Open Homes, Architecture Edition

1. Geometry you can live in

I.M. Pei – Westover House, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
It is not every day a house by I.M. Pei appears in a real estate listing. One of only three private residences designed by the architect, Westover House brings his precise, sculptural eye into a domestic setting, proof that his famed rigour works at a domestic scale.

1400 Shady Oaks Lane Fort Worth, Texas, United States

2. A painter’s point of view

Jeremy Kingan – Tim Wilson Residence, Queenstown, New Zealand
This Queenstown residence has a story that feels very close to home. Designed with reference to Frank Lloyd Wright and shaped around the working life of landscape artist Tim Wilson, it is a house built for looking, where location, light and views are combined into a harmonious composition.

27 Edinburgh Drive, Queenstown

 

3. Château, but make it Toronto

Gordon Ridgely – Bayview Ridge Estate, Toronto, Canada
At first glance, this Toronto estate has all the presence of a European château. Look a little closer and you'll see how architect Gordon Ridgely has reinterpreted that traditional language, giving it scale, polish and a distinctly North American sense of arrival.

45 Bayview Ridge Toronto, Ontario, Canada

4. Columns by the coast

Carl Abbott – House of Columns, Longboat Key, Florida, USA
Designed by Carl Abbott, House of Columns brings a piece of Sarasota School modernism to the edge of Sarasota Bay. With its strong lines, walls of glass and generous volumes, the home feels effortlessly connected to its surroundings, drawing in light and framing the ever-changing harbour beyond.

6610 Gulf Of Mexico Drive Longboat Key, Florida, United States