• TBA adds cedar-clad extension to white farmhouse in Quebec

    Montreal studio Thomas Balaban Architect has turned a gabled farmhouse in Quebec's Eastern Townships completely white, and then contrasted it with an extension covered in weathered cedar cladding.The Knowlton Residence is located in rural Canada, a few hours outside of Montreal, in a popular ski destination. The clients enlisted the architects to turn their existing vacation into a residence where they could live permanently.
    TBA added a two-storey volume was added to the site to site atop the f
  • Hilltop concrete house frames views of the sea and a shrine in Japan

    Hilltop concrete house frames views of the sea and a shrine in Japan
    Kazunori Fujimoto Architects & Associates used corner windows for a concrete house with views of the sea and Itsukushima Shrine in Japan's Hiroshima prefecture.
    House in Ajina is built atop a steep slope, resulting in uninterrupted vistas to the Seto Inland Sea with an internal layout that accommodates the change in levels.
    Bedrooms are on the ground and second floors, with the main living spaces slotted in between them on the first floor.Entry to House in Ajina is via an open-plan kitchen a

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