Articles by Hadir Al Koshta

In a natural site characteristic of the Sologne region, the ‘Retour de Chasse’ is set on a wooded plot at the edge of a pond.

Barefoot Architects codesign the largest Co-Housing development in the UK yet with Bridport Cohousing CLT – trailblazing a viable alternative to the open market. The homes are more affordable, more sustainable, and more neighborly. Bridport Co-Housing CLT came together in 2008 to address the critical shortage of affordable, sustainable, and community-oriented housing in Bridport, Dorset. Fourteen years later, in collaboration with Barefoot Architects, they have delivered a community housing project that faces up to issues of affordability, loneliness, health, and environmental sustainability.

At the edge of a small forest lake at Opaker Gård, a floating sauna rests quietly on the water. The eco-farm wanted to give something back to the local community: a place to gather, to slow down, and to reconnect with nature. The sauna was designed and built by students over two intense weeks, from first sketches to the finished structure.

As a personal and experimental project, the B-Frame began during a two-week design-build course with Dalhousie School of Architecture students.

As a personal and experimental project, the B-Frame began during a two-week design-build course with Dalhousie School of Architecture students.

Studio DERA has transformed a former school swimming pool into a sustainable multi-purpose learning and wellbeing space for Waltham Forest College. With the college rapidly expanding its student body, finding new ways to accommodate educational and extracurricular needs was a priority. Studio DERA had already run a sustainable materials workshop for WFC students while building a hempcrete and timber community center and nursery in nearby Higham Hill. College Principal & CEO Janet Gardner then invited Studio DERA directors Max Dewdney and Marcel Rahm to reimagine the long disused swimming pool site and do a feasibility study.

Set within a sloped, wooded site overlooking the Connecticut River, House in the Woods by Tom Lontine Architect is a 4,400-square-foot residence designed for a pair of hardworking professionals seeking a quiet home to age in place. Low-slung and clad in dark-stained cedar, the house is embedded into the hillside to minimize its visual impact and heighten the sense of immersion in the surrounding forest.

A short walk from the heart of San Pedro, Belize, this oceanfront retreat was created for a retired inventor and an interior designer, partners in life and vision. The home is both a personal escape and a destination for gathering, built to host long stays with family and friends in one of their favorite places on Earth.