Create the home with fresh idea
The corners of this Vancouver family home were designed by Canadian architect Omer Arbel. It was completely uncovered to the surrounding garden by pushing back glazed concertina doors. The roof was made from Douglas Fir beams reclaimed from burned-down warehouses. Their dimensions dictated its structure. Bent steel columns inset the structural sustained, further blurring the [...]
This residential building was built with a central pool courtyard which is enclosed by the main living space and master suit. A series of floor to ceiling mahogany and glass sliding panels open onto the courtyard create a mixing between the interior and exterior. The interior is protected from the harsh Texas sun with the [...]
It was located in Inner City Melbourne, Australia. It was completed on 21/09/2010. The Gross Floor Area was 1250m². The Practise Team was Stephen Jolson, Mat Wright, Abe McCarthy, Andrew Prodromou, Chloe Pockran, Sue Carr, Jaclyn Lee. The Construction Team was Len Bogatin and Associates Consultant team: The Structural/Civil Engineer was Arup Melbourne. The Electrical/Mechanical/Hydraulic [...]
A hill in Alibag was the site for this home. Conceptually, a departure from the “stepped terrace” typology that one would conventionally employ on a heavily contoured site was the design of the home. Instead, a cuboid that was tilted and suspended over the ground was deconstructed. It seemed to simultaneously ‘float’ and ‘flow’ down [...]
House in Naka-Ikegami is the compact house that is small and narrow. Eventhough, this contemporary living space is full of natural light from its skylight. This small house has some brilliant ideas such as clever floor storage, ingenious pullout kitchen counter, charming sleeping loft used as the master bedroom. This Japanese house is designed by [...]
This house is a cottage in San Francisco that was built in 1908. The new design is the extension for adding the third level onto the house. This new floor houses a Master Bedroom, Bathroom and Dressing Area with sweeping views of downtown San Francisco. Named Choy 1 Residence, this house has an exterior that [...]
– December 21, 2009
The Boles House is the retreat house on a spit of land between Slab Creek, the Pacific Ocean, and the preserved lands of the Siuslaw National Forest, the tiny hamlet of Neskowin, Oregon. The house design adopted the northwest style, which is incorporating Scandinavian and Japanese architectural traditions. The house features clean lines, minimal adornment, [...]
– December 18, 2009
This luxury hotel resort is located on 36 acres of tropical forests, about 26 miles south of Cancun, Mexico. The Mandarin Oriental Maya Riviera provides the views of calm water of the Caribbean Sea, lagoons or the sacred freshwater lake. This hotel resort is designed by Mexican architect Gilberto Borja that has succeeded to blend [...]
– December 11, 2009
The ultra modern house design is a project in Inner Mongolia, China. This building is called as (X) House, designed by New York-based architects Multiplicities. This contemporary house actually is an organic, elliptical-shaped structure with an unexpected element of urban-cool. According to the architects description, the ‘( )’ is imploded by the ‘X’ that expands [...]
– November 29, 2009
The Japanese architecture is brave and unique. You will never imagine living in this weird but wonderful Pyramid House. This modern house is set in a meter of pit, surrounded by planted lush landscape to provide privacy to the concrete main floor. This floor is sunk but still flooded with natural light through the ribbon [...]
– October 15, 2009
This sweet home is only 480 sq. ft. Located in densely populated urban center of Tokyo, this small house is beautiful with its irregularly shape like a diamond. The box is twisted and folded and balanced on a single point at its base. Yasuhiro Yamashita as the architect of this Japanese modern house create an [...]
– October 13, 2009
This is a tropical house designed by Renato Trotta. Sited above the beach in the oceanfront community of Niguel Shores, this contemporary house offers wonderful water panoramic even you can enjoy the sunset view. The one story house consists of 4 bedroom suites, a study room, media room with built-ins and a kitchen with 18 [...]
– October 1, 2009
Lloyd Russel has designed unordinary house in a busy street of San Diego. The other side of the house is an interstate embankment. Called as R3 House, this is a triangular house to fit 1500 sq ft. The building is built to some purposes such as a community art space, a studio, location for dinner [...]
– September 22, 2009
This is a design of urban coastal house with modern contemporary style. It is wonderful to look at the side of the house. There is a stairway to the swimming pool from the second floor. The house has many natural materials sliding from inside to outside. Those are creating various living spaces. This modern house [...]
– September 10, 2009
This modern house is simple but spacious. The long-shape of the site does not make the narrow feel inside the house. The space programming is designed carefully so it completely transformed the interior from a bunker lookslike to a spacious home. The natural ambiance of the tropical house is supported by wooden finishing yet the [...]
– September 8, 2009
This is a modern house designed by Frank Macchia. Blairgowrie Court Residence has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. The exterior of the house is complex with the complexity combination of rectangle and arc shape surfaces. The space zoning is wonderful, and so the material and color applied in this home design. Every space has its [...]
– August 5, 2009
A wonderful idea has applied in this house design. Sited near Krakow, Poland, the Jodlowa House is dominated with glass material for its façade. This modern glass home has steel frame to underpin the house above the ground. PCKO Architects and MOFO Architects have designed the house with an indoor swimming pool, 2 bedrooms and [...]
– July 25, 2009
Belle Iloise House, the Island House in Brittany, by Opus 5
Modern Contemporary Terrace House
Pyramid House – Modern Pit Dwelling in Saijo, Hiroshima
The Natural of Three Stones House
The House for Contemporary Chinese Scroll Paintings Collector in Hua Guan Avenue, Singapore
