Amazing modern home, Netherlands

That amazing modern home (Netherlands) provides affordability, high-design, energy efficiency and customization. The architects have achieved clarity, ergonomics and simplicity in their work.

Architecture: Silberstein
Photography: Robin Hill

Modern minimalist Swiss chalet

This modern minimalist Swiss chalet built in an area with zoning ordinances, diverts the vernacular design of the typical chalet into contemporary and playful architecture. The topographical insertion inverts the superposition of the functions and the interior walk in a «plug-in» way. The living spaces, reachable from the upper side of the plot, evolves underneath the roof, facing the beautiful landscape of the Lake Geneva and Alps.

Architecture: LRS Architects

Three storey transparent house, Brazil

The idea was to make this three storey house as transparent as possible, in a way that would establish a visual relationship between external and internal areas. To make this viable, the openings were designed at the rear and front of the structure to be three metres wide and to be on the same axis. When open, large glazing elements slide along the walls uniting the external and internal spaces.

Architecture: Apiacas Arquitetos
Photography: Pregnolato and Kusuki

Timber house with courtyard in the middle, Austria

Main idea of the timber house is the “indoor environment quality” reached by the inner courtyard in the middle which is hidden from outside on this small site. The house with courtyard is organized on two floors. On the ground floor there are living and dining room, kitchen, garage and secondary rooms. Indoor and outdoor space are merging when the large floor-to-ceilling glazing in the courtyard is opened in summer.

Architecture and photography: DI Bernardo Bader

Nice house design, Philippines

This nice house design (Philippines) is Archipelago’s first built home. The brief was to create a serene, luxury and modern oasis to escape from the city. Streetfront does not stand out among the others, expands and unfolds into contemporary cavernous interior. Living spaces are designed as one big room, leads out to a pool, deck and veranda, all with beautiful views of the South China Sea and Nasugbu Bay.

Architecture: Archipelago
Photography: Tom Epperson

Custom home design, Canada

This innovative and creative custom home design stands the highest level of design quality and reflects integrity and taste of its owners. This custom home exemplifies contemporary design; the composition, style and flow of outdoor and indoor spaces make this the ideal home for entertaining and living.

Architecture: KB Design

Luxury golf course home

The overall design of this luxury golf course home consists of several separate structures, all flawlessly connected by ‘streets’, breezeways and bridges. Complete with an outdoor kitchen, pool, seating areas and fireplaces, the outdoor living space creates a warm and modern appearance blending naturally with the environment.

Architecture: James D. LaRue

Mountain view home

A refined exterior palette of the mountain view home of cement stucco, smooth concrete, red cedar and aluminum windows is paired with an interior of white slate flooring and gypsum-board with maple; the theme of a two-tone facade is repeated inside by interlocking maple and cherry millwork.

Architecture: D’Arcy Jones

Seaside Home in Gig Harbor, Washington

Tucked right on the water’s edge and against the cliff in Gig Harbor (Washington, USA) this seaside home answered the unique natural challenges of its site. The roof of the seaside home is an extension of the upland lawn and access to the two levels is provided through glass-enclosed elevator.

Architecture: Scott Allen
Photography: Tim Bies

Ocean front home

The ocean front home situated in California on the Pacific coast. At the upper level are four en-suite bedrooms, open plan kitchen, living and dining rooms, powder room and three-car garage. Lower Level has en-suite bedroom, offices, gym, screening room, bar & lounge and game room.

Architecture: Sagan Piechota
Photography: Joe Fletcher

Small Japanese house design

Like a bird’s nest, the small Japanese house design is open to the view of the Hiroshima and Inland Sea and is relief from disturbance. The house is protected from the environment and creates a feeling of safety.

Architecture: Kimihiko Okada
Photography: Toshiyuki Yano

Contemporary home design, USA

The contemporary home design evolved from the client’s desire for a house that is a tranquil place for retreat, art and living. This house is seamlessly open to the ridge-top coastal site via operable glazed walls. The client asked for a master suite, a study for two, one guest room and an informal open living space.

Architecture: Neumann Mendro Andrulaitis
Photography: Ciro Coelho

Timber ventilated facade house

Timber ventilated facade house (Casablanca, Chile) is a project of renovation of a wooden house organized according to a new helical staircase which, through the overhang of the new room and the extension of an existing deck, allows a visitor to go up to new panoramic terraces on the roof. The function of timber ventilated facade is to avoid accumulations of moisture and water in the structure walls.

Architecture: Renewal (2008) Delphine Ding, Jose Ulloa Davet
Photography: Jose Ulloa Davet

House without walls, Japan

The house without walls (Japan) has 240 sqm total floor area and is supported by a central core and several extremely thin steel columns. The absence of exterior walls on the ground floor allows the internal area to extend to the surrounding garden on 360 degrees.

Architecure: Tezuka Architects
Photographs: Katsuhisa Kida / FOTOTECA

White home, Dallas, Texas, USA

This white home (USA) was the first house built in new entirely Modernist Dallas neighborhood. The site is irregularly-shaped and overlooks a waterway and public park. Covered porch leads to a double-height entry that is natural light illuminated from above. The space compresses before the next living double-height volume. The master bath, living space and dining space are arranged enfilade about a center space that leads through a double-height window to a park and sculpture garden.

Architecture and photography: Morrison Seifert Murphy

Floating House, Canada

The floating house is situated near remote island surrounded by picturesque views of the Great Lakes in Canada. Sauna and boat dock are located on the first floor and a living room, kitchen, office and bedroom are on the second floor.

Architecture: MOS – Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample
Photography: Florian Holzherr

Beach house, Auckland, New Zealand

The owners of the beach house (Auckland, New Zealand) are returning to live in Waiheke Island after a long period in Asia. Perfect design and location make this home a nice place to take a rest for soul and mind.

Architecture: Daniel Marshall Architects
Photography: Ernie Shackles

Openhouse, Hollywood Hills, California

The Openhouse (Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California) is embedded into a sharply sloping and narrow property in the Hollywood Hills, a site that led to the design of a house that is both open to the city below and integrated into the landscape. Retaining walls of the house are configured to design the second level`s garden terrace and to extend the living level on the first floor into the hillside.

Architecture: XTEN
Photos: Art Gray Photography

Amazing concrete house design

Amazing concrete house design is simple and clear. The circle roof openings spread the sunlight, creating abstract and pure atmosphere in the house. Central patio generates entrance through the staircase and connects the houses three stories. The house relates three exterior spaces: garden, roof terrace and plaza, allowing exteriors for a pretty big area.

Architecture: Eduardo Berlin Razmilic
Photography: Eduardo Berlin & Sebastian Sepulveda

House with swimming pool on roof

The house with swimming pool on roof is inspired on the Astronomical Observatory Jantar Mantar, built in 1724 in Delhi. The vacation house is situated on the Pacific rocky coast and includes two bedrooms, kitchen and living room.

Design: Gabriel Orozco, Tatiana Bilbao, Carlos Leguizamo
Photography: Iwan Baan