This budget-minded new home in east Austin recalls the bungalows that characterize the original neighborhood while incorporating modern details. The design overcomes the cramped and crowded spaces common in traditional bungalows by pulling apart the floor plan and vaulting ...
Modified: August 30, 2020... the surrounding landscape using stones from the nearby mountains. Other details include natural materials as a timber-framed bookshelf integrated into a wall and a rope that functions as a handrail. The La Pedevilla residences provide both a permanent home for the architect and his family and a holiday retreat that can be rented out to tourists.
Modified: August 11, 2020... behind Ark Shelter is a return to nature, and to basics—but without compromising on the things that make such escapes from life in the city comfortable. In their prefabricated collection, they have created a series of affordable off-grid, zero impact homes whose light-wood clad interiors feature clever hacks to ensure that you’re never without crucial—or in the case of the hot tub, not so crucial—amenities. ‘Into The Wild’ draws from their previous cabins, and in 40-square-meters has created ...
Modified: August 04, 2020... Naust with an unpretentious presence and a distinctive character”, say the architects. The house sits across two levels; the upper contains bedrooms and a family area, whilst the lower is a large open-plan space structured around a stone hearth. The home is literally embedded within nature, and the positioning of the windows allows it to feel doubly so—with fenestration offering three distinct views from the interior: of the mountain, the sea and of the bedrock surrounds. The interior is finished ...
Modified: August 01, 2020... old structure to the new seamless. The original shiplap walls in the “conservatory” were updated and darkened using the Japanese Shou sugi ban technique. The black-and-white tile pattern in the breezeway to the dining room extension references the home’s original kitchen while breaking up the large expanses of wooden floor, as does the decorative wood pattern in the kitchen. Painted stairs reduce the cost while accenting the homeowner’s art collection and adding a fresh touch. The varied materials ...
Modified: July 28, 2020... offset concrete volumes with a board-formed finish. Residents enter via the built-in garage that is set back from the road, a design that takes advantage of the fact that the property has a higher average elevation than the road. the main level of the home is accessed by stairs or elevator from the underground parking area, enhancing security. On the main level, a small courtyard and a large garden terrace on the south side serve as intermediary zones where the residents can enjoy the outdoor environment ...
Modified: July 06, 2020Located on a slopy site of nova lima, brazil, ‘cabana oitis’ by marcos franchini and nattalia bom conselho, is private weekend house for a couple who enjoys mountain biking as their favorite hobby. the site is ideal, providing pleasing views to the natural surroundings and featuring biking trails right around its corner. the building includes an external extension for biking equipment storage. Marcos franchini and nattalia bom conselho have chosen a simple rectangle plan for their design, in order...
Modified: June 18, 2020The house, which was both designed and developed by william / kaven, sits on one of nine parcels owned by the studio and its associated partners. ‘royal is the first of a series of homes to be nested within an epic location deep in forest park,’ explains william / kaven partner daniel kaven. ‘the thesis of the design was to live among the trees.’ a dramatic foyer with clerestory windows leads into the main living area, which ...
Modified: June 16, 2020Among the lush, forested mountain range surrounding northern italy’s völser weiher lake is situated the timber lake house völs by noa* (network of architecture). the idyllic, high altitude context is home to a scenic nature reserve that offers a space for year-round relaxation and leisure. in replacement of the derelict, preexisting structure, the italian architecture studio was commissioned by the municipality of völs to build a small, design-minded ...
Modified: June 10, 2020... ‘this house is a private, intimate place for the owner couple to go up into the hillside above rio de janeiro and enjoy books, art and especially the landscape,’ says tom kundig, design principal at olson kundig. Olson kundig sought to design a home that would be as small as possible within its tropical jungle setting. essentially a steel-and-glass box, the 1,500-square-foot (139 sqm) house hovers above the land supported structurally by two concrete piers. ‘the building hovers above the land ...
Modified: June 08, 2020Continuing his formal exploration of sculptural and anomalous spaces, antony gibbon envisions ‘A-F3 treehouse,’ an imagined faceted volume elevated above a forest of treetops. the architectural designer makes use of bold, sharply cut geometries which rise over the canopy on a delicate structure. each treehouse type is designed with a residential program, with divided into two floors with the upper floor hosting a bedroom space while the lower houses a shared living area. the solid volume is opened...
Modified: June 01, 2020This house is located in one of Houston’s last intact, nineteenth-century, working-class neighborhoods—the Near Northside—about one mile north of downtown. While perhaps not conventionally attractive, the Near Northside’s collection of well-used Queen Anne and Folk Victorian worker’s cottages offers lessons on how old buildings can be adapted to new uses and increased density instead of simply being replaced. We took this ethos of economy into consideration for the design of a new house on a lot...
