Harding Huