Johannesburg-based design studio Nico van der Meulen Architects have completed the ‘House The’ project. Built in 2012, the contemporary home can be found in South Africa.Following the trend of making alterations to and revamping existing houses, the owners of this contemporary South African home…

Portugal-based design studio Mario Martins Atelier has designed the Colunata House project. Completed in 2011, this contemporary seaside home is located in the town of Lagos, in the Barlavento region of the Algarve, Portugal.The contemporary Portuguese house is all in white. It is a south facing…

“Connemara” is a reconstruction of two degraded cottages in Connemara, Ireland by Peter Legge Associates. Transformed into a single family residence located in the rural countryside, constructed with stacked stones and low lying stone walls that run through the bucolic landscape as the main…

Casas Del Sol located on the tropical island of Koh Tao in Thailand offers luxury boutique villas with stunning panoramic ocean views. Spacious open plan living features contemporary tropical design with private swimming pool and deck terrace.

MOOARC have recently completed Le Portelet house on the island of Guernsey,UK-  a beautiful, quaint home with a gorgeous view combined with luxury living.Designed as a new family home, which sits within the wooded slope overlooking Portelet Harbour, this lavish residence mixes natural beauty…

Strips of glazing wrap the walls and roof of a timber waterside summerhouse in Aure, Norway.Designed by architects TYIN tegnestue, the building is made of materials that were salvaged from a dilapidated boathouse on the site, plus new grey-patinated pine.Here’s a description of the project from…

Description from the architects:The sun house is a relatively compact house for Singapore on a roadside corner plot in an established bungalow area. We endeavoured to make the most of the site by pushing the main ‘L’ shape of the building to the rear.  This then created an open courtyard…

Art and Surf is a beautiful modern residence designed by Steven Harris Architects and located in Montauk, New York. The villa is situated just a few steps away from the ocean and its generous windows allow unobstructed views of the surfers and waves. For sale on Sotheby’s, this home is not…

Designer Reese Roberts has dived into Casa Finisterra head-first, bringing a fresh, modern style to what may well be the perfect contemporary beach home! This exciting, contemporary design is a paradox – urban, yet organic; elegant and relaxed; open and private all at the same time. It’s…

This project is stunning house design by Daniel Marshall Architects called Korora House. Located in Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand, this house design use minimalist style as its concept. Korora House Design is built on beach hill with stunning surrounding view.Tessék megnézni ezt a…

This 2,200 square-foot residence is located on a Chesapeake Bay barrier island near the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, an estuarine marshland ecosystem, and an important stop along the Atlantic Flyway. The project conceptually fuses architectonic form with the natural elements of the site.…

Designed by +31ARCHITECTS, this modern houseboat resides in the Amstel river of Amsterdam.Text from architects: This tautly designed houseboat floats in the Amstel river of Amsterdam.The design has, unlike most floating houses, a very contemporary design without losing the characteristic appearance…

Look at this Minimalist Mediterranean Villa designed by  Bruno Erpicum & Partners located in Spain.The building in situated on a slope overlooking the Sea. The ground floor consists of several levels that divide the loft-like living space into various functional areas. A gallery provides…

Olson Kundig Architects designed the Chicken Point Cabin in a rural area of Northern Idaho.The idea for the cabin is that of a lakeside shelter in the woods—a little box with a big window that opens to the surrounding landscape. The cabin’s big window-wall (30 feet by 20 feet) opens the entire…

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…

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…

When Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects entered into the Melkbos project there was no doubt that their seaside project would rest next to masterpieces.  The Melkbosstrand shoreline on the west coast of South Africa is pristine, and this dramatic two story home was built to fit in with the…

This is House O, weekend house was design by Sou Fujimoto Architects. This house located at a rocky stretch facing the Pacific Ocean with approaches sloping down to the water level in Chiba,Japan.Sou Fujimoto believes architect should create a better living environment to the end user. The wall…

Palabritas Beach House, recently completed by Peruvian firm Architect Jose Orrego, is a contemporary and stylish house designed to capture the view situated on the coast of Lima, Peru.The house is located on the first row of lots and was designed so that the architecture acted like a frame to the…