working alongside property developers yoo, the british supermodel has furnished ‘the barnhouse’ – a peaceful respite set in the heart of the english countryside in cotswold. currently on the market to buy, the five-bedroom residence features an array of spaces including a double height living room which spills onto a decked patio and pool. encompassing a ‘displaced ...
This opulent house with a clearly modern exterior and structure uses interior elements that have a distinct feel that is quite far removed from the more minimalist spaces we tend to feature. Indeed, much of the home feels like the home of a wealthy widow with exotic tastes from a 1980s show like Dynasty. Either way, it's certainly fun to glimpse around this design from 爱...
The Johannesburg home was designed for a family and is located at the foot of a local nature preserve. In order to maximize the views of this stunning landscape, attention was placed on opening up the North side of the home with plenty of glass of outdoor entertaining areas. The resulting home is a testament to its architects, with its unique exterior and open, welcoming...
Its varied volumes connect seamlessly, emphasizing outdoor spaces, natural light, and of course, wood finishing. The wood throughout the home is not perfectly matched to every other room. Instead, the different shades complement each other with each different piece emanating its own warmth and style. When you have a house that’s perched on a hill, it’s important to maxi...
The architect’s description The Elliott Bay House is located in Seattle on a narrow site facing Puget Sound. The architectural massing of the house has been wrapped around a south-facing courtyard containing a large reflecting pool with two “floating” basalt boulders. The reflecting pool gathers all the roof drainage from the house, with the downspout from the livi...
The description from the designers: The AC House is a 240 square meters residential project located in Panavia Residences in Istanbul’s Bosphorus district. The two-storey residence has a large lounge room with an open kitchen, a restroom and service rooms on the ground floor. The largest space is allocated for the lounge room and the kitchen, where the landlords can...
The project description: Light, both natural and created, envelopes each room and open spaces flow seamlessly between the outdoors and the interior. The home, spanning four living levels and a panoramic roof-top deck, is a contemporary masterpiece built with exacting precision. The use of natural materials and the highest end finishes create a warm, inspiring enviro...
cao pu presented the finished scheme during beijing design week 2015, which features a clever, adaptable architectural plan that gives space back to the existing courtyard — a important social site for members of the local community. now, after more than a year of research and development into the lifestyle of the surrounding residents, the maximum space allowed for reno...
It's no different when it comes to designing a home that perfectly suits a client. For instance, this row house in Washington, D.C. was built around the idea of a cook's kitchen where the owners could spend hours creating elaborate meals for friends and family. While that wasn't the end of the design, it was an effective place to start. Let's look inside the house to see...
formed as three stacked volumes with contrasting materials and sizes, the living areas have been clustered together on the ground floor and decorated in a retro and contemporary style. the home is then topped with a flat-roof, featuring a sun deck and a curtain-wrapped shelter which hosts an outdoor dining and kitchen area with panoramic views over the city. each floo...
The house we are featuring today sits nestled into a Sonoma hillside, overlooking the valley below. Its modern aesthetic, from DNM Architect, includes clean lines, and beautiful textures and give it all the dimension of one of the state's most fragrant pinot noirs or decadent cabernets. Being located in California, there is also that state's almost stereotypical environm...
With this penthouse in Kiev, Olga Akulova DESIGN has created a space for their client that is not just stylish and sophisticated, but that actually does a lot of the party prep at the touch of a button -- from blackout curtains to watering the plants. The open floorplan in this industrial loft space is no surprise, but the creative way the different rooms and sections a...
The designer’s description The custom home at 9606 Dunsmuir Way provides a warm, sophisticated environment to enjoy the natural beauty of Martis Camp. Overlooking a tributary to Martis Creek and park-like surroundings, the home is within close walking distance of the Springs Pavilion, Tennis Pavilion, and Lookout Lodge. The layout of this family retreat is designed f...
In the House 304 Kientruc O want to provoke an honest living experience for a young family in a typical urban Vietnamese townhouse. Only 3.5x12m in size, single facade facing an open street, the design context poses challenges to create a casual, well ventilated, and well lit space within a constrained building footage. Vertical expansion of the light well helps to maxi...
The village of Besse in the French Alps is outstanding for its solid architecture, its stone squat houses huddled all together to protect themselves from the cold weather. They are separated by narrow steep staired streets allowing the water to flow when the snow melts. The walls are made whith flat stone slabs; they look dark and austere but they are brightened by the ...
The property occupies an art nouveau building of Barcelona’s Eixample district and was fully renovated by CaSA and Margherita Serboli to become the holiday apartment for an Italian family. The original layout wasted considerable space and was poorly orientated. Its longitudinal distribution, forced by the transversal bearing walls, resulted in small spaces separated by ...
