A skillfully created illusion of scale and mass allows this large residence and office settle in its stark environment on the Swiss banks of Lake Geneva, off the Route de LausanneCape Town, South Africa-based SAOTA -- Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects designed this residence for a prestigious…

This modern Beton and Wood house designed by Marte.Marte Architekten Feldkirch, Austria.It’s always interesting to see how architects manage to create a truly minimalist and modern houses that are still very comfortable and livable. Germann House by marte.marte Architekten is one of such houses.…

This home serves as a backdrop for the owners’ collection of figurative art and a space to entertain, as well as a private retreat. The house contains a variety of spaces to engage with a range of art forms, most notably, sculpture and new media.Starting from the entrance, a spare, white gallery…

Architect Jonathan Segal won an AIA San Diego citation for his design of the Lemperle residence in La Jolla.  The architect took advantage of this odd-pie shaped ocean-front property by positioning nearly half of the living space below ground in order to overcome low floor area ratios, onerous…

Located on the west side of Mercer Island, Washington, this house is a reconstruction of one of iconic Seattle architect Fred Bassetti’s earliest designs built in 1962. Fronting a busy street, we wanted to root the house to its sloping wooded site and provide a protective shelter for family…

Min Day Architects have designed this house overlooking West Lake Okoboji in Iowa.From Arch:  For a lake residence on a diminutive lot in rural Iowa, we conceived of a house as a series of spatial frames that offer a focused and private experience on an otherwise densely populated shore. This…

Ala Moana takes its name from the Hawaiian term “ocean pathways.” Designed by Omiros One Architecture (O1A), this five bedroom luxury residence commands endless ocean views from atop a steeply inclined site on Hamilton Island in the heart of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and combines a…

From Arch.: The Alendal Summer House is an object adrift in the landscape, set upon a remote rocky promontory overlooking the Vignafjord, to the South of Bergen.  The house is intended to provide an equal amount of internal space and external covered space. Credits: Todd Saunders with Attila…

Frank Sylvester Architects built this house in Ayora, Valencia, Spain. The house is located in a landscape of unique beauty, the result of natural growth of the urban fabric. The mountain, topped by a castle is covered by blanket housing through a system of aggregation of simple parts juxtaposition…

B-House was designed by Damilano Studio Architects is located in Cuneo, Italy. Damilano builds this Italian white house on the hillside to enjoy the landscape of the Piedmont. The house extends horizontally with a succession of spaces terminating in the kitchen, its windows acting as binoculars…

Perched at the peak of Mt. Merino, this house is designed to take advantage of breathtaking views of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains - made famous by the Hudson River School painters in the late 19th century. Cedar-clad retaining walls, define the compact footprint of the 2200 square-foot…

This natural house is every man’s dream, where the environment will be felt comfortable with any umber of green plants that grow around the house. Provide air circulation is so comfortable to health. This natural home concept is the work of an architect Juan Robles, located in Costa Rica.…

Feldbalz designed by Gus Wüstemann, a three-storey sculpture that contains the family life overlooking the Lake Zurich, Switzerland, where everybody meets and circulates on the first floor.The sculpture separates the parent’s area which is on the top and the children’s area which lies…

This is amazingly cool Japanese home, this time by the firm Power Unit Studio. It's called the "Y-House" and it is an absolute wonder in concrete.The house is cantilevered over a sloping suburban lot in Nagoya. Multiple levels flow down through the house, invoking the falling elevation of the site.…

The house location in Fitzroy - this is an city suburb of  Melbourne . Designed to make the utmost out of the plot’s breathtaking north east vistas, the Great Wall of Warburton is one of the latest residential projects of Australian practice BKK Architects. Situated among the rolling hills of…

A few years ago I watched the movie Twilight, and  noticed that the house of the vampires was actually very interesting, with separated volumes and big openings that potentiate the views into different directions of the surrounding woods. This house in Portland´s Forest Park was designed…

Look at  this  Modernist Contemporary  Residental   -  House Faerber, Woerthsee in Germany from Hirner + Riehl Architects,A  Hirner + Riehl Architects, nevéhez fűződik ez a modern kortárs családi ház terv amelyet a Woerthsee partjára építettek fel…

This futuristic home was created for 3 generations of a prominent Malaysian family; including both private and public functions.  All in all, there are 9 bedrooms, 2 family rooms, family kitchen + private dining, family library, game room, swimming pool, study, formal dining room, reception…

Constraints are good for design. Sustainable minimalism can be another set of constraints. Los Angeles and Switzerland-based tecARCHITECTURE firm, approach their projects with a strong green agenda. They have earned environmentally progressive credentials with their sustainable high-tech…

We all know the level of details that CG artists are able to achieve today with sophisticated 3D softwares and renderers. In this post, we feature a set of inspirational renders that showcase the brilliance that exist in this industry. Most of the houses shown below are in the midst of dreamy fairy…

Located in Opole of Poland, this modern Poland house is situated on one hectare site near the forest. Due to its location, the design of the building opens up onto all sides with its terraces in an unrestricted manner, and the only way to get into the garden is through the atrium and the house.…

Located in the town where the hotel California sits. One hour south of La Paz Baja California Sur. There is a small magical town called Todos Santos. In witch our client had a vision of developing this 50,000 square foot lot and designing two houses, one for beach house rental and the other one…

The Breeze House is a contemporary study of indoor/outdoor living concepts. Throughout the house the outdoor's relationship to the interior program is a constant exploration, the result of which range from strongly sheltered space to complete openness facilitated by uniquely expansive sliding…

     SUSI is a small residential house plus veterinarian’s office on the south slope of Puster Valley in South Tyrol. It was designed as a passive house without heating. Energy and cost efficiency required a compact volume; nevertheless, the living area had to be generous in…

From Architects:The spaces of the house follow the archetype of the small Balaton-region summer houses. On the ground floor we have continuous spaces for an elegant social life: from the garden over the living room into the dinning room. On the first floor we designed small bedrooms and a bigger…