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Architecture

Architecture projects offering anywhere from modern and contemporary houses infused with a “wow” effect to Mediterranean, Tuscan and Asian influence homes from across the globe. Ranging from exterior and interior inspiration, live-work buildings to incredible commercial and hospitality projects and projects with an emphasis on sustainability are just a few of the highlights in this category. Learn how to maximize the potential of all spaces in your home by viewing incredible projects from world-class architects and designers, collated on a single source.

Historically preserved mansion gets eclectic makeover

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A true mansion, originally from 1922, with preserved architecture and full of details that reveal a rare magnificence, is the headquarters of the 22nd Edition of Casa Cor Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With very high ceilings and large windows, the beautiful and famous building has been designed in an eclectic style with over 5,400 square […]

Unique modernist design in Edmonton: LG House

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LG House was designed as a modernist design of simplicity, volume and restrained materials by architecture studio Thirdstone Inc. The concept of LG House was developed in response to the challenge of building a narrow 25’ x 140’ wide infill lot in an established Edmonton, Alberta, Canada city-core neighborhood. One of the architect’s primary goals […]

Beautiful Hill Country Residence in Austin

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The Hill Country Residence is a modern single family home designed by Cornerstone Architects in Austin, Texas. The key emphasis in the design for this home was taking advantage of the stunning downtown views the lot offered, as well as centering the home around the family. The heart of the home became the kitchen, dining […]

Modern dwelling merges with nature: Casa Itu

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Situated about an hour from São Paulo, Brazil, Casa Itu has been designed by architecture firm Studio Arthur Casas as a refuge for a young couple with children. A prime position on the banks of a small lake and the presence of a large yellow Ipe tree has led the architects to create a house […]

Brazilian modernism: V4 House by Studio MK27

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With each new project contemporary architecture is forced to optimize spaces and use the maximum of each square meter of the site. V4 House, designed by Studio MK27 is a rare anti-example. Its occupation of the land is very far from the maximum coefficient. Laws allow for much larger constructions. The solution adopted, however, dialogues […]

Fabulously Hip Hollywood Redux in Austin

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An Austin, Texas landmark built in the 1930’s, this fabulous house has quite a past. Interior design firm Fern Santini and architect Paul Lamb stripped this Greek revival beauty down to its great bones, and together elaborated on the building’s classicism. Their no-holds-barred, ingenious approach reveals a wild alter ego: the showcase staircase with PlexiGlas […]

Glam coastal home on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast

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Designer Dawna Jones shares with us her modern but inviting home on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, near Vancouver, where expansive windows make the most of the stunning ocean views. See how she used hits of wood and a mix of mid-century and custom furniture to warm the large open rooms and graphic black and white […]

Contemporary property in London: Mapledene Road

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Mapledene Road house is situated in a conservation area in Hackney, London. The property had been stripped of virtually all its period features and had become run down and used as a “crack den” leaving it ripe for modernization. Refurbishment was conceived of as a landscape of interventions and new components by London-based Platform 5 […]

Contemporary German villa surrounded by forest

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SU House is a contemporary villa situated at the edge of a forest in the south of Stuttgart, Germany, designed by Alexander Brenner Architects. The villa has been thoroughly designed down to the smallest detail, built for an art lover and her family. From the architects, “From the piazza at the entrance to the site […]

Two houses connected by an atrium: Sundial House

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Sundial House has been designed by Eugene Stoltzfus Architect as a beautiful country home situated in Harrisonburg, Virginia that has been developed from the urban concept of two houses unified by the street between them. The integration of the site positioning, the floor plans, the 3 dimensional form, the massing of masonry and the orientation […]