The project site is located in the town of Pakse, Laos, on an estate overlooking the Mekong River. It is one of the three huge residential buildings of classical European style, which had been designed and built a few years ago by a Thai architect. The client wished for a contemporary and simple interior, in contrast with the exterior, which has been left untouched t...
faced with little space, and high living expenses, the designers formed a new and more affordable way targeted at young people and students. the project is located in the hong kong’s tsuen wan district, where an existing hotel was renovated to accommodate 48 student apartments located in the lower 3 levels the building. with a limited floor area of approximately 27sqm...
located in district two of the vietnamese capital, the villa has been regenerated from a poorly constructed structure into a generous residence filled with natural light and open-plan spaces. while retaining the entire existing concrete structure, the building walls in-between were filled with brick while all the communal spaces placed on the ground floor. comprised o...
the home is a single block, three stories tall, with a loosely arranged interior. the project was completed by eben architects, under the direction of ebenhaezer lontoh. each level is organized by function using a series of slidable walls, allowing all spaces to expand and contract based on the needs of the day. the first floor is split into a small foyer, and a raise...
to honor his life and work, the architect decided to call the place ‘the house of the postmaster’. a feeling of contemporary architecture, mixed with the style of a mountain house, encompasses the whole design. the house’s interiors display an elegant simplicity accentuated with specific details, such as the staircases found in each bedroom that lead into the attic m...
requiring a new means of access to the loft, they designed a combined solution that incorporates a bookcase into a staircase, merging them into one single element. the aim was to achieve a sense of lightness, despite the introduction of such a large structure. to do so, a new south-facing skylight was added to the loft, enabling natural light to penetrate through the ...
Others include lots of artsy design elements and Eames chairs that could never be called minimal. And still others are like this lovely space from the architects at Valentirov. A careful balance between color and neutral, between simplicity and practical style. It makes it easy to see how a family could live comfortably and stylishly. The main living area is a large o...
They purchased a top floor unit, in need of substantial remodeling because of the work left behind on all surfaces by an artist with questionable talents. The clients wanted a flexible livework space on a very tight budget ($75k) when they approached us. The use in the unit is genuine live-work for two working visual artists. Our proposal involved a 'super compaction'...
the roof comprised of laminated timber cross beams carefully designed and calculated to deal with the diagonal positioning. the distinct shape was done to satisfy client needs, which optimizes views to the surrounding countryside. the interior is laid out in a minimal, open fashion with spaces placed according to sun direction. rooms flow fluidly into one other, inter...
The architect’s description A successful builder/developer with a history of constructing modular houses purchased a lot in a desirable neighborhood near Washington, D.C. with the intention of building a spec house. When a potential buyer expressed interest in the lot, the developer proposed a modular house as a solution to a tight budget and time constraints. Howev...
The designer’s description This project was a complete remodel and addition to an existing home in which every space and element was expanded and updated. The second floor was extended, adding two bedrooms as well as a roof deck. The spatial planning of the first floor public spaces was redesigned, easing movement and visual depth throughout the home. From interior ...
the land is dotted with small, simplistic buildings with an eye for functionality, not aesthetics. unfortunately, when such properties change owners, they are often scrapped in favor of massive suburban homes. such isn’t the case with the ‘seal rocks house 9′ by newcastle-based firm bourne + blue architecture. the client’s request was for a compact holiday retreat tha...
Description from the listing agent The Relmar houses are 3 story homes, located in Toronto’s Forest Hill neighbourhood. Located just north of the city’s downtown core, Forest Hill is known more for large estate homes, and traditional architecture. These semi-detached homes are located in a highly-coveted neighbourhood, but offer a rare opportunity to inhabit a newly-...
realized in collaboration with homeowner and designer tanja digrande, the concept takes a visual departure from the original residence, creating a contrast and distinction between the home and its latest inclusion. shaped as a black box, the exterior has an industrial feeling. it is made up of dark gray stuccoed walls, steel railings and floor-to-ceiling windows that ...
So too may creative storage options be less than unique. Still, when everything is assembled masterfully, as in this striking house from the designers at Indot (with photos from Hey!Cheese) the results can be quite impressive and indeed quite unique. The space is designed linearly, such that the living room shares one wall with one bedroom, while that bedroom shares o...
But sometimes electric colors and bright bold patterns just don't fit with the subdued personality of a space, or of that space's inhabitants. The five homes in this post, each visualized by Stanislav Borozdinskiy, use neutral colors , natural materials, and soft textures throughout their designs. For some, this might be a perfect blank canvas on which to express oneself...
The house, built in the 1930’s required a fresh approach to unlock its potential and provide a modern family home. Key to the works was the change in location of the principle access and the remodelling of the entrance. This opened up a more logic sequence of spaces from the loggia, entrance hall, thorough to the kitchen; dining & open plan living area. Augmenting the ...
Together with its extensive rear garden it has been transformed into a modern family home. The Client’s brief was to extend and remodel the house at ground and first floor to provide a light filled kitchen dining space connected to a vibrant family room that opens out to maximize the potential of the large garden. The design seeks to reconcile the individual elements o...
Moving from old house to a new apartment, the clients have focused on a children-friendly living space, as their kid just turned 1 year old. In order to break the traditional layout and eliminate unusable space, we have removed the kitchen wall and connect kitchen, dining and living room into one large space, and install large amount of storage cabinet. Open kitchen a...
The twist here was that the house had to be highly accessible whilst avoiding the ‘institutionalised’ feel that many homes for people with impaired mobility occasionally suffer from. The site presented us with a few challenges. First of all, it was set between 2 traditional, low lying thatched cottages that were identified by the planners as being of architectural signi...
