January 06, 2010
By: freshome
Category: House, modern house

This house design was born from the collaborative process of architectural and structural innovation. The Orchard East house consists of private space hovering above the fully transparent volume. This modern wonderful house designed by Wheeler Kearns Architects. The house built with vertical post-tensioned concrete thermal mass with forty foot cantilevers. The natural lighting was designed to come through floor to ceiling glass curtain wall and sliding door system. The climatic design has applied carefully in this modern house design.

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January 05, 2010
By: freshome
Category: Interior, Resort

The Verdura Resort is recently open in Sicily, lyas on 230 hectares of olive groves and countryside. Designed by interior designer Olga Polizzi and architect Flavio Albanese, this resort offers luxurious private space with natural ambiance. The building design features stone, sand, wood and cane echo the traditional architecture of Sicily. The interior performs the strong character of Sicily which is translated with a rich palette of earth tones and bright printed fabrics, a classic Sicilian tile. Also check the bedroom and bathroom design which are very natural and luxury.

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