Modified: May 04, 2020Dunalley House on the Tasman Peninsular is a project for a young family recovering from the dramatic loss of their family holiday retreat during the devastating 2013 Dunalley bushfire. The 10ha property was left scorched and barren. The original holiday home destroyed while the family watched from the foreshore below. The client brief was for a primarily concrete building: solid and protective yet connecting with the expansive outlook across Dunalley Bay. The new building was located proximate to the ...
Modified: April 28, 2020... associated fabric enriches the space and its color, and the distinctive shadow of the wooden louver cast by sunlight gives the space a three-dimensional richness. The client’s requirements are further reflected in a number of special points throughout the home: the spacious living room on the first floor, the adjoining terrace, the canopy and the outdoor space on the roof top were all designed to act not only as meeting places in which to have a good time, hosting their many business contacts and friends,...
Modified: April 22, 2020New single-family home at the base of Camelback Mountain in the Phoenix area. The Owners were seeking out a modern, open concept with simple materials to create a home for their family as well as to complement their love of Danish contemporary furniture and artwork. An ...
Modified: April 18, 2020‘Location, location, location’ inspires creative thinking This modern villa is situated in a residential district from the 1960s. The original house was demolished in order to build a villa which complied with all the current energy standards. The result: an NZE house with an energy level of E16 which focuses on the aesthetic details. Over the years, the district has become part of the urban fringes of Harelbeke and the detached house is fully integrated in its environment. The orientation was an...
Modified: April 14, 2020The plot on a sloping hillside in Kanton Solothurn is defined by two roads deriving from the south adjacent crossroad and a significant elevation of the terrain on the north side. The architecture explores the concept of creating a house within a house. With displacements in the outer monolith, various space was established outside as well as inside the building. The apartment building consists of four maisonette condominiums accessed through the main staircase at the centre of the building.The bare...
Modified: April 12, 2020... juniper forest in Ibiza, one of the Balearic islands of Spain, the architecture firm Marià Castelló Martínez has designed ‘Ca l’Amo House’: an expansive yet minimal residential property that takes advantage of the vast surrounding lands. The home was designed in a clearing between two pre-existing stone walls, with a pool that takes center stage. Akin to the design of the firm’s previous projects, ‘Ca l’Amo House’ takes its form via five geometric volumes, spaced apart like segregated ...
Modified: April 10, 2020Located in a Central Tacoma neighborhood with a mix of single-family homes, apartment buildings, and the eclectic establishments of the Sixth Avenue business district, the Prospect endeavors to set a new standard for urban livability and offers a fresh take on the fourplex. The project features a pair of modern residential ...
Modified: April 06, 2020Khesht-Baf building located in west part of Tehran. The architecture of the building was handed over to the IMAGE ARCHITECTS when the construction of the skeleton and concrete was completed. Khesht-Baf has 4 floors, two of which are underground and used for swimming pool, gym, parking lot, storage room and mechanical room. The first and second floors are residential units. The main challenge in this project was to create a space that meets the needs of Iranian life for two brothers living a modern...
Modified: March 10, 2020This house located on the outskirts of the town center, within a neighborhood in the pro-cess of transformation and development, is materialized through simple lines, pure forms and a functional layout that conceptualizes a modern imprint. On a large lot, in a quiet neighborhood surrounded by green, this detached house was pro-jected. Developed on one floor, one of the premises that guided the work of the Architect Felipe Gonzpález Arzac and that is constituted as a feature of his works, is the choice...
Modified: February 07, 2020One of the greatest perks of manufacturing and distributing modern fireplaces is being able to collaborate with amazing professional architects, designers and builders to turn a client’s dream into reality. Of the many that European Home has been fortunate enough to work with, our West Coast partner, Method Homes, stands out for their unique ultra-modern prefab home designs as well as their commitment to sustainable living and handmade craftsmanship. “Our products work really well ...
Modified: January 22, 2020The project, meant for a family house back yard in the suburbs, aimed at designing a small park or opened area where the young parents and their newborn child would enjoy a independent space from day to day house activities, a space for reading, playing, etc. Having in mind this objective, and considering the usages of the space in the long term, it was proposed the project incorporated a small building to complement and support outside activities. That way the building would serve as a shelter for...
Modified: January 02, 2020Situated in Pilar – Buenos Aires, surrounded by a natural area that composes the landscape of the house; it sits on a central position of a 1500m2 site generating multiple gardens towards where the house looks at. Casa Viguet is an intentional and minimum single room house where uses hybridize and link with the exterior. Considering functions, execution, aesthetics and timing premolded concrete elements where chosen to solve the construction of the house. The skin serves as security wall and as light...
