Houses L i a found for you to be inspired by.

I found this house, and although the architecture is very simple, it is a 96 square foot house and the way everything is arranged to fit in this small space is very interesting. http://larryfire.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/the-smallest-house-in-the-world/

Here is a collection of interesting houses:
http://weburbanist.com/2008/07/17/unique-beach-houses-and-lake-houses/
I like Castel Meur, which is a house built between two rocks. The exterior of the house matches the stone, and although it was built in 1861, and isn't in the style of what we know as modern design I think it fits into the landscape very nicely- but if a house was built in the same spot now the designer might make the roof more modern so it would look more like a rock.

The next house is very modern, and is designed after a mathetmatical shape by the austrilian McBride Charles Ryan Architects. In this set of pictures, I like the bottom left one. I like the open space inbetween the house, as well as the color and how the color of the stairs matches the color of the walls.

The last set of pictures show houses in extreme places, a small "island" or basically a large rock in the ocean, with a house on it which seems like a bad spot for a home, based on the location, and inability to get there without having your boat smashed to smitherines when a large wave throws it against a rock.

The second to last set, which looks like a UFO is not very pretty, and appears to be made out of concrete. But keep in mind it was from the 60s, and is designed to withstand earthquakes, both of which redeem some of its appearence. Since it is circular the lay out inside is also probably very interesting.

Also on that website was this which is a list of all their posts relating to architecture. They have green, hotel, jail, futuristic, castle, contemporary, and cutting edge examples of architecture.

When I was walking a few weeks ago I saw a building that looked a lot like Nora's model, and I recently found out its the Daily News Building. It resembles Nora's skyscraper in terms of the skin, as well as the shape of the building.

- L i a

Steve's Pics

As a lifelong resident of New England and living in a coastal New England house very similar to the one Bo has been talking about, I am looking at very traditional designs like this http://sejonesphotography.com/images/Landscapes%20and%20CityScapes/New%20England%20Canada/HouseOnMaineCoast%20.jpg

this

http://www.alden.org/images/alden_h.jpg

and this

http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com/uploadedImages/articles/issues/2008-09-01/Yankee1.jpg

They remind me alot of where I've grown up and (for me at least), it is a very nice atmosphere in which to live, one that would be greatly compromised by a modernistic style of architecture. Coastal New England wouldn't be what it is if Frank Lloyd Wright-style houses were on every corner.

Steve

Client Notes: 2-6-08 With R (B) L.

Client was glad to be working with this design group and looks forward to the work each of you will be generating.

• Coastal Town (Atlantic ocean) Carolina's through Mass
• Not Formal
• Open Living Space emphasized
• 50' x 100' lot
• 3 Bedrooms 3 Baths, ideally connected (ideal)
• Does not need a garage
• Gardener, greenhouse, shed for tools... all would be wonderful
• Wants "light" and "wall space" to hang art
• Traditional to Contemporary in terms of style
• Materials- keeping with environment- shingles, that of a sea side town
• articulated planting beds
• pool
• guest house, outdoor cooking space
• pool house? 

Clients favorite architect is Hugh Newell Jacobson

his site is - THIS what is lovely about the site, is that it shows both floor plans and exterior photos. You can learn a lot there by looking.

You've met with the client, and have heard his "Dream" - now it's up to you to design the BEST house given his wishes and LIMITATIONS. 

Gibblet's Pic'lets

This is a building on the water front in Pirates bay. It's designed by an architect by Stuart Tanner. I like this building alot. It subtly blends in with its surroundings but yet has a very modern, open, warm and cool feel. The aspect of this design that I like the most is the use of straight lines. Also, for a beach house I think it is important for the house to have an open, breezy, summer feel to it. The large glass window facing the water really accomplishes this and this is definately an aspect I will utilize during my designing process. Another aspect that might be a little too detailed for our project is the use of the blinds covering the windows, the color patterns and the lights. The VERY LAST thing that I loved about this building is especially important concerning the time we live in (we should all be thinking about space management). The building is not particularly long or wide. It uses space very efficently.

