inspired by the natural features of the site: the ocean and the sky. The house was commissioned in 1970 by Jeronimo Arango as a weekend home for his family and in 1973 the architect built a 25,000-square-foot home that seemed to float above the water. The client had…
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Frank Lloyd Wright designed Hollyhock House as part of a commission from oil heiress Louise Aline Barnsdall to create an avant-garde theatre and cultural complex called Olive Hill. Of the entire complex, only the residence and two apartments were completed. Located in the East Hollywood neighbourhood of Los Angeles, Hollyhock House was completed between 1919 and 1921.
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The U House was designed by the famous Japanese architect Toyo Ito in 1976 for his older sister, who had just lost her husband to cancer. Built in the center of Tokyo, it was demolished in 1997. The house is one of Ito’s most seminal projects.
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