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AdvertiseIt’s All about the Scenery – Naust Paa Aure, Norway
This is about small house design, about remodels, about a boat home and about repurposing a home that is over 200 years old. This labor of love was completed by Norwegian practice TYIN Tegnestue Architects. It sits on the Northwestern coast of the Aure Kommune, in the municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Most [...]
Hep Cats Get Groovin’ Mod-Style in Denver’s LoHi
Wanna get groovy with the mods in the Denver Lower Highlands, in the spectacular modern home design of an urban town house? Try out this hip place, with a total surface of 3,181 square feet, featuring five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a chef’s kitchen, a roof deck that’s just perfect for parties. There’s even a [...]
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 [...]
David Catta’s Aviator Chair to Grace Five Lucky Modern Homes
David Catta’s amazing Aviator Chair was created over the span of 3,000 hours of work, but the result is ideal for any and all modern homes. The chair is a luxury item, set to be released in a limited series of five. So, if your budget allows you, go out and get yours now; [...]
Stockholm Straw Hat Factory Receives Modern Facelift
Just when you thought you’ve seen it all in terms of contemporary house designs, in come the Swedes, with the Strawhat Factory project, built by Oscar Properties. And, of course, they’ve outdone themselves again. The Strawhat Factory, as will name will have you know, is, indeed… a former factory for making straw hats. Acquired [...]
Vienna’s Herzeberg Housing Proves Blocks Can Be Chic & Modern
The Herzberg Housing unit, located in Vienna, Austria, and designed by local practices Alleswirdgut and Feld72, is a perfect example of daring modern house design. It is a conglomerate of blocks of flats, indeed, but it’s one built intelligent, with a lot of heart and respect for the specifics of the site. For the [...]
Silhouette Floating Lamp is Modern Version of Night-Stand UFO
If you feel your current interior house design is missing that extra spark, light it up with the Silhouette Floating Lamp, designed by Angela Jansen, with technical aspects authored by engineer Ger Jansen. It’s marketed under the beautifully simple concept-URL of ‘light-light(.com)’ – and that is precisely what it is. Light that is so [...]
Planting Modernist Seeds in Mexico – Casa La Semilla
Casa La Semilla, by Mexican studio T3Arc is an organic type of residence, a prevalent trend among modern homes. It was completed in 2011 and is located in Jiutepec, in the state of Morelos, Mexico. The team took great care in completing the design, as the vast plot on which the home is located [...]
Floating Green Home in Venice Beach, CA
The Hover House 3 by Glen Irani Architects is the continuation of a series in green home design, the Hover House series. More poetically put, it is a living box with most walls set in glass with a host of fireflies aflame inside, hovering above the ground, in an architectural effort to “set a [...]
Updating Gaudi Through Circular Perfection – Villa Ronde, Japan
There are cute homes, lovely homes, new modern homes, concept homes, abstract homes, luxury homes – and then there’s the Villa Ronde. A stunning circular residence by Ciel Rouge Creation, with no less than a private museum inside, and a lavish natural setting, on a rocky ocean coast. If you think you’ve seen it [...]
