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Tantalizing in Timber by the Beach – Curl Curl House by CPlusC

Tantalizing in Timber by the Beach – Curl Curl House by CPlusC

There’s no better place on earth to get tan and have tons of fun by the ocean than Sydney Australia, and it’s not too shabby in terms of new home designs either. The Curl Curl Beach House by CplusC Architects is located in northern Sydney, and it’s a superb example of how timber can [...]

Kissed by Sun, Screened by Pohutukawa, Designed by Architecture Bureau

Kissed by Sun, Screened by Pohutukawa, Designed by Architecture Bureau

The Screened by Pohutukawa residence, designed by Evan Mayo of New Zealand’s Architecture Bureau sounds mystical and otherworldly. In reality, it’s a former beach house, on Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, which derives its name from the beautiful variety of local tree that screens its entrance. The 135 square-meter estate started out as a single-bedroom [...]

Lemon Scented Citriodora House by Seeley Architects

Lemon Scented Citriodora House by Seeley Architects

Seeley Architects have been designing beach houses in Anglesea, Victoria, Australia, for nigh on ten years now. The Citriodora House, featured here, is one of them, yet this doesn’t make it just any other house. Quite the contrary. The two-story wood-clad, stone-spined beauty was conceived as an adult’s version of a tree house – [...]