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AdvertiseA Fresh Approach: Shakin Stevens House by Matt Gibson Architecture
The Shakin Stevens House is a popular house located in Melbourne, Australia. Driven by the desire of the owner to feel linked to “green” space and nature, the response for the interior seems only natural. The house is one of two faces. First we have the facade, and the exterior which seems mostly contemporary, [...]
Upcycling a Boeing 747: Wing House by David Hertz
Modern house design is often about reinventing the conventional, and the team at David Hertz Architects Inc fully understood that when they decided to create Wing House. The property is located in glamorous Malibu, California, which places at its tenants disposal wonderful views of the nearby mountain range, valley and islands peacefully floating on [...]
Finish Avano Architects Build Their Own Modern Mountain Cabin
Helsinki-based Avanto Architects, who are Anu Puustinen and Ville Hara, wanted to combine modern house design with rural flair. Consequently, they came up with a four-cornered mountain cabin concept and built it in Virrat, a small town located 170 miles away from the country’s capital. The resulting residential structure with an area of 839 [...]
Green as Texas Pastures – Cascading Creek House by Bercy Chen
One would probably not expect to discover a gem of green house design in Texas, but Bercy Chen Studio’s Cascading Creek House proves it is possible. The home is a sprawling V-shaped ultra-modern mansion located on a vast expanse of green land. Its interiors are fresh, full of contemporary, upbeat details that shape and [...]
Blok K by NL Architects Undulates Under Dutch Sun
So far, we’ve gotten you used to contemporary house designs with a focus on individual residence, but today we bring you Blok K, by the Netherlands’ NL Architects. The massive building with a softly curved terrace roof is featured at the heart of an elegant, peaceful residential project with 500 homes and a park, [...]
Small, Simple, Sustainable – Hampden Lane House, Bethesda, MD
If your current living conditions or home purchase perspectives will have you consider a smaller home, allow the Hampden Lane House by Robert Gurney Architects inspire you in matters of small house design. This 2,200 square foot-two story home was commissioned by a visionary entrepreneur in Bethesda, Maryland. He had a very clever demand. [...]
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 [...]
Sushi-Inspired California Roll House Graces Wasteland
As the name suggests, California-based practice Violent Volumes pioneers the scene of contemporary house designs. Check out their incredibly innovative California Roll House. Its name is that of a special type of Sushi roll. Yes, that’s right – contemporary house designs often feature unusual sources of inspiration, and this one was inspired by food! [...]
Peconic Bay Residence Goes Above & Beyond Green Home Design Principles
Since green home design is all the latest rage and the New York State Hamptons have always been at the forefront of the home design scene, Bridgehampton-based practice Stelle Architects have created the Peconic Bay Residence. Located on a bluff with a view to a bay with a grove of cedars and locust trees, [...]
Remote, Yet Connected – Casa Torcida, Costa Rica
At a remote location on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, the creative geniuses at SPG Architects stumbled upon a diamond in the rough, which they proceeded to turn into the exquisitely modern Casa Torcida. The uncut jewel was an old abandoned structure with a steel frame and a concrete slab structure. Was. It [...]
