Los Angeles-based architect Rob Wellington Quigley has designed the Alden Residence, a wood and concrete home on the prestigious Beverly Park Drive in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California. Built in 1999, the 13,081 square foot luxury home belongs to David Alden, a theater and film director who specializes in post-modernist opera design. The award-winning seven-bedroom, […]
Unbelievable concrete home in Madrid
The architecture studio A-cero presents one of its latest works, an enormous single-family house. It is situated in the outskirts of Madrid, Spain on a 5,000 square meters plot. It is a single storey building and it has 17,222 square feet (1,600 square meters) of built surface. The first sensation that this house produces when […]
Most coveted vacation retreat in Barbados
Cove Spring House is the most coveted vacation home on Barbados, a popular private rental for celebrities; unique in its prime Platinum Coast location, atop coral stone cliffs which wrap around its own secluded beach; sumptuous in its stunningly furnished interiors; intimate, private and secure in its magnificent walled and manicured gardens; architecturally designed for […]
Luxurious safari lodge in the African wilderness
The Sabi Sands Game Reserve is located in the private wilderness area of Ulusaba, South Africa. The lodge belongs to the “Virgin Limited Edition” of Sir Richard Branson and it does not leave any wishes unfulfilled with its luxury and design. Ulusaba has two lodges: “Safari” and “Rock”. Both lodges are unique in its architecture […]
The Tower House with panoramic lake views
The Tower House, located in Austin, Texas was designed by Andersson Wise Architects. There are a few small limestone cabins from the 1930s located along Lake Travis, the longest of the Highland Lakes that terrace the hill country west of Austin, and they are used primarily in the summer. One such cabin sits on a […]
Rahimoana Villa retreat in the Bay of Islands
Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects designed the Rahimoana Villa, which is part of the Eagle’s Nest Resort located in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand. The brief called for a spiritual refuge for the owners of the house and their guests. The dramatic isolation of the site afforded unrestricted openness in design, allowing a seamless […]
A modern thatch cottage in South Africa
Wright Conversion by South African architects Elmo Swart Architects is an expansion project to a three-bedroom thatch cottage in Durban, South Africa. Including the addition of a new bedroom, two studies, a multi-use entertainment space and an art gallery, the design features a continuous surface that wraps around the structure to form a fluid floor, […]
Tuscan-inspired home on the Aspen mountains
Situated on 2 acres of pristine and manicured grounds, adjacent to hundreds of acres of meadows, this 18th century-inspired 16,000 square foot (1,486 square meters) Tuscan estate in Aspen, Colorado has it all. Fully equipped with 7 bedrooms (with 7 en suite bathrooms), an extra 7 full baths, 2 half baths and over 5,000 square […]
Contour House immersed on Berry Mountain
Positioned below the edge of an elongated stretch that connects the coastal hinterland of Berry with the rim of the sunken plateau of Kangaroo Valley is “Contour House” by Peter Stutchbury Architecture. Located in Berry Mountain, New South Wales, Australia, the single-story dwelling is named for its linear form that is set against the sliding […]
Extraordinary modern home in Portugal
The Mario Rocha house is situated in Valongo, Portugal and has been designed by architect Carlos Nuno Lacerda. The residence has been designed as a large volume, with the entry markedly assumed by a gap between volumes, and enhanced by a sculpture panel that follows the entire entry route the house shuts down the street […]










