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Building for the Future: Puzzle Piece by Romera Y Ruiz Arquitectos

Building for the Future: Puzzle Piece by Romera Y Ruiz Arquitectos

The creative team at Spain-based architecture practice Romera y Ruiz Arquitectos have revolutionized house designs and floor plans to such an extent that they wowed the architecture festival scene. Their ‘Puzzle Piece”’is a functional element, essentially a canopy structure, which they designed for local school La Herradura. The design won them the ‘Best New [...]

A Home Unlike Any Other: House in Pankyo by Office Kokiwoong

A Home Unlike Any Other: House in Pankyo by Office Kokiwoong

Modern house designs and floor plans often offer unusual visual and structural solutions in terms of architecture, as displayed by the House in Pankyo by Office Kokiwoong. To say that this single-family home is innovative would be an understatement, given the clever and odd way in which it plays with lines, volumes and residential [...]

Utsunomiya-U by Architecture Lab Opens Up all Interior Spaces

Utsunomiya-U by Architecture Lab Opens Up all Interior Spaces

Japanese design practice Architecture-Lab once again manages to surprise us with the innovative house designs and floor plans of their Utsunomiya-U home. The two-story home is located in Tochigi, in a rather conventional residential setting. However, this home’s interiors are anything but conventional. The core of the house is formed by an ample two-level [...]

Luxury Down-Under Residence Features European Flair

Luxury Down-Under Residence Features European Flair

European house designs and floor plans are perceived as more stylish than all others, and that’s the sales pitch deployed the broker of this Melbourne, Australia home for sale. The home is selling for 969,000 Australian Dollars, but that rather pricey tag includes lots of amenities, all confined within the walls of an elegant, [...]

A Recluse in the Alps – Schuler Villa by Andrea Pelati

A Recluse in the Alps – Schuler Villa by Andrea Pelati

The Schuler Villa, designed by Andrea Pelati Architecte is an example of house designs and floor plans where simplicity and privacy are key. Located in the green, tranquil landscape of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in the proximity of the Alps, the home’s sleek grey-paneled exterior and its sparsely adorned interiors make this home a genuine oasis [...]

When Architects Design for Themselves – La Grande Vue 5A, SAOTA

When Architects Design for Themselves – La Grande Vue 5A, SAOTA

Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects (SAOTA) have once again proven that they are true masters in matters of contemporary house designs and floor plans, with the La Grand Vue 5A project. The residential building comprising two suites was designed in collaboration with interior design studio OKHA and is located in a posh neighborhood of [...]

Awesomely Rustic Multi-Purpose Peach House by Bates Masi

Awesomely Rustic Multi-Purpose Peach House by Bates Masi

House designs and floor plans are a part of global culture as much as any other artistic manifestation, and the Northwest Peach House by Bates Masi Architects is a perfect illustration of this. The residential project covers a living area of 7,000 square feet and graces an impressive ten acre lot, in the elegant [...]

Retire in Style at Olympic View House, Washington DC

Retire in Style at Olympic View House, Washington DC

Functional house designs and floor plans reach a peak with the Olympic View House, designed by BC&J Architecture in Bainbridge Island, Washington State. The 2,700 square-foot, two-story home was commissioned by a retired couple of academics, who wanted a cozy, spacious and welcoming residence in which to relax at the zenith of their lives, [...]

Yee-Haw Over to Ultra-Modern Remodeled Horse Ranch

Yee-Haw Over to Ultra-Modern Remodeled Horse Ranch

If you’re here because cool, unusual house designs and floor plans, then the Genius Loci Residence by Bates Masi is exactly what you’re looking for. It’s nothing less than a refurbished horse ranch, with an aesthetic program especially designed to express the spirit of Montauk, NY, where it is located. The home is replete [...]

The ASCII Art Is on the Wall – Dynabyte Offices, Stockholm

The ASCII Art Is on the Wall – Dynabyte Offices, Stockholm

Swedish architects PS Arkitektur are all about vibrant house designs and floor plans, and they applied the same creative principles in designing the Stockholm offices of Dynabyte. Judging by the interiors of their headquarters, Dynabyte is a great company to work with. They’re casual, dynamic, colorful, love decorative elements, be they flowers or urban-inspired [...]