Top 12 house stories of 2024: year in review
Inside 12 homes that wowed architecture & environment director Ellie Stathaki this year
| | Year in review: top 12 house stories of 2024, as selected by architecture & environment director Ellie StathakiFeast your eyes on some of the top houses of 2024 – our edit of the year's most memorable and most-read residential stories from around the world. Striking new designs sit alongside rediscovered modernist architecture classics, and projects that really made us think. Which one would be your dream home? |
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| | 01. This London house is a radical rethinking of the suburban homeStation Lodge by architect Andrei Saltykov is not your average south-west London property – explore its unusual geometry, beneath a defining, multi-faceted grey roof |
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| | 02. A Petra Island house rises from Frank Lloyd Wright’s original drawingsThe cantilevering Petra Island Massaro House, located in New York’s Hudson Valley and built from the architect’s drawings, is now open to visitors |
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| | 03. Concrete House by the Ocean opens up to the elements in The PhilippinesSet in a cliffside location, and designed by Micaela Benedicto of MB Architecture Studio, this property is more ‘covered terrace’ than conventional home – but all the more fabulous for it |
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| | 04. This Big Sur house is the essence of Californian coolDesigned by Field Architecture, this home sits among rugged nature, offering panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean |
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| | 05. Casa M is a climate-sensitive home in Portugal’s AlgarveThis urban house makes the most of local techniques and the region’s climate in a design by its owners, partners at A-Lab Architecture |
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| | 06. House of Greens in India’s Bengaluru is defined by its cascading foliageNestled in Bengaluru’s suburbs, 4site Architects’ slice of biophilic architecture creates a pleasantly leafy urban-jungle home |
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| | 07. House in High Park is a Toronto home to be discovered slowlyIan MacDonald Architect takes a problematic plot and transforms it into an exhilarating, contemporary residence |
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| | 08. Four Mumbai apartments are transformed into an art-filled contemporary homeDesigner Rajiv Saini unites a series of apartments in the Indian city’s Colaba district into a single, expansive home for a family |
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| | 09. Ena de Silva House by Geoffrey Bawa is a remarkable preservation storyHow the Sri Lankan architect’s landmark house was transported brick by brick to a new location, in a remarkable preservation effort |
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| | 10. Discover Villa Baizeau in Tunisia, Le Corbusier’s only project in AfricaWe explored the villa earlier this year through an exhibition on the project at Tunis gallery 32bis |
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| | 10. Discover Chu Ming Silveira’s previously unseen 1970s brutalist house in São PauloThis modernist residence by the Asian-Brazilian architect co-hosted the Aberto art and design exhibition earlier this year – an excuse for a look around a previously unpublished project |
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| | 10. Tour this compact Melbourne home, where a small footprint is big on efficiency and experimentationDesigned by architects David Leggett and Paul Loh as their own home, this 80 sq m gem offers joy and delight at every turn |
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