For our newest lookbook, we have collected ten houses from the Dezeen archive that have been self-designed by architects and designers together with John Pawson, Sarah Wigglesworth and Alan Maskin.
From a two-storey condo in New York Metropolis to a second residence on the grounds of a former Seventeenth-century farming complicated, these houses provide inside inspiration and insights into how architects and designers make the most of their data when designing areas for themselves.
That is the newest roundup in our Dezeen Lookbooks sequence offering visible inspiration for the house. Earlier lookbooks function inside residence courtyards, modernist residing rooms and spacious kitchen extensions.
Villa Timmerman, Sweden, by Andreas Lyckefors and Josefine Wikholm
Designed by Swedish architect couple Andreas Lyckefors and Josefine Wikholm, Villa Timmerman is a house within the south of Gothenburg, Sweden.
The couple developed the positioning into two separate properties, one among which might be offered to fund the construct. Lyckefors and Wikholm created an identical floorplans and lined the outside of every residence with an ornamental timber lattice.
Inside, the architect-couple added ash panels throughout the partitions of the bottom flooring to create a streamlined and peaceable picket inside.
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Little Home/Huge Shed, US, by David Van Galen
As per its identify, Little Home/Huge Shed is comprised of a foremost cabin that homes the residing areas, and a smaller quantity which is utilized by US architect David Van Galen as a studio and visitor quarters.
Van Galen wrapped the outside of the buildings in Corten metal panels, whereas home windows and architectural options have been trimmed in cedar framing the alder and Douglas fir timber exterior.
Inside the house, an open-plan inside options loads of wood-detailing and impartial hues have been mixed with vibrant particulars, like the nice and cozy pink couch on the centre of the room.
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Logan Pavilion, US, by Eric Logan
This self-designed residence by Eric Logan of CLB Architects was initially constructed for his household in 1997. Logan renovated Logan Pavilion in Wyoming in 2021, including a metal gabled roof and a brand new open-plan kitchen.
The low-lying construction boasts an open-plan residing association beneath the newly added corrugated cold-rolled sheet metal roof that was left uncovered all through the residing areas.
The home’s slight industrial really feel is underlined by its oiled concrete flooring and engineered-wood wall panelling.
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Residence Farm, UK, by John Pawson
Constructed inside a Seventeenth-century farming complicated within the Cotswolds, British designer John Pawson transformed the previous farming constructing right into a household residence for himself.
Pawson fitted out the house with minimalist furnishings and employed a easy materials palette of elm, lime plaster, and concrete. His personal style influences all his initiatives, he informed Dezeen.
“I consider myself after I’m designing homes for different individuals,” he stated. “I assume individuals come to me as a result of perhaps they like what I do.”
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Inventory Orchard Avenue, UK, by Sarah Wigglesworth
Architect Sarah Wigglesworth accomplished an overhaul of her RIBA Sustainability Award-winning Inventory Orchard Avenue residence in London to resume its vitality effectivity and age-proof its interiors.
The home was designed to check out inexperienced applied sciences and weird constructing supplies and has insulation constituted of straw bales and partitions constituted of supplies together with sandbags, recycled concrete and railway sleepers.
Its heat, mild inside exhibits how lovely sustainable structure will be.
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Suspended Patio Home, Tel Aviv, by 3322 Studio
Designed by the founding father of 3322 Studio for himself and his household, this concrete residence in Tel Aviv accommodates the altering wants of the founders’ younger sons.
It’s organized across the voids in its boxy concrete body and boasts a big open plan design throughout its three storeys. The voids within the body enable mild and air to filter and flow into by way of the a number of ranges.
Within the open-plan residing area, full-height glazing connects the inside with the outside.
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Kew Residence, Australia, by John Wardle Architects
Clad in Victorian ash throughout the flooring and ceilings, architect John Wardle of John Wardle Architects designed this Australian residence for him and his spouse with the intention of making a “cocoon.”
Within the cosy front room, Wardle added areas that might be used to higher show his artwork assortment, together with picket cabinets and wooden plinths.
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Agate Move Cabin, US, by Alan Maskin
Olson Kundig Architects principal Alan Maskin renovated and prolonged a 1938 seaside cabin in Washington State to perform as a private retreat.
Maskin added a first-floor extension to the cabin, which was fitted with floor-to-ceiling home windows on the gable finish offering views out to the close by water. The inside retained its unique Douglas fir panelling, whereas Glulam plywood traces the partitions throughout the brand new extension.
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New York condo, US, by Harry Nuriev
Gray tiles and purple carpeting cowl the partitions and flooring of this New York Metropolis condo renovation by Crosby Studios founder Harry Nuriev and accomplice Tyler Billinger.
Nuriev and Billinger used brilliant purple and muted gray colors, geometric shapes and textural supplies so as to add their very own private fashion to the two-storey NoLita condo.
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Casa SS, Chile, by Pablo Saric and Cristian Winckler
Casa SS is a single-storey residence situated 85 metres away from the shoreline of Canela in Chile. Designed by architects Pablo Saric and Cristian Winckler for Saric and his younger household, the house adopts a minimalist fashion.
Vertical slats of blackened pine clads the outside whereas the inside is blanketed in white with minimalist, clear finishings. Massive glass sliding doorways flank the size of the kitchen and eating space and divulge heart’s contents to join with the dramatic coast.
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That is the newest in our sequence of lookbooks offering curated visible inspiration from Dezeen’s picture archive. For extra inspiration see earlier lookbooks showcasing modernist residing rooms, unique lodge bogs and spacious kitchen extensions.
