Friday, December 4, 2009

Dellis Cay Villa - Luxury home

Dellis Cai Villa, designed by Shigeru Ban architect, located in the Caribbean.The following information is from Dellis Cay: Shigeru Ban has created two contrasting designs of Beach Villa for purchase: Maison H and Maison S, both of which come with their own over-water pavilion, Maison O.Maison H is alluringly classic simplicity with its elements centered on expansive living and dining

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Modern Dining Room Interior

The dining room of Sheila Bridges' apartment in Harlem. Walls are Farrow & Ball's Curlish Green. Two demi-lune tables, from Kenny Ball Antiques in Charlottesville, form the dining table. Chairs from Alain Pioton Antiques in Hudson. Venetian glass chandelier from Hudson. Photo from New York Social Diary. via

Element House by Sami Rintala

Element House by Sami RintalaFollowing the Korean life rhythm and style the timetable was very tight. Planning started already while choosing the site. Main space is a larger steel cube. Four smaller wooden rooms are connected to this space in different floors. In each of these small rooms there is the presence of one nature element; In cellar water, on courtyard soil, in first floor fire and in

Guest House Design

Guest House DesignThe project is a 540cm cube (exterior measure) of wooden structure with two levels inside. It is thought as a housing of low energetic consumption, as what special care was had in the orientation, and the interior color, the location of the windows and the isolation. In this case, the isolation material gives a special characteristic to the façades and to the entire project. via

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Bluff Farm House in Australia

Bluff Farm House in AustraliaBluff Farm House designed by Australian architect Richard Cole, located in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia.Bluff Farm House in AustraliaBluff Farm House in AustraliaBluff Farm House in AustraliaBluff Farm House in AustraliaInformation From Richard Cole:In the tradition of isolated rural buildings, the house is conceived as a singular gesture

Luxury Underground House Design

Underground House, designed by EM2N architect, located in Greifensee, Switzerland.Luxury Underground House DesignHaus Gross in Greifensee, Switzerland, looks like a typical house by all accounts. But this modern and inventive design proves that looks can be deceiving. This understated, low-profile house holds a buried treasure in the form of an underground living space. The 721-sq.-ft. sub-grade

Living Room Interior Inspiration

Another refreshing interior design from Paola Lenti Atollo collection – this living room lets the outside take centre stage inside.A transparent glass wall means that the beautiful view outside is visible from anywhere in the room. Perfect for entertaining, a long, neutral sofa is positioned to occupy the entire room, matching the ‘U’ shape of the glass walls cleverly. The signature shape of

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Modular House Design

Modular House DesignThis House is a perfect modular house that can be used as a studio of vacation. But the best thing about Kithaus is that you have the freedom to design the space any way you want because the modules are built with a patented MHS frame and clamping system. via cubemeModular House DesignModular House Design

Zero House Design

Zero House DesignZero House Designed by Scott Spect Harpman uArchitects, the “Zero House” is a 200 square meters self dependent prefabricated “green” home. The house, fully air-conditioned and heated, is configured to comfortably support four adults with two bedrooms, a full bathroom, a kitchen/dining room, and a living room. In addition, two elevated exterior terraces and an outdoor shower

Alan Voo Family House Design

Alan-Voo Family House in Los Angeles by Californian practice Neil M. Denari Architects.This is a Project Description from Neil M. Denari Architects :The scheme leaves half of the house for the daughter’s bedrooms and incorporates the other half plus new extensions in front and back into a public zone and a private bedroom for the parents.This strategy amounts to a new 16 ft wide linear house

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Holiday House Presenhuber

Holiday House PresenhuberThis holiday house is located in the middle of the village of Vnà in the Lower Engadine. The particular challenge of the project was to bridge the divide between the old-world charm of the village and the modern flair embodied in a holiday house for an internationally successful art gallery owner. In urban planning terms, the building closed a permanent gap in the village

