Pitsou Kedem Architects together with Tanju Özelgin designed this modern house called “Herzelia Pituah 4 House”, located in Israel. This minimalist structure completely blurs the boundaries between the inside and the outside and hides, within its restrained spaces, a dramatic atmosphere, and wide open spaces. The house was built as a vacation home for a family […]
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Amazing Brazilian jungle house
The Carapicuiba House was designed by Angelo Bucci and Alvaro Puntoni. With a name that describes the location of the building—Carapicuiba, Brazil—the house has both an interesting layout and an unusual topography. Looking at the 4,4844 square foot (450 square meters) house from the street, the ground level is hidden to the eyes. The ground […]
Spanish residence with incredible views
Spanish architecture studio Teo Hidalgo Nacher has created ‘ripolles-manrique’ a multi-unit 4,736 square foot (440 square meters) home for two matrimonial friends. The site is surrounded by pine trees on an isolated estate that began being built in the seventies, near the town of Benicassim in Castellon, Spain. What really stands out about its location […]
Suncrest Residence on beautiful Orcas Island
Located in Orcas Island, Washington, the 3,000 square foot Suncrest Residence sits among trees, rocks, ponds, and bald eagle nests. Heliotrope Architects designed this new residence located on a pristine 26 acre site comprised of a mature Douglas fir and pacific madrone forest, with occasional rocky clearings and several small ponds. The site is ecologically […]
Stunning glass and concrete home in Italy
Sicilian studio Architrend Architecture has completed the Villa T project, a stunning house made of glass and concrete. Located in Ragusa in Sicily, Italy, this 3,330 square-foot single family residence sits on a rural lot and was completed in 2007. The relationship with the context and the sequence of the three stacked floors relies on […]
Modern home perched high on Teneriffe Hill
Perched high on Teneriffe Hill and within walking distance to Teneriffe Park and James Street markets 30a Gibbon Street presents itself as the concrete essence of what life in New Farm, Queensland, Australia is all about. Designed by Architect Larry Weston, this Avant-Garde masterpiece exudes modernism. The home has been constructed with poured concrete to […]
Maison à Bordeaux
A couple lived in a very old, beautiful house in Bordeaux, France. They wanted a new house, maybe a very simple house. They were looking at different architects. Then the husband had a car accident. He almost died, but he survived. Now he needs a wheelchair. Two years later, the couple began to think about […]
Modern sculptural home in Spain
Spanish architects A-cero have completed the Open Box House in Madrid, Spain. The three storey home is 8,073 square foot (750 square meters), designed according to the A-cero sculptural philosophy. This is inspired in the “Oteiza” work, a very important Spanish sculptor. With a powerful look, Open Box is notable for its facade in concrete […]
Modern warehouse conversion in Dusseldorf
Bruno Erpicum was the architect entrusted with designing this warehouse conversion. It is now the home of a couple with a passion for architecture who were keen to make one of Dusseldorf’s rare ruins their own. The reconversion was closely overseen by the administrative authorities, since this old factory in the city center miraculously avoided […]
Modern house in Italy: Villa PM
This fabulous 3315 square foot Villa PM in Ragusa, Italy has been designed by Architrend Architecture. The research projects its own identity through the creation of simple volumes and divided between them. The contrast between the large windows and dark surfaces of the ground floor, lava stone, and the white walls of the first floor […]