Residência Maranhão is an apartment of the 50’s designed by Maurício Arruda architects + designers, located in the district of Moema in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The 2,152 square foot (200 square meters) home had never been remodeled and was in desperate need of an update. The premise of the project was to open spaces to […]
The Eyebrow House is the brilliant renovation of a 1941 Cape residence situated in Portland, Oregon that uses a contemporary aesthetic with affordable, off-the-shelf components. New York-based Edgar Papazian Architecture, took the existing structure and reshaped it into a modern home, resembling the arches of an eyebrow. This house has been featured in the IFC […]
Architect Peter Zaytsev, the partner in Za Bor Architects, designed this small apartment for his family. This small studio is located on 24th floor of newly built “Dubrovskiy” residential building in Moscow, Russia. Peter Zaytsev thinks, that architecture has to be simple in the context of decoration, but not in the context of shape, that’s […]
House of Mr. R is a single-family residence designed by Za Bor Architects, where the only client stipulation was to preserve all the trees on property in Moscow, Russia. The plan skirts around and incorporates birches, oaks and pines and the design team even went so far as to create and embed a special concrete […]
The stunning Modern Barn project is an elegant, modern home within a reconstructed dairy barn situated in Milton, Connecticut. This historic gambrel barn was partially destroyed in a fire. The owners commissioned architecture studio Specht Harpman to design the rebuild so that the barn would remain contextual with the other buildings on the 8-acre site, […]
House at Narrowneck is situated in Auckland, Zealand, comprised of three dwelling units to house an elderly parent, young grandchildren and allow work from home. Designed by Mitchell and Stout Architects, the 5,597 square foot (520 square meters)residence is nestled on a site with an elevated beach side section on a busy road with great […]
The West Lake Hills Residence was designed to preserve and nestle into the lush live oak canopy and rolling hills of West Lake Hills in Austin, Texas. Designed by Specht Harpman, code and permitting regulations required the original slab and certain walls to be reused. The new house is articulated by cantilevered volumes, ribbon windows, […]
Industrial design elements have been successfully integrated into this brilliant loft-like home which is a former 1910 water cleaning station conversion, located in Villefranche sur Mer, a small coastal town situated along the French Riviera. This fabulous home belongs to former Belgian army pilot Philippe Tondeur, comprised of 5,400 square feet with three bedrooms and […]
The New Canaan Residence is nestled into a lush hilltop site in this forested part of Connecticut. Designed by architecture studio Specht Architects, the house was designed to engage the landscape and immerse the occupants in the full range of environments that the site offers. What the completed house doesn’t show is its modest beginnings: […]
The Lakeshore Residence, designed by Miró Rivera Architects, blends subtle Indian influences with a modern sensibility in Houston, Texas. The clients are originally from Gujarat, India, wishing to have a large residence that would accommodate the extended visits of their family while incorporating elements of the rich traditions of their homeland. The architects studied Indian architectural […]