Luxury House RR

Luxury House RRThis roof measuring six metres high, with a surface of eighteen by eight metres, was built using a prefabricated timber structure with galvanized steel joints. In the two large facades of the house, generously open to the scenery, panels of glass fiber mosquito screens with PVC coating were installed, pivoting or sliding, with the intention of creating an external membrane, capable

Friday, November 27, 2009

Friendly Mountain Cabin in Aspen

Friendly Mountain Cabin - montain home, located in Aspen, Colorado.Friendly Mountain Cabin in AspenAccording to Voorsanger Architects PC, this contemporary cabin design responds to its natural surroundings in three ways – the unique folded roof; an expansive rock wall the divides east wing and west; and the seemingly infinite glass walls that provide for panoramic views without any interruptions,

Matilde Luxury House Design

Matilde House designed by Ailtireacht Architects, located in Rathgar, Dublin.Matilde Luxury House DesignInformation from Ailtireacht Architects:The existing two-storey return was at a scale not befitting such a large house with cramped internal dimensions making the spaces unusable. Traditionally, Victorian returns consist of a series of functional and subservient spaces to the mainhouse. The

Tolo Holiday Home Design

Tolo House, a holiday home. Designed by Alvaro Leite Siza, located in Lugar das Carvalhinhas - Alvite, Cerva Parish, Ribeira da Pena Commune, Vila Real District.Tolo Holiday Home DesignA holiday home with three bedrooms, a social bathroom, a living room, a dinning room, a small kitchen with a support washbasin, pantry, and even a small outdoor swimming pool. The terrain’s instability together

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Luxury House V by 3LHD

Luxury House V by 3LHDHouse “V” was designed in order to satisfy the needs of a family. The house is situated beneath Zagreb mountain Medvednica, on a relatively mild hill that stretches from south to east. The house is closed on the north side along the street and opens up into a large private garden thus creating a sense of intimacy for family life. The ground floor is intended for the common

Luxury Glass Mountain Home Design

Luxury mountain home designed by architect Matthew McMullen of Architectural Manoeuvres.Luxury Glass Mountain Home DesignStunning architectural elements are complemented by two-story Pilkington glass walls, projecting at an angle to maximize on the magnificent views. A gated pathway leads past the 1,518-sq.-ft. carriage house and to the main house, offering 9,716 sq. ft. with an oversized heated

Pentimento Luxury House

Pentimento Luxury HouseThe house ignores possible finishes. The foundation slab melts with black pigment and hardener to become the finished floor final. The Flowerpots stays in its precast concrete finished as in its interior and exterior. On the top floor the lookout becomes the main space and robs its attention for any secondary element, allowing the passage of air and light, aligning the

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Whimsical Wooden Treehouse

Whimsical Wooden TreehouseArchitect Robert Harvey Oshatz has created this awesome, artistic piece of architecture in the woods of Portland, Oregon, for a client who’s love of music would be translated into a modern home. The main living level of this contemporary tree house sits in the canopy, among lush green leaves with the dewy earth rolling out below. According to the architect, “One has to

Organic Wooden House Design

Organic Wooden House designed by Seattle’s Pb Elemental Architect.Organic Wooden House DesignSeattle’s Pb Elemental Architecture is putting an organic notch on the city’s concrete skyline. The Dang Residence is a two-storey private wooden house of 3,600 sq. ft., clad in naturally beautiful cedar. Interiors are divided into a series of modern loft-style living spaces, including three bedrooms, 3.5

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Luxury Sagaponac House Design

Sagaponac House, a weekend house designed by Stan Allen Architect, located in Eastern Long Island.Luxury Sagaponac House DesignThe single family house has been the privileged vehicle for formal, programmatic and technical experimentation in the 20th century. The Sagaponac House is a prototype weekend house designed for a wooded lot in Eastern Long Island. One of a number of houses commissioned

Japanese Glass Home Design

Like a bird nest, Japanese Glass home designed by TNA Architects.Japanese Glass Home DesignThe contemporary, curved weekend house reaches off the hillside and around the trees, connecting to the other side. Inside, the house takes shape as an elongated floor plan, where one area of the home opens onto the other, separated by walls of glass. Apart from glass, the main material of choice for both