Modified: December 22, 2019... benefit from the large curtain walls providing contact with the garden and terraces with south and west aspect. The main residential level is split into two parts (day and night) flanking the staircase.Dayrooms including living room/kitchen, pantry and home office, are orientated parallel to the street providing for the visual connection to the site entrance. Home office with adjoining bathroom can also serve as guest accommodation. Large sliding doors connect interior with exterior. Master bedroom ...
Modified: December 20, 2019Adolf Loos pointed out that “the plain requires vertical architectural elements, the mountains horizontal ones.” Thus, one of the challenges presented by this building for a mountain site was to define a horizontal plane as a way of creating a datum, thereby establishing a connotative element rooted to the landscape. The project is an expression of a way of thinking of architecture and how it relates to a mountainous landscape - not just for linguistic belonging, but also for the interest created...
Modified: December 15, 2019The vision is to create a complex experience trough a simple form. The black volume contains 4 spaces, 3 of them facing different directions and the fourth is placed in the center of the cabin. The openings (door, windows) are supposed to be experienced as a movie screen or a photography. The inside-out experience is a precise observation through the openings, either facing the stars or the deep forest. The expression of the exterior emanate from the possibility to open up a full size façade (door...
Modified: November 26, 2019The attention to detail in the articulation of volumes and choice of materials gives a clear aesthetic richness: the wooden trusses bleached, natural stone and decorative flashings and downspouts white. The private gardens become fully livable places, where confidentiality is maintained without sacrificing the pleasure of open space.
Modified: November 14, 2019Eco friendly replacement dwelling in South Downs National Park, South East England.
Modified: November 12, 2019This four-storey building is completely recyclable, produces no emissions and is self-sufficient in terms of heating energy requirement. The completely glazed building has high quality triple glazing panels featuring a k-value of 0.4. Its design is modular. Because of its assembly by means of mortice-and-tenon joints and bolted joints, it cannot only be assembled and dismantled easily but is also completely recyclable. The electrical energy required for the energy concept and control engineering...
Modified: October 19, 2019The Project “Palapa” is located in the city of Monterrey, Mexico, and is planed as a place of leisure time for the workers of an industrial complex in the outskirts of the city. “La Palapa”, (space for BBQs), persist of a covered space with service rooms and a kitchen for social activities and events. Facing these conditions, the project poses in the floor plan a 20 x 20 m square, which achieves a free central space for flexible uses, putting the service rooms on the perimeter. The building consists...
Modified: October 07, 2019The former mansion of Norm Zada, the founder of Perfect 10 magazine, has been re-listed for $25,000,000. Norm sold it last year for $16 million. The contemporary estate is located at 72 Beverly Park Drive in the exclusive gated community of Beverly Park in Los Angeles, CA. It was designed by the renowned Landry Design group and boasts approximately 20,000 square feet of living space which includes a new 6,100 square foot guest house plus a 1,700 square foot bonus room in the basement, which is connected...
Modified: July 29, 2019One of the more important inspiration for designing was little pond that is located on the site. Beautifull views where the reason why the main functional area are settled at the pond side of the house. Connections to the natural garden make that the interior has the atmosphere of poetry. Different levels of the ground at the site where used as an advatage and different activities are planed in different story with glazing with different insolation. The elegant form of the building consists of a...
Modified: July 26, 2019La casa Aqua Color se encuentra en La Unión de Tres Ríos, Cartago. Es un espacio informal con énfasis en las visuales externas, con 4 cualidades principales: libertad, flotación, luminosidad, color. La casa es una mezcla entre refugio, mirador y centro de reunión, incorporado al entorno que permite habitar en un espacio integral en contacto con el medio natural y el paisaje lejano. Dispone de 3 espacios diferenciados: Tiene una piscina profesional cubierta de acuerdo a la petición de su propietario;...
Modified: July 25, 2019Hey everybody, I’m Nalin from Potomac, MD and I would like to share a Malibu home I have loved for a while. This home, located at 24434 Malibu Rd in Malibu, CA, is an award winning contemporary masterpiece on a double oceanfront lot. It is 6,878 sq ft. (5 bed/6 bath) with spectacular views and a theater, spa, guest house, elevator ...
Modified: July 23, 2019Located at a cliff of Playa Misterio a gated beach community 117 Km. south of Lima with vehicular and pedestrian access at approximately 50 meters over sea level Alvarez Beach House was the answer to specific program requirements given by the client a successful surgeon with a large family. Social area of the house was required near the entry occupying two levels while accommodations for children and parents were organized in two parts: two levels above social area were designated for the boys and...
