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Step into a mountain-inspired home designed for empty nesters in Illinois

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This fascinating mountain-inspired home was completed by Highgate Builders in collaboration with Andrea Goldman Design, located in Glencoe, a lakefront village in northeastern Cook County, Illinois. Blending contemporary design with a rustic mountain aesthetic, this home reflects the homeowner’s love of Colorado, where they have a second property. The project team worked closely together to balance […]

Step into this modern vineyard home in the beautiful Willamette Valley

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Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects have designed this modern vineyard home that is located in The Willamette Valley, Oregon’s oldest wine region. The dwelling is nestled in the hills of this beautiful wine-growing region. Formed from the topography and agricultural plan of the site, this small home was thoughtfully devised to soak in the surrounding terrain […]

A peek inside this amazing mountain refuge in the Colorado Rockies

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This contemporary refuge in the mountains was designed as the personal family home of the co-founders of RKD Architects, located in the vibrant community of Edwards, Colorado. This house is a composition of simple shed roofs, expressed on the interior with raw, almost urban loft-like imagery and angular stone forms. On yet another spectacular mountain site, […]

A modern refuge celebrates indoor-outdoor living on the Puget Sound

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Heliotrope Architects have designed this spectacular modern refuge that overlooks Puget Sound, located in Fauntleroy, a neighborhood in West Seattle, Washington. Situated on Puget Sound’s Fauntleroy Cove, this home faces Vashon Island, Blake Island, and the Kitsap Peninsula to the west. The concept of this 3,442-square-foot dwelling is all about the experience of entering into […]

Striking modern home surrounded by a serene woodsy setting in Texas

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This modern home was designed by Murphy Mears Architects, nestled on a forested property in The Woodlands, a suburb just north of Houston, Texas. This dwelling was designed to open up to its natural surroundings. Perimeter foliage provides an increasingly dense privacy screen as the property widens towards the back. The home spans across the site to […]

Tour this spectacular modern Scandinavian inspired house in Oregon

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Ment Architecture in collaboration with Ironwood Homes has designed this striking modern Scandinavian-inspired house located in Stafford, a rural hamlet just south of Portland, Oregon. This 4,200-square-foot dwelling is surrounded by breathtaking scenery, including lush rolling fields and thick stands of Douglas Fir trees. The residence draws inspiration from the beauty of its bucolic setting along […]

Tour this astounding rustic-modern retreat on Vancouver Island

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This rustic modern retreat was custom built by Couture Homes with interiors by Jenny Martin Design, tucked away in a protected cove of North Saanich, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Created to be vibrant and cutting edge, this dwelling features a dramatic interior that tells a tale of adventure through the incorporation of sculptures and […]

An impressive forest house in Truckee with stunning design details

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Olson Kundig in collaboration with owner/Truckee-based architect Faulkner Architects has designed this high desert forest house located in Truckee, California. This impressive dwelling celebrates a rugged, high desert landscape of ponderosa pine, manzanita, and exposed basalt. The home’s footprint meanders through the understory, deliberately shaped to preserve existing specimen trees and create a protected internal courtyard. […]

This amazing modern house cantilevers over Oregon wine country

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Scott Edwards Architecture has designed this modern cantilevered house that is located in Oregon’s wine country in the Chehalem Mountains. This lookout house is perched on its site, providing unparalleled mountain views of five different ranges — Jefferson, Hood, Adams, St. Helens, and Rainier. The architects were faced with the challenge of positioning the home […]