Focused around a man-made canal extended from Austin’s Colorado River, the Lake Austin House by Lake|Flato Architects is comprised of a series of structures and outdoor spaces that create a secluded riverside complex, making up a total area of 5,995 square feet (557 square meters). Once past the enormous limestone wall surrounding the front of […]
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Modern home with a fabulous rooftop deck
Beaver Street Reprise has been designed by Craig Steely Architecture and is located in San Francisco, California. The 1,500 square foot residence is a conceptually modern house that fits contextually into a Victorian neighborhood. It contains an apartment, an office, and a split-level living room and kitchen that open onto a 500 square foot deck […]
A lovely Swedish summer house
Remember those simple summer holidays where you packed up the car with all the essentials and just a few little luxuries and made the trek to your holiday spot. Year after year your family always stayed at the same cottage or shack; simple and basic but oh so special. Days were spent lazing about, swimming […]
Charming Swedish interiors
This unique house with sea views is located in a quiet neighborhood of Valdemarsvik, Sweden. The home was constructed in 1900 and has been carefully renovated to preserve its old charm. The transformation included beautifully exposed beams, windows with deep niches and wood stoves. The home has two levels; each level is 657 square feet […]
Chelsea townhouse with incredible living room pool
After your morning sauna, swim the length of your 8-foot deep indoor pool, then sunbathe on your private roof deck and later relax in your double height solarium greenhouse and watch the day turn to dusk. Entertain guests for dinner outside in your garden oasis and then take comfort in the library near the wood […]
Wooded home tucked into a nature preserve
The McLeod residence is a stunning 1,500 square foot building, tucked into a thicket of trees at the edge of a local nature preserve in Middlebury, Vermont. Designed by John McLeod Architect, it is a modest single story at the west end facing the road, in keeping with the scale of the neighborhood. It climbs […]
An impressive contemporary home in Stockholm
This stunning residence is an impressive project from Upgrade Living, a design and construction company in Sweden. The lovely apartment is located in Stockholm, in the Ostermalm district and was designed by Mats Gustafson. It spans over an area of 1,938 square feet (180 square meters) and features two patios (one that can host 10 […]
Tour this gorgeous modern rustic barn in rural Connecticut
Marrying old with a modern aesthetic, a barn that previous owners had bought and deconstructed, has been moved from Canada to Connecticut, and then converted into this modern rustic barn house. This picturesque historic barn is located on an expansive estate in rural Connecticut, receiving a top to bottom renovation by New York-based architecture firm […]
Fascinating home in the snowy drifts of Wildcat Ridge
The property for this Aspen, Colorado house is located along the crest of Wildcat Ridge at an elevation of 9,200 feet. Designed by Voorsanger Architects, the 14,250 square foot design incorporates three major elements responding to its spectacular site: a dramatic folded plate roof, an immense moss rock wall marking the division between the east […]
Mill keeper’s cottage has modern twist
Hunsett Mill is a remote water pumping mill located in the historic Norfolk Broads National Park, situated beside the river and upstream from the Sutton Broads on Chapel Field Road, Stalham, Norfolk, England. The house was a residence for the keeper of the mill until 1900 when the advent of electricity rendered wind powered pumps […]