Modified: July 22, 2019The project site is located in an agricultural context protected by landscape constraint in the North of Olbia, halfway up Cugnana's Mount and overlooking the homonymous gulf. In this parcel of land two Stazzu, typical Sardinian barns, were built in different periods: the first one was preserving some interesting traits of the vernacular architecture of the place, while the other one was a simple recent construction of anonymous nature. Both were in a state of severe neglect. The renovation transformed...
Modified: July 20, 2019... wondered how the new one would interact and harmonize with the surroundings, especially the buildings nearby, so that they could form a harmonious combination without dimming the spirit and individuality of the house itself, which serves as a shelter and a home to which the whole family would be attached. Bricks form an outermost cover to protect the whole house. Also, they can filter the inner microclimate. Buffers such as lobbies, porches and voids are reasonably arranged to circulate fresh air. The floor ...
Modified: July 18, 2019This unique orangery features two roof lanterns maximising natural light and optimised the use of a dead patio area in the corner of an L shaped 20th century property, which only had a small lounge. The design created a large new living space having views of their landscaped garden. The orangery has a microporous stain finish to reduce ultraviolet light damage and the roof incorporates the latest, soft blue, easy clean, solar control glass having a 0.9 u value and keeps out 78% of the unwanted heat...
Modified: July 17, 2019... the roof design and material choice. Rural houses built in 70 and 80’s, which were designed by construction standards given by a government, have a flat roof that results in poor drainage and rainwater accumulation, which pose serious threats to the homes’ water-resistance these days. The voluntary solution to rainwater leakage is to cover an existing flat roof with a pitched roof made of sandwich panels. This spontaneously made roof inspires the design of a thin and floating roof with the notion ...
Modified: July 15, 2019SIX ROOMS The Z-Haus consists of two attached row houses constructed on a 50’ x 100’ urban infill lot. The strategy was to build up rather than out to maximize outdoor living space and minimize building footprint. Each house is made up of 6 rooms that are offset at every half story and smoothly joined by a series of half flight stairs. From any room one can simultaneously view the next level up and the level below, vertically unifying all living spaces. With one room per level, hallways are obsolete...
Modified: July 12, 2019A 1940s rambler is gutted to the studs and walnut boxes are lightly inserted to form kitchen, dining and living spaces.
Modified: July 09, 2019Spectacular contemporary-modern duplex designed for living and entertaining. Incredible Italian Bontempi kitchen with granite counter tops and backsplash opens to the main living space and a private outdoor courtyard. The master suite is amazing, large closet fantastic bathroom with double steam shower and private terrace. The third floor contains a guest suite small kitchenette and living space with a fabulous outdoor deck.
Modified: July 05, 2019The old building modernization and their adaptation to the technical and programmatic requirements mean that the reconstruction is increasingly a concern for architects and contemporary architecture. In this case, the existing building had no architectural value, the conditions were dictated by their structure, volume and perimeter. The real work began by cleaning up all the architecture "noise" with the intention of achieving greater form clarity and space adapting to the customer needs...
Modified: June 28, 2019The conceptual approximation to this Project is similar to the one used in the sports center in Landako and is based in the idea that gives name to the office. Awen represents a fracture in the conventional reality that provides an alternative point of view, a new perspective, turning a one-dimensional reality into one that may have multiple lectures. The main uses of the house, were human relations take place are located in a central band that splits the space, providing an alternative and fluent...
Modified: June 25, 2019One of Berlin's many unique features is its undeveloped areas in the eastern parts of Berlin just at the edge of the city centre. The particular charm of many of these areas lies in the old commercial buildings amid huge expanses of urban wilderness. Though completely neglected for years, more and more of this urban wasteland has recently become the location for alternative activitys, suburban leisure and recreation activities, and new urban development projects .On and along the banks of the Spree...
Modified: June 21, 2019This is a small outbuilding which has been extended and transformed into a house – now a bed and breakfast. The aim was to introduce steel sheets into the existing structure to create a mezzanine floor; the aim then was to extend these sheets outdoors in order to create a living room enclosed solely in glass which opens out generously into the natural surrounding environment. The architect has taken care to blend the new elements into the existing building. The work carried out has not been to the...
Modified: June 14, 2019Located in the City of Ponorogo, East Java, and Indonesia. Homestay Plan will be built with 4 stories of high buildings. The location at the corner of the crossroads and the site that facing towards the south and west is a unique potential to be processed. The building has two facades in high contrast. Each ...
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