Friday, November 20, 2009

Guthrie House Design

Guthrie House DesignIt was explicitly requested to build a house for sale, therefore, massively attractive, which “façade” the target public could quickly be absorbed with.Notwithstanding, the project location raises as a natural belvedere toward the valley of Chicureo, a zone peripheral to the city of Santiago of growing real estate development and considerably mediocre quality, where the

Valley House Design

Valley House DesignWhen you enter the site you see the house hidden behind nature without any constructed way to the entrance which makes it look even more as an isolated element in space. This ` surprise element ‘ (Montesquieu) contributes to stimulate the observer and its perception of the relation between the space and the house. The architectonic experience is made to the base of sensorial

CO2 Saver House Design

Co2 saver house designed by Peter Kuczia, located in Lake Laka, Poland.CO2 Saver House DesignUsing untreated larch wood and black fibre cement panels to optimise solar energy gain, this lake house in Poland is a pretty good example of how to be sustainable and respectful with the environment. The built form is designed to optimise the absorbance of solar energy. The single storey living space on

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Smartly House Architecture by Stephen Dynia Architects

Smartly House ArchitectureSmartly House Architecture designed by Stephen Dynia Architecture. Located in Jackson, Wyoming.This house used the bamboo flooring, low-E glass, natural materials, and long-lasting standing seam metal roof. This home as being "green", with the design is smart and efficient, relying on abundant natural lighting and thorough consideration for space from this house. via

OS Beach House Design

OS Beach House DesignA couple bought one of the few available plots on the Bay of Biscay coastline. The plot slopes downwards and is cut by a 30 meter-high cliff against which the waves break. The Northern sea wind is very rough, making it hard for trees to grow by the coastline. The plot size is 90 x 50, 4500 m2 and 8% building rate, that is, 360 square meters. Maximum height is 3 meters eaves,

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Traditional Cottage Home Design

Traditional Cottage Home HesignThe Ten Broeck Cottage by Messana O’Rorke Architects is a modern way to appreciate classical 18th century architecture. Located in Columbia County, New York, this farmhouse beautifully blends the old and the new. Built in the mid-1700s, the original wing of the Ten Broeck Cottage houses a main-floor living room and dining room divided by a fireplace, and two

Wooden Tree House Design

Tree House designed by Sander Architects, located in Wilmington, Delaware.Wooden Tree House DesignFrom the heart to a quiet forest in Wilmington, Delaware, this contemporary tree house was admittedly a labor of love for architect Whitney Sander of Sander Architects. With a rushing stream at its feet, Tree House features a spectacular spiral staircase, running up the front of the home, past the

Modern Aquino House Design

Aquino House, the single-family residence is located on a steeped lot in front of federal government lands and aside a river.Modern Aquino House DesignThe house is configured by orthogonal shapes and materials such as wood, stone and metal without artificial claddings. It stands with no protagonism against the rich and abundant surroundings. The main intention was for each interior space to face

Friday, November 13, 2009

Modern T House Design

Modern T House DesignModern T house designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects. This house is Within a calm residential suburb in Maebashi, Gunma, JAPAN. Being a housing for a family of four, this is also a place to display contemporary home artworks.Creating architecture is none other than producing various disntance. For instance, a private room is a situation where the distance is long or solid, to

Yakisugi Japanese House Design

Yakisugi House designed by Terunobu Fujimori architect, located in Nagano, Japan.Yakisugi Japanese House DesignThe unique Yakisugi House in Nagano, Japan, blends modern design innovation with traditional Japanese architecture and a French inspiration, for a truly one-of-a-kind house design. For Yakisugi House, the inspiration came from the compact cave dwellings near the Caves of Lascaux in

