This contemporary Napa Valley, California estate home and vineyard, situated in one of the valley’s most prestigious winegrowing areas, Stags Leap District, was designed by architect Howard Backen of Backen, Gillam & Kroeger Architects, completed in 2000. The owner selected Backen to design his home based on his proposed design’s fusion of the landscape that […]
Union Square Loft is situated in the historic intersection of Union Square in Manhattan, New York, designed by architecture and interior design firm David Howell Design. The loft is comprised of 3,000 square feet of living space, following the model of an Atrium house with a perimeter of bed and bath functions around an open […]
To create the ultimate living room showcase, we have gathered together some fresh design ideas and inspirations to help you modernize your living room interior. If you only could chose one space in your home to put your heart and soul into designing, we are sure you would chose the living room as the […]
This industrial-eclectic loft is the home of designer and artist Alina Preciado and her two cats, situated in a 1800s industrial building in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The 2,000 square foot loft with one bedroom and one bathroom mixes old and new pieces together, with findings that Preciado has picked up […]
Bay House is a contemporary family home situated in Sag Harbor, New York, designed by Roger Ferris + Partners. This residence located on the Long Island coastline has been designed to capture and frame spectacular water views. The design also maximizes transparency between interior spaces and the link between interior and exterior. The design embraces sustainability […]
Residence 1414 is an impressive home renovation in Austin, Texas carried out by Miró Rivera Architects. The original 1940s house had suffered an unfortunate addition in the 1980s. The backyard views were blocked by a heavy fireplace and small windows; meanwhile a fenced-in pool, brick terraces, and roofed arcade all served to divide rather than […]
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 […]
Residence 104 has been designed by Miró Rivera Architects and is situated in Austin, Texas on a steeply sloping, wedge-shaped site that opens to sweeping views of a canyon, Lake Austin and the Hill Country beyond. The design of the 6,500 square foot residence responds to the challenges of its site in two ways: First, […]
In the historic colonial town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, this new addition and renovation of Casa de Cocinas has been transformed by San Francisco-based design studio House + House Architects. Three non-descript properties have been converted into a spacious 2,500 square foot contemporary home filled with natural light, bold colors and a rich […]
The Southlands Residence is nestled into a mature, heavily vegetated corner site in lovely Vancouver, BC, Canada’s historical Dunbar Southlands district. The home was once a neglected bungalow that has been transformed into an urban oasis by DIALOG. A year-round fresh water stream divides the irregularly shaped site and the lush basin resulting from long-standing […]
