The historic Mulholland Drive winds it way through the peaks of the Santa Monica Mountains, offering sweeping views of the Los Angeles basin and San Fernando Valley.  This scenic route, which also plays host to some of Hollywood’s elite, provides a quiet retreat from the bustling urban center…

Zaha Hadid Architects have released new renders of a 200-metre-high commercial complex designed for Beijing.the Wangjing Soho complex will comprise three large pebble-shaped buildings overlooking a road that leads to Beijing Capital Airport.A three-storey retail podium will occupy the basement,…

Shangai-based design studio Archi-Union Architects has designed this Tea House and Library. Completed in 2011, this contemporary tea house is located in the backyard of their office, in Yangpu District, Shanghai, China.According tot he architects: “The Tea House is constructed from salvaged parts…

Gorki House was designed by Atrium and is integrated in a beautiful natural environment atop of a hill west of Moscow. The architects were commissioned to design a contemporary residence for a young couple and their kid, while maintaining a good relationship with the surrounding pine forest…

Dupli Casa is an amazing modern luxury villa near Ludwigsburg, Germany by J. Mayer H. Architects. The astonishing and futuristic geometry of Dupli Casa is based on the footprint of the house that was previously located on the site, built in 1984, that had been subject to several modifications and…

The four concrete wings of this house in Girona, Spain, appear to hover in the air above an underground entrance.Completed in 2010 by Barcelona studio Hidalgo Hartmann, the single-storey Casa Pocafarina has a cross-shaped plan that sits on four pillars and hovers a metre above the lawn.The house is…

The residence designed by JFAK Architects located in Santa Monica, California got its name thanks to the surname of its owners: Erin and Matt King. What makes it different from other houses? The architects concentrated on making use of the plot of land with the shape of the building  in order…

Based in california and switzerland, XTEN architecture has completed 'nakahouse', a single family residence located in hollywood hills, california, USA.Sited along the steep slopes below the hollywood sign, the dwelling is a contemporary update to an established home from the 1960's.Geotechnical,…

Hamburg-based practice Splendid Architecture has completed the 'Kitzbuehel Mansion', a residence overlooking the alps in Kitzbuehel, Austria. placed on a steep slope, the form is divided into two entities, appearing as if two pieces of wood have been strewn in the landscape. raising the interior…

Japanese architect Kimihiko Okada has designed the Toda House in Hiroshima, Japan.The site is located in a residential area developed on a gentle perch in Hiroshima, overlooking a far view of the Inland Sea and Miyajima. The land of this area is developed into platforms form with several levels. The…

 Portuguese studio Bernardo Rodrigues Arquitecto has completed 'house on the flight of birds', a single family home on st. Michael Island in the Azores, Portugal. informed by the landscape and the prevalent high winds and rain,  the design looks to establish a strategy that allows the…

Rough grey slate and red-stained wood panels infill a zig-zagging stone frame on the exterior of a house in Venlo, the Netherlands.Designed by Dutch architects Loxodrome, the house has four staggered storeys that align with the sloping landscape.Angled recesses in the facade createsheltered…

The Beached House, BKK Architect’s latest residential project, sits on the Victorian coastline of Australia. The residences’ name couldn’t be more fitting, as the architecture appears as if it was washed up on the shore and naturally nestled into the sand dunes. BKK is one of Australia’s…

WRAP HOUSE’ was including the three elements sunlight, spacious sense and privacy to enrich the living space. The minimalist house was situated in a flat residential quarter in the Southwest of Hiroshima City.As the site was from all sides surrounded by houses, one of which was directly limiting…

Tokyo-based studio Fuse-Atelier has completed the House in Abiko project, a three-story contemporary house in Abiko, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.The brief from the owners, a married couple in their 30s, was for a concrete, gallery-like space where they could showcase their collection of design…

The house is located in a small valley in a mountainous area near Seoul, Korea. While the valley slopes upward, series of houses intermittently continue facing a 3 meter wide road. Instead of making walls or fences towards the road, the house gently lifts up the topography to form private spaces…

Villa Ronde is an impressive green-roofed residence designed by company Ciel Rouge and located in Japan. The round shape of this luxurious crib was chosen in order to take full advantage of the surrounding views. According to the architects, the residence “is thought as a wide free organic space…

Blairgowrie Court Residence is a name of this impressive modern house, which was designed by Australian architect Frank Macchia in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton. The unusual shape of the house, the original layout of the space allow to unite interiors and courtyard space. The facade is made of…

Minimalism in the exterior and interiors is the main feature of this unusual home, called Villa Geldrop. It was designed by architects of Hofman Dujardin Architects and located in the Netherlands. The house has a traditional form of the farm, but it creates with the current requirements and the…

The architect agency Nervegna Reed together with PH Architects created Prahnan House in Melbourne, Australia. It belongs to an Art Gallery director. The aim was to build the house on the narrow space of the city. There are two bedrooms and the additional study for the artists’ visits. Besides…

Wiel Arets Architects have completed unusual glass house in Maastricht, the Netherlands. H House is one of the projects which attract the attention and you want to look at it again not to miss any detail and try to guess the designers’ secret. The residence was designed for a couple: a dancer…

Lymm Water tower house is an awesome and unique family house, designed by Ellis William Architects, it have a stunning design for the interior and exterior, the beautiful room with clean white color, red sofa and black fireplace it’s a nice combination that create a perfect harmony. The basis for…

Located in the northern ridge of Los Angeles, the Pittman Dowell Residence is the creative vision of Michael Maltzan Architecture, and is a true example of what great things can happen when clients hand over full creative license.  You get a remarkably livable and modernly genius home…

Villa was built in the area of 500m2 by Ooze with new faceted skin wrapping of the existing collection of buildings and home extensions. Villa was named “Villa Rotterdam” & located in Rotterdam – NL.Geometry of form is one of the best ways to make the building unusual and attractive.…

Like a curious animal that might have been formed from Tetris blocks, House P seems to gaze down at the valley from its perch on this sloping property in Klosterneuburg. The seamless impression of the homogeneous sculptural form is strengthened by the use of prefabricated concrete elements in the…