Located just south of Perth in the town of Margaret River in Western Australia, Karri Loop House is a wonderful example of a building that’s been designed and constructed in harmony with its setting. And I mean that literally as this house was built around three existing trees. The building was designed by MORQ and has an H-shaped plan that wraps around the tree trunks while framing a pair of courtyards. Continue Reading…
It occurs to me that I’ve started a few posts now with the words: ‘This has been one of my favourite houses for a long time…’ If not exactly those words, then something similar. But it’s true: I’ve been bookmarking houses for over a year in the run up to launching this blog. And yes, many of them are favourites. Continue Reading…
What better way to start 2014 on Copperline than with one of my favourite houses. If you follow this blog you’ll probably know that, in terms of architecture, I lean towards simplicity and natural materials – projects such as Haus Am Moor and C/Z House pretty much exemplify this ideal for me. Continue Reading…
A few weeks ago I featured a minimal black and white timber house on Copperline: crisp white inside, warmed by the furnishings in black, dark grey and natural wood, and with black painted pine cladding on the exterior. I didn’t think I’d find something else where this monochromatic palette was used to achieve an even more streamlined and pared back effect, but this house in Virrat in Finland really is, simply, black and white. Continue Reading…
Every so often you come across a place so gorgeous that one mention just isn’t enough. I first noticed this house online back in April while searching for international properties for sale to feature on my previous blog, and I posted about it then as it was too good to resist. So I’m revisiting (with bigger photos) for those that missed this first time round. Continue Reading…
The more houses I look at, whether online or in magazines or in the flesh, the more I find myself hankering for this: a perfectly simple and understated timber clad ‘box’ – although referring to this house as a box feels wrong as there is so much beauty in this building’s simplicity of form.
Hello and welcome to Copperline. My name is Fiona Reid and this is my blog about coastal living in Scotland.