This stunning architecturally designed house sits nestled on the Crown Range ridgeline of Queensland, New Zealand amongst 6 acres of grounds. In a very private position and with spectacular views of the surrounding Wakatipu countryside and mountains, this 6,028 square foot (560 square meters) five bedroom, three bathroom home is of solid construction and has […]
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The Suffolk Poolhouse by David Mikhail Architects
The Suffolk Poolhouse designed by David Mikhail Architects was inspired by their client’s vacations to Africa. Their clients wanted a way of ‘living out in the garden’. The white rendered farmhouse has been refurbished and extended with two glazed perpendicular wings – one with an internal swimming pool and the other with living / dining […]
Captivating Vienna Way Residence in California
The Vienna Way Residence is a project by Marmol Radziner located on a large, extensively landscaped lot in Venice, California. Designed for a young family, the 4,554 square foot home features floor to ceiling windows that seamlessly blends the indoors with the exterior California native landscape. Working within the narrow site, the design divides the […]
A restored farmhouse in beautiful Catalonia
A restored farmhouse in the beautiful Catalan countryside of Emporada, five minutes from the beach and just north of Barcelona, Spain has been designed by Architect George Moser. The dwelling has been divided into two floors to create spacious and airy spaces with plenty of natural light. The home retained its essence by keeping the […]
Gorgeous modern eco-estate in Costa Rica
Fluttering just above and hugging the lush coastal terrain of Guancaste, Costa Rica, Mariposa’s interior garden, living, dining room, kitchen and exterior entertaining is subtly separated from the private areas as a result of an enveloping exterior garden bridged by a glass circulation spine. The 4,747 square foot (441 square meters) 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom […]
Take a tour of this inviting Los Feliz guest house
Los Angeles-based designer Alexandra Angle worked in event design and wrote an entertaining guide with her husband, Eliot, called Cocktail Parties with a Twist, before setting up her interior design practice. For this Los Feliz guest house, she combined midcentury Scandinavian pieces with a Southern California palette. In the picture featured above the cottage’s bedroom […]
Impressive Casa LQ20 with expansive garden views
Casa LQ20 is a house located in Cuernavaca, Mexico designed by architecture firm T3arc. The main idea was to generate a place where the interior opened up to the garden. Cuernavaca is a city with great weather all year, and the main activities always occur in the outside. Nevertheless, the sun could be a problem […]
Spectacular Fishers Island Retreat
This spectacular Fishers Island House located in New York was designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners. Meandering gardens and woods, sparked with daffodils, peonies and daylilies, flank the straight drive in. Up ahead near the path’s end is an aperture framed by an arbor of apple trees, capturing an elemental view of sky and water: […]
Swedish apartment with charming interiors
This fantastic top floor apartment is about 3,251 square feet (302 square meters) in a beautiful building in Karlaplan, an open park plaza area in Ostermalm, Sweden. Designed by architects Jenny Frigren and Maria Sahlstrand, the residence is quite unique in its kind, breathing exclusivity and functional minimalism. The floor has near-parochial proportions by 5.5 […]
Absolutely beautiful decorated shed
The Farm is a 150 rolling acres of property that has been carefully created and curated to be the ultimate experience in sophistication, Zen and sustainable living. The farm was purchased 11 years ago as a vacation home by Esther Dormer who is a founder of the Future Fund, a venture capital firm, with her […]