Using the beauty of nature in its design, the Forest House ($NFS) responds to the clients need for a family retreat. The house consists of three sleeping quarters and a living/dining area within a cluster of tent cabins. With tented roofs and walls, the house features mirrored-bronze glass windows, wood framed walls and an Anthracite black finish. The open plan design brings the beauty of the surrounding Californian forest inside with sections of the house suspended between treetops and the canopy floor. A house to take your breath away and one that steers towards modern silhouettes with an organic feel.
If you’re looking to build a summer beach house, then this Seascape Retreat in New Zealand ($NFS) is the model you want to base it on. Pattersons Associates Architects is a New Zealand studio started in 1986 whose first works consisted of building lodgings along New Zealand’s unspoiled coasts. Their mantra is quite simple: If […]