Architecture

Local agricultural vernacular and a minimalist concept drove the design of the Big Wood Residence, situated just south of Sun Valley, Idaho. This home for Mark de Reus and his family celebrates the career of its architect, who incorporated lessons from thirty-five years of practice into this, his most personal work. The project features themes that our firm is known for— innovation, unpredictability, clarity of design, the use of natural materials, careful detailing and craftsmanship, and livability. Most significantly, the design has a simplicity that belies its complexity.

the book includes a series of dramatic exteriors and interiors with a wide variety of textures, materials and details.
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Brad and Hailey Devine wanted a kitchen as wide-ranging as their backgrounds — she’s Norwegian; he’s British and Chilean — and they wanted it to reflect their frequent trips around the world. So the busy parents of three young daughters hired designer…

Viewed from the outside, from its northern and southern elevations, the building of the Mausoleum of Martyrdom of Polish Villages in Michniów brings to mind wooden country cottages arranged one behind the other. This row of symbolic huts has a disturbing form. Individual segments are crashed together and become disintegrated, as after a cataclysm, an earthquake or a fire.