Long House - A sleek, modern, minimalist home.
The translucence of the long house is a two story home inspired by Shinichi Ogawa’s ‘Luminous House’ in Kagawa, Japan and Pierre Chareau’s 1932 ‘Maison de Verre’ in Paris.Prefab Refuge - Offgrid urban escape
Placed onto an island not much wider than the cabin itself, the Cabin house is a small vacation cottage. Clad in black-stained timber clapboard referencing the traditional black barns that were once a common feature, the somber exterior palette lessens the cabin’s visual impact on its natural environment.Water House Villa - Life by the Lido
The villa is located on a naturally occurring plateau near a mountain peak in Saint-martin, Switzerland. Outside, locally sourced blue tiles, also used to line the swimming pool, cover the concrete façade on the lover level – with painted timber cladding on the upper levels, referencing typical local chalets.Show More
Snow Lodge - A skiers dream
Perched above the snow powdered Swiss mountains, CSA designed this winter lodge as a series of volumes that sit beside and slightly cascade from each other. The rhomboid volumes sit against the steep slope and together offer 4,200-square-foot of living spaceCoach House - The unconventional conversion
The Coach house transforms a traditional 1920s stable structure into a sleek modern dwelling, with the judicious use of contemporary materials and radically reworked massing and internal volumes.Lake House - Beauty's natural habitat
Inspired by Paul Rudolph’s 1961 Milam residence, the Lake House enjoys a spectacularly lofty position up on the cliffs at Grimes point, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. CSA designed the Lake House to bring a sense of light and extend the already vast outdoors into the secluded Mountain perched home.Show More
Core House - Life stripped to its elements
The core house reduces the elements of home to their essential state. Devoid of ornamentation, it is inescapably a statement of principles. Designed with stained black-slated wood (pine) the home is arranged over 4 floors.Show More