Carpenter & MacNeille Restores Selkirk Ledge

Selkirk Ledge is a massive Shingle Style country home located on Cape Ann, north of Boston. The home’s setting is picturesque – it overlooks the Atlantic Ocean on one side and on the other side offers views of the Annisquam River and a historic lighthouse. The homeowners, who also have residences in Moscow and Luxembourg, were in search of a gathering place where they could be close to their children who were attending school in the U.S.... 

Contemporary Australian Home by Richard Cole Architecture

In the tradition of isolated rural buildings, the house is conceived as a singular gesture responding to the strength of the site: a grassy terrace overlooking a meandering river facing north up a spectacular valley, next to an old eucalypt. The essential concept of the house reflects the way in which the owner has always used this place: setting up a table on the grass under the shade of the tree. The sleeping areas are contained within encasing...