Ten self-designed homes by architects and designers

For our hottest lookbook, we’ve gathered ten properties from the Dezeen archive that had been self-created by architects and designers including John Pawson, Sarah Wigglesworth and Alan Maskin.


From a two-storey apartment in New York Town to a next dwelling on the grounds of a former 17th-century farming intricate, these households provide interior inspiration and insights into how architects and designers get benefit of their awareness when coming up with areas for them selves.

This is the most up-to-date roundup in our Dezeen Lookbooks series furnishing visual inspiration for the household. Previous lookbooks function inside home courtyards, modernist residing rooms and spacious kitchen area extensions.


Ground floor staircase Villa Timmerman by Andreas Lyckefors and Josefine Wikholm
Pictures is by Kalle Sanner

Villa Timmerman, Sweden, by Andreas Lyckefors and Josefine Wikholm

Built by Swedish architect few Andreas Lyckefors and Josefine Wikholm, Villa Timmerman is a house in the south of Gothenburg, Sweden.

The few developed the web page into two different properties, just one of which would be marketed to fund the make. Lyckefors and Wikholm established identical floorplans and lined the exterior of just about every property with a decorative timber lattice.

Inside, the architect-few included ash panels across the partitions of the ground flooring to build a streamlined and tranquil wood inside.

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The open-plan living space
Photography is by Lara Swimmer

Little House/Major Get rid of, US, by David Van Galen

As per its name, Little Property/Large Shed is comprised of a most important cabin that properties the residing areas, and a more compact volume which is utilised by US architect David Van Galen as a studio and guest quarters.

Van Galen wrapped the exterior of the buildings in Corten metal panels, whilst home windows and architectural options were trimmed in cedar framing the alder and Douglas fir trees outside.

Inside of the home, an open up-approach inside functions lots of wood-detailing and neutral hues have been mixed with vibrant details, like the warm pink sofa at the centre of the area.

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Logan Pavilion is a cabin retreat that was designed by Eric Logan
Photography is by Kevin Scott

Logan Pavilion, US, by Eric Logan

This self-created home by Eric Logan of CLB Architects was at first developed for his spouse and children in 1997. Logan renovated Logan Pavilion in Wyoming in 2021, adding a metal gabled roof and a new open up-program kitchen area.

The lower-lying construction features an open-system residing arrangement underneath the newly included corrugated chilly-rolled sheet steel roof that was remaining uncovered all through the living areas.

The house’s slight industrial sense is underlined by its oiled concrete flooring and engineered-wooden wall panelling.

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Home Farm by John Pawson
Photography is by Gilbert McCarragher

Property Farm, British isles, by John Pawson

Crafted in just a 17th-century farming intricate in the Cotswolds, British designer John Pawson converted the former farming setting up into a spouse and children dwelling for himself.

Pawson equipped out the residence with minimalist home furnishings and utilized a straightforward product palette of elm, lime plaster, and concrete. His have taste influences all his initiatives, he explained to Dezeen.

“I think of myself when I’m planning properties for other folks,” he said. “I guess people occur to me simply because possibly they like what I do.”

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Stock Orchard Street is a London home that was designed by Sarah Wigglesworth
Pictures is by Ivan Jones

Stock Orchard Street, United kingdom, by Sarah Wigglesworth

Architect Sarah Wigglesworth completed an overhaul of her RIBA Sustainability Award-successful Stock Orchard Avenue property in London to renew its power effectiveness and age-proof its interiors.

The dwelling was developed to test out environmentally friendly systems and abnormal constructing elements and has insulation manufactured from straw bales and partitions built from products like sandbags, recycled concrete and railway sleepers.

Its warm, light inside reveals how beautiful sustainable architecture can be.

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Images is by Amit Geron

Suspended Patio Property, Tel Aviv, by  3322 Studio

Created by the founder of 3322 Studio for himself and his relatives, this concrete dwelling in Tel Aviv accommodates the transforming needs of the founders’ young sons.

It is arranged about the voids in its boxy concrete frame and offers a massive open plan design across its three storeys. The voids in the body allow light and air to filter and circulate as a result of the numerous degrees.

In the open up-program residing room, complete-height glazing connects the interior with the outdoor.

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Study desk and shelves in Kew Residence by John Wardle Architects in Melbourne, Australia
Images is by Trevor Mein and Sharyn Cairns

Kew Home, Australia, by John Wardle Architects

Clad in Victorian ash throughout the floors and ceilings, architect John Wardle of John Wardle Architects built this Australian home for him and his spouse with the aim of developing a “cocoon.”

In the cosy living room, Wardle extra spaces that could be applied to superior exhibit his art assortment, which includes wood cabinets and wooden plinths.

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Agate Pass Cabin by Olson Kundig Architects
Pictures is by Aaron Lietz

Agate Pass Cabin, US, by Alan Maskin

Olson Kundig Architects principal Alan Maskin renovated and prolonged a 1938 beach cabin in Washington State to perform as a personal retreat.

Maskin included a 1st-floor extension to the cabin, which was equipped with flooring-to-ceiling windows at the gable conclusion furnishing sights out to the close by water. The inside retained its original Douglas fir panelling, though Glulam plywood traces the partitions throughout the new extension.

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Harry Nuriev and Tyler Billinger Residence
Images is by Dylan Chandler courtesy of Crosby Studios

New York apartment, US, by Harry Nuriev

Gray tiles and purple carpeting include the partitions and floors of this New York Town apartment renovation by Crosby Studios founder Harry Nuriev and companion Tyler Billinger.

Nuriev and Billinger used vibrant purple and muted grey colors, geometric shapes and textural materials to include their have particular fashion to the two-storey NoLita apartment.

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Casa SS by Pablo Saric and Cristobal Palma
Photography is by Cristóbal Palma

Casa SS, Chile, by Pablo Saric and Cristian Winckler


Casa SS is a single-storey residence positioned 85 metres absent from the coastline of Canela in Chile. Designed by architects Pablo Saric and Cristian Winckler
 for Saric and his younger family members, the residence adopts a minimalist type.

Vertical slats of blackened pine clads the exterior when the interior is blanketed in white with minimalist, clear finishings. Massive glass sliding doors flank the length of the kitchen area and eating area and open up up to hook up with the extraordinary coastline.

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This is the most current in our collection of lookbooks supplying curated visible inspiration from Dezeen’s image archive. For extra inspiration see previous lookbooks showcasing modernist dwelling rooms, original resort bathrooms and spacious kitchen area extensions.

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