Erich Gutmorgeth’s speciality is difficult locations. The architect advises his client to find a site that nobody else wants to obtain, because these plots are mostly available at a low price. Then, the saved money is meant to improve the building A detached home near Innsbruck shows the result, which can be achieved with [...]

Villa Neuendorf in Mallorca, Spain
The dialogue between building and landscape is the central theme of a villa in the south of Mallorca. Like a medieval castle it overlooks the spacious site with such a natural air as if it had always been there. Since Claudio Silvestrin, the architect had earth pigment from this area [...]

Giuseppe Piermarini, Villa Reale, Monza, 1777-80
The constant presence of the Austrian archduke’s court in Milan inspired the Milanese aristocracy to update their residences. Piermarini was a leading player in this neo-classical season, creating numerous palaces in which the taste for simple forms, defined by sharp surfaces and sober decoration, was associated with a preference for [...]

Exceptionally versatile, weehouses (St. Paul, MN, USA) offers an efficient and low cost alternative to traditional prefabricated homes. Factory assembled, their short fabrication time eliminated high construction costs associated with custom building Because they are intended for any climate, they are not only built from durable materials, but sustainable ones as well. Clients can modify [...]

Haus Trub is designed by Agps Architecture (Marc Angehl, Sarah Graham, Manuel Scholl, Reto Henninger, Hanspeter Oester). The design of Haus Trub in Horgen, Switzerland took inspiration from conceptual artist Gordon Matta-Clark who enlisted remnants from abandoned buildings. In his method of art making, Matta-Clark sought out a culinary analogy. He experimented with [...]

The house seems to fly. The Querkraft studio constructed a three- storey villa above a hill with a 25 degree incline on the city limits of Vienna. The building extends up to two thirds over the slope and creates a sheltered open-air space This is made possible by a two-storey construction of a steel space [...]

Heidis, Kiens,Italy
One might think that the architect, Matteo Thun, from Milan is joking with the name of his architecture, a pre-fabricated house. One immediately thinks of the typical clich?s associated with this name: the Alps, barns, farms, and pristine countryside. It is true that Heidis are not high-tech houses, but are completely built of wood, [...]

The sun with its warmth and light is object of desire for every house, says Matteo Thun, the architect of this modular house system. With its transparent glass facade, 0′ sole mio uses the energy of the sun and is not dependent on solar collectors and heat pumps thanks to the orientation to the sun. [...]

Mobil Chalet at Munich, Germany
A great amount of mobility, energy efficiency, good design and optimum functionality?Hans Georg Dieterle kept his promise to fulfill these requirements in a convincing manner with his patented solution for living and working. The mobile chalet can be used at various locations in an undisturbed natural setting as well as in [...]

With the LoftCube, the architect and designer, Werner Aisslinger, from Berlin has created an ideal concept for big city nomads. Studio Aisslinger’s LoftCube combines the appeal of rooftop living with three other emerging trends: smaller living spaces, portable architecture and prefabrication. Essentially a square, caravan-like structure. the lightweight LoftCube is described as a ‘mobile home [...]