The Australian beach house that disappears into the landscape

There’s local, then there’s local. When former Australian Rules Football star Jeff Chapman needed an architect to design a beach house at Honeymoon Bay in Queensland, he tapped James Grose of BVN Architecture, a Queenslander himself, for his deep knowledge of the land, the history and the people of

Switzerland’s ‘Dolce Riviera’ – much more than mountains

Riviera-living in Europe usually conjures sea/surf/sun summer scenes. But the Swiss version offers a more versatile proposition altogether. At the eastern end of Lac Léman – which curves like a croissant around Switzerland to the north and east and France to the south – Swiss Riviera towns such as M

LEED Gold Award home makes sustainability a daily reality

Picking up an award is often its own reward. But when a gong stands for more than personal achievement, that’s when other people benefit too. When Tom Pirelli built a home in Jupiter, Palm Beach in 2007 that a year later became the first in Florida to fly the pinnacle flag of a LEED Gold Award – the

A slice of Miami living at a Brooklyn waterfront estate

This is Brooklyn? A waterfront suburban neighborhood redefines what it means to live in New York City. Mill Basin, a small community located on a peninsula facing Jamaica Bay, started life as mostly single-family residences in the 1960s. The area today appeals to buyers who crave a waterfront locati