The Spanish architecture firm A-cero, directed by Joaquin Torres, has built a new house in the Madrid outskirts that synthesizes the evolution of the studio’s signature design language and its technical experimentation over the last years. The house can be aesthetically inscribed in the series of projects made by the studio since its international expansion, […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Modern home integrated into historic neighborhood
Occupying an area of 3,800 square feet, Qb3 Design firm has completed a contemporary urban home design in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Entitled the Split-Level house, the newly constructed house stitches itself into the neighborhood on a vacant corner in the Northern Liberties. Curved brick corners negotiate the irregular street grid, while the cadence of typical rowhouses […]
Cliff home floats into the seascape of Costa Rica
Situated near the village of El Coco in the province of Guanacaste, Costa Rica, this modern house on a dramatic cliff has a spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean and the lush rocky coastline. Designed by Victor Canas Arquitecto, this 4,500-square-foot vacation home is largely made of glass on the ocean-facing side. Getting through the […]
Transparent greenhouse with a cool atmosphere
The house is located in one of the oldest residential colonies in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, designed by architecture firm Hernandez Silva Arquitectos. It is almost the only sheered area of the city that is mostly leveled, and this allows the place to receive good winds and to accomplish a great view from the second level […]
The Cracked House in Seoul by Mass Studies
This project’s genesis was a couple based in Seoul looking ahead to retirement. They desired a home within commuting distance of Seoul that would accommodate their changing family composition – and, thus, the very definition of their family – as their three children matured. In Heyri Art Valley, about an hour from Seoul, architecture firm Mass […]
Incredibly designed townhouse in San Francisco
Interior designer Mark Tracy of Chemical Spaces has completed a townhouse interior on Lombard Street in San Francisco, California. Mark Tracy describes the design as, “a clean, modern design with color and character to serve as a weekend getaway in the heart of San Francisco.” This five-story townhouse on San Francisco’s famed Lombard Street is […]
Most expensive apartment in New York!
Located in New York’s historic Tribeca neighborhood on top of the famed Skylofts building at 145 Hudson Street, this is the Penthouse everyone has been waiting for. With museum quality, high performance, insulated glass designed by James Carpenter, this exceptional glass box has almost 7,500 feet of interior and over 4,500 feet of wrap around […]
Minimalist home on the rocky seashore
The Howard House was conceived by architects MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects as land art for an art historian and a family of four. Located in West Pennant, Nova Scotia, Canada, it is a 12 foot wide by 110 foot long wall playing a didactic role within both the natural and cultural landscapes. It sits on a […]