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Modern Lobby & Bar in the Hilton Pattaya Hotel

Modern Lobby & Bar in the Hilton Pattaya Hotel

Hilton Pattaya hotels has unveiled a new rooftop restaurant and bar, as well as an interestingly designed lobby which offers breathtaking views of Pattaya city from a stylish decor. The interior design of these two venues offers, besides the splendid panoramas, private dinning rooms, great cocktails and a comfortable environment. The Department of ARCHITECTURE [...]

Bathing with Venus at Elounda Villa, Greece

Bathing with Venus at Elounda Villa, Greece

Since the cold season is upon us, why not turn this into the perfect opportunity to look at a sunnier modern house design for a change, such as the Elounda Villa, in Greece. It’s located right off the northern coast of the island of Crete, traditionally thought to be the birthplace of the Greek [...]

Exotic Post-Modern House for Hire – Moroccan Country Home

Exotic Post-Modern House for Hire – Moroccan Country Home

If you’re passionate about post-modern house design and interior design, there is no way you won’t fall in love with this superb Moroccan country house found for rent on JJ Locations. The second you step in, the main design elements will tell you that this is a traditional residential structure. It features poured concrete [...]

Beach Haus, Perfect Vacation House, Dorset, UK

Beach Haus, Perfect Vacation House, Dorset, UK

It’s set in Dorset, UK. It’s got breathtaking views of Chesil Beach. It is unassuming, yet charming. And once inside, it’s downright lavish, the perfect setting for your luxury self-catering vacation. The Beach Haus, up for holiday rentals at Unique Home Stays, is the only entire ‘Grand Designs’ featured Huf Haus in the whole [...]

Sail Away on Contemporary Boat-Like Residence

Sail Away on Contemporary Boat-Like Residence

It is a home, yet it looks like a graceful boat ashore. This luxury contemporary abode with eight bedrooms and a design that is at once modern and welcoming was uncovered by the Modern Octopus on Freshome. It covers 340 square meters and is set amid a lavish landscape with a Mediterranean tinge. A [...]

Pitsou Kedem Gem Graces Herzelia Pituah Shores, Tel Aviv

Pitsou Kedem Gem Graces Herzelia Pituah Shores, Tel Aviv

The Modern Octopus has featured the brilliance of Tel Aviv-based practice Pitsou Kedem Architects before. They now strike back with an equally metaphoric, nearly philosophic creation, the Herzelia Pituah House 3 – a flawless, textbook illustration of minimalism. The two-story concrete home is bare, linear and encased in glass. It makes heavy use of [...]

Seafood Paradise Floats Atop Rock off Zanzibar Coast

Seafood Paradise Floats Atop Rock off Zanzibar Coast

If you’re crazy about seafood and wouldn’t mind having it at the end of the world, in a hut perched atop a rock in the midst of the ocean, then you’ll love The Rock Restaurant, situated in none other than exotic Zanzibar. The self-explanatory name adds to the simple, yet not simplistic charm of [...]

Boat Expected to Dock at House Among Trees in Mar Azul, Argentina

Boat Expected to Dock at House Among Trees in Mar Azul, Argentina

When Martin Fernandez de Lema and Nicolas Moreno Deutsch were commissioned to design the House Among Trees, or Casa entre Arboles, they found themselves suddenly faced with a lot of particularities, which they needed to work into a functional, clever project. First off, the home is located in Mar Azul, an Argentinian seaside resort [...]

Money Can Buy You Stay in Paradise – Villa Chi, Phuket, Thailand

Money Can Buy You Stay in Paradise – Villa Chi, Phuket, Thailand

  If you can ever afford it, spend at least three nights in what has accurately been described as paradise on Earth – the Phuket Island in Thailand. And while you’re there, do it in style. Choose to stay at the Villa Chi, part of an exclusive complex of nine villas, the Cape Sienna, [...]