Here are some more pictures...so yall can bask in it's glory. (lol...a joke...funny...laugh...errrrr...john burrrrrrrrrrrpoe)
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Thanks,
It's been a pleasure,
as always,
Yours Truly,
Gibbles and Bits

Jordan's Images

Although this is not a beach house persé, I think it's really cool and interesting architecture and is worth checking out.

Nick's Post

(DUPLICATE)

I used a couple different resources for my image searching. I have really weird taste in residential buildings so it was hard for me to find styles that I consistently liked or website resources that consistently had pleasing designs. Nevertheless, I used the Zavod big blog (http://www.zavodbig.com/) some cool stuff there, sometimes to ‘modern’. I found an architecture award website with some cool buildings (http://www.timber.net.au/awards/home.htm). And I also checked out the one Jesse used (link below, I believe). Some images:

(Gropius House)
- I love how Gropius deals with the surrounding land on this one. Subtle, but a really nice contrast between the pitch of the land, the straight lines of the house, and the spiral of the staircase.

(Terrigal Beach House by Jorge Hrdina)
- I'm in love with this one. My favorite picture by far. There is a nice separation from the beach, yet you still feel close and like you could take an ocean dip whenever you wanted. Also the skyline and pool interaction is phenomenal.

http://www.nathankraxberger.com/#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=0&a=0&at=0

(I dont know the architect or building name, but the photographer is a close family friend)
- This building has an excellent balance between traditional 'homey' 'sit by the fire and read a book' type feel, while staying fresh with large windows and lots of open space.

(Jon King's beach house)
- Very nice layer work (semi-shoutout to F.lloydR. on this one). Great interaction with surrounding nature. Again, modern design, yet the 'homey' pipe and bourbon feel isn't lost. 

(Nathan Good, cannon beach residence)
- Again its that indescribable old school look with a fresh design. (I'm starting to see a pattern here....). It feels almost like a hunting lodge, but at the same time it's not out of context at the beach. Great job with the big window on this one too.

Samantha's House Resource Post

The resource that I used to initially investigate some different styles was: http://architecture.about.com/od/housestyles/tp/housestylesindex.htm.

From this resource, I found myself interested in contemporary homes. I searched the web, and I found a lot of pictures that I really liked.

1.) http://www.tourimaging.com/ub/4700OceanFrontAve/support/slideshow/large/8exrr4.jpg
I really like the unique glass room or area that extends out from the house. As will be evident from some of my other pictures, I really like houses that feature glass because I feel it really opens the house up to a lot of natural light. In this house, I also like the porches/balconies as well.

2.)http://images.frontdoor.com/FDOOR/articles/Architecture-Images/Contemporary.jpg
Again, with this house, I really like the glass areas that face the pool. These kind of houses are very inviting and open to me. The lines of the house created by the windows and doors are also very crisp and clean, which I love as well. The room to the left of the pool is nice too because it looks like the doors can be opened to allow outside to come in and the room to extend out to the pool.

3.)http://www.utahluxury.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/realtors/Holly-Olympus-Cove/
Pool-View.jpg
Once again, I love the glass aspects of this house, especially when it looks out on the pool. What caught my attention about this house was that it overlooks some city (it's in Utah, and I think it might overlook Salt Lake City). I can only imagine how beautiful it must be to look out over the city.

4.)http://www.dreamhomedesignusa.com/jpegs/Modern%20Post%20Modern%20%20
Contemporary%20Decon%20Style.jpg
This picture is not one of an actual house; I think it is a rendering or a plan for one. However, it immediately caught my eye. I love the lines created everywhere; together they create a totally unexpected look. I also like the long rectangular windows that seem to curve out from the building (it's hard to tell from the drawing). I think this house is quite simple in most of its shapes, but when all the shapes are put together, it becomes much more complex and visually interesting.

5.)http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/01/prefab_modern/image/intro.jpg
This house reminds me of one of the ones I saw at the MOMA's pre-fab house exhibit. Again, I like the glass aspects of the house, but I also unexpectedly like the geometric feel of the house. From this angle, it seems like a bunch of square boxes, but put together I really like it. I also like the exterior, though I think this kind of exterior needs to be used carefully. On most of the other homes I looked at, this wood look would not be appropriate.

--Samantha H.