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Gorgeous mid-century ranch house remodel

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The Bal Residence is located in Menlo Park, California, designed by Berkeley-based studio Terry & Terry Architecture. The project was designed for a retiring couple, and necessitated the need for accessible space. The 2,000 square foot project ties the new addition in the rear garden area to an existing mid-century ranch house by way of […]

Fascinating concrete dwelling flooded by natural light

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This incredible two-storey residence in situated in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, designed by Anastasia Architects. The 3,982 square foot (370 square meters) property seeks an architectural approach to maximize the use of the site and increase the boundaries of both the internal and external areas. The floor plan is rectangular and compact, expanding […]

A modern barn house in Long Island

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The Louver House has been designed to satisfy the client’s passion for barns, in Long Island, New York. Designed by architecture firm Leroy Street Studio, the residence was a mix of traditional barn and a modern building to meet the demands of habitability but blend in with the external environment of corn fields and the […]

Villa Bussum in Amsterdam

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This private residence for a family, completed in June 2009, is situated in a lush, leafy neighborhood in Bussum, a small town near Amsterdam. The neighborhood is known for its 19th century villas, designed in a vast array of revivalist styles. The design for the 3,014 square foot (280 square meters) villa by GROUP A […]

Villa Berkel in the Netherlands

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Villa Berkel in Veenendaal, Netherlands is built on a site formerly occupied by a bungalow dating from the nineteen seventies. The owners wanted to remodel the bungalow, but decided on the advice of architect Paul de Ruiter to demolish the bungalow and make room for a completely new design. The woods around the villa are […]

Incredible Hyderabad house

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Rajiv Saini & Associates designed designed a remodel of an existing family home in Hyderabad, India. The architects were given a carte blanche for the project. They were ready to bring the house down and rebuild as they had made the most of the old house (built by the previous generation with Victorian column embellishments […]

Historical Belgian mansion

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Walking through this impressive house in Belgium is like making a time travel from the Middle Ages to the present time. The history of this new mansion dates back to the 16th century when the building was erected as a brewer’s house. Over the years, the house has known quite some alterations and renovations, resulting […]

An architectural safe haven in Poland

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Located in a small village at the outskirts of Warsaw, Poland, the Safe House was designed by architectural firm KWK Promes with the aim to provide its residents a feeling of maximum security. The two story concrete residence offers approximately 6,100 square feet of spacious living areas, floor to ceiling windows, panoramic views of the […]

Spectacular garden house in Brazil

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This incredible 80′s house was designed by Brazilian architect David Guerra. The director of a company, with a head office in London chose this house to be reconstructed into a vacation residence in Brazil. One of the main wishes was to make the interior/exterior integration bigger, making the garden participate in the day-by-day of the […]

Medieval 16th century restoration in Spain

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Barcelona architect Anna Noguera has converted a sixteenth-century house in Girona, Spain into two contemporary holiday apartments. Located in the core part of Girona’s medieval quarter, within the scope of the first wall and overlooking the Plaça de Sant Domènec, is the property Alemanys 5. The refurbishment has been undertaken with very few materials: iron, […]