Mount Baker Home by Pb Elemental Architecture

Mount Baker Home DesignMount Baker Residense designed by Pb Elemental Architecture, located in the Mount Baker neighborhood of Seattle, this dramatic home is perched on a hill, high above the street.Mount Baker Home DesignMount Baker Home DesignThe 3,600 sqft home includes four bedrooms, two and a half baths, and a large open living floor with ten foot-tall ceilings and a two car garage with a

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Glass and Concrete Beach House Design

Glass and Concrete House, the contemporary beach house designed by Corona y P. Amaral Arquitect, located in Tenerife of the Canary Islands, Spain.Glass and Concrete Beach House DesignIts monumental, modern appeal comes from an imposing concrete and glass facade, which frames views of water and sky from every room in the house. Enjoying vibrant sunsets and an endless horizon from an expansive

Modern Red House Design

Red House designed by group8 Architects, located in Crans-Près-Céligny, Switzerland.Modern Red House DesignThe red houses place themselves in this type of problem, planting another object in this saturated suburban landscape. Constitute a good mixture of urban and landscape architecture. The geometry and the volume of each houses serves another purpose: to propose a rich typology, capable of

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Cliff Treehouse Design

Cliff Treehouse DesignThis treehouse located in New York City, close to the Hudson River in the state New York. The treehouse should have a visual contact to the main house of the client. It is situated above a wall of rocks and the visitors have a fantastic view over the hilly landscape. With cross a catwalk from the top of the cliff, the visitor can reaches the terrasse. A second one connects

Seifert House by Michael Shamiyeh Architect

Seifert House designed by Michael Shamiyeh Architect, located in Volkersdorf, Enns, Austria.Seifert House by Michael Shamiyeh ArchitectThe house was built as a passive house (no cooling or heating required) with an incredible low budget, within a construction period of less than seven months. The conception of the house became a deep engagement with Mies, in particular with the Farnsworth House,

Modern Villa in the Dunes

Villa in the Dunes is a house designed by architects Zandbelt&vandenBerg, located at the edge of the dunes in the Hook of Holland, the Netherlands.Modern Villa in the DunesA villa for an art-loving couple has been completed at the edge of the dunes of Hook of Holland. The entrance level is situated in the dunes as a bunker and consists of a guesthouse, besides the entrance functions. On the other

Monday, November 9, 2009

Modern Geometric Home Design

Modern Geometric Home DesignThe modern geometric home is composed of a collection of daring folds, sharp angles and various volumes connected on the 10,000-sq.-ft. property. This contemporary design based Tighe Architecture incorporates a number of buildings, which are structured around a private central courtyard that invites the outdoors into these modern living spaces. From the outside, this

Modern Japanese Home Architecture

Japan Modern Architecture designed by Nakayama Architects, located in Sapporo, Japan.Modern Japanese Home ArchitectureWith the objective to make the most of every inch, the house architecture is a simple box, but that’s as far as simplicity goes in this elaborate design. From the weathered, rust-colored exterior to the artistic interiors, the home’s mature presence makes its way indoors through

Modern Treehouse

Modern Tree House Designed by Frank Harmon Architect, located in Raleigh, North Carolina.Modern TreehouseSet on a steep escarpment and surrounded by 150-year-old birch and oak trees. Home sits high above ground on wood trusses and concrete piers, allowing water to run freely beneath it and appearing as though it’s ready to take flight. The home’s glass-and-steel facade draws a fine line between

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Casa Tropical Home Design

Casa Tropical designed by Camarim Architects, located in a fishing village in northern Brazil.Casa Tropical Home DesignThe three-storey house is surrounded by a wide gallery for circulation on the outside of the building. The wooden roof and walls of the gallery shelter the building from the sun but allow the wind to cool the interior.Casa Tropical Home DesignCasa Tropical Home Design3 Floors: 3

Modern House RA

House RA designed by Ana Reis architect, located in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. The 2-storey home is characterised by white, clean-cut volumes arranged around an internal courtyard.Modern House RAThe building volume, shape and location are the result of different restrictions from the municipality in terms of height, distances from the street and surrounding buildings. This allows the house to

Mt Martha Modern House Design

Mt Martha modern house designed by Australia’s Graham Jones Design.Mt Martha Modern House DesignThis modern house built of radial timber, selected for its notable environmental and technical benefits. The secret is in the way the wood is cut. Waste not, want not, and radial sawing allows the highest return of timber per log. The timber is also cut from native trees, which reduces greenhouses

Saturday, November 7, 2009

House of inclusion Japanese House Design

House of inclusion designed by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects, located in Shiga, Japan.House of inclusion Japanese House DesignHere’s some text from the architect:This house, located in a new residential area, is for a 30-something couple. Surrounded by other houses, the design goal was set up to block out the outside world while avoiding too much closure, as well as to provide rich and sensuous

Modern Desert City House Design

Modern Desert City House DesignThe following information is from Marwan Al-Sayed Architects:Modern Desert City House located on a relatively flat one-acre parcel in Paradise Valley, Arizona, within the Phoenix metropolitan area, the site is opposite the Arizona Canal with panoramic views to the Squaw Peak Mountain reserve to the north and Camelback Mountain to the east.This house is conceived as

Modern Pirihueico House Design

Modern Pirihueico House DesignText from Architect :Being the weather condition very extreme, we started taking as less risk as possible; that’s why we began from the double sloped conventional roof. Slowly, we moved on, deforming it, looking for the views, avoiding the winds, using the frame windows as the arriving or starting points of the slopes.Modern Pirihueico House DesignModern Pirihueico

Friday, November 6, 2009

Luxury Lira House Architecture

Luxury Lira House ArchitectureThe house is organized around three events: Firstly, a patio over street level, secondly, a promenade composed of ramps and staircases that lead from the parking to the roof garden and thirdly, a perimeter wall that defines the domesticated territory of the house.Luxury Lira House ArchitectureLuxury Lira House ArchitectureRegarding the expression of the house, it

Luxury Mountain Home Design

Mountain Home Designed by Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects, located in Mill Valley, California.Luxury Mountain Home DesignThis modern house design blends nature and innovation in a truly contemporary house on a hill. The sloped terrain set the tone for the home unique shape. The main volume of this mountain house sits close to the hillside, clad in a natural wood that complements its surroundings.

B1 White Kitchen by Bulthaup

B1 White Kitchen by BulthaupB1 Kitchen is very luxury kitchen from Bulthaup, with the white colour in the wall, furniture, and all white in the room, make kitchen more elegant and match to modern home interior design. via bulthaupB1 White Kitchen by BulthaupB1 White Kitchen by BulthaupB1 White Kitchen by BulthaupB1 White Kitchen by Bulthaup

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Modern House D Architecture

Modern House D ArchitectureHouse D is modern house, designed by Bevk Perovic Architects, located in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The house includes an underground gymnasium including a sauna, swimming pool and music room, lit by three atria. Terraces on the ground and first floors are equal in size to the rooms from which they extend. via dezeenModern House D ArchitectureModern House D ArchitectureModern

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Wooden Beach House by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects

Wooden Beach HouseContemporary California beach house by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects is a striking, stand-out design among the rocks and sand of its beachfront property. this text from architects :“The client requested we design the new house to capture the spirit of the original house, while meeting all the current seismic codes and FEMA requirements for houses in high-risk coastal

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

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Monday, November 2, 2009

Menlo Park Modern House Design

Menlo Park Modern House DesignThe importance of this project goes even deeper — it represents a major career milestone thanks to the unique and innovative use of concrete, as this residence is one of Cheng’s first-ever ‘hybrid’ structures, constructed as a combination of wood and concrete. Both architecturally and aesthetically, the project is one of both innovative function and beauty in the

Natoma Japanese Interior House Design

Natoma Japanese Interior House DesignThe design-build of this 4,000-plus s.f. San Francisco penthouse began with only an architectural shell and focused on creating intimate, human-scale spaces. This treasure of a home is a complete study in materials, texture and construction. Beautiful cityscape views. Large open spaces. Unique and exciting details. The provocative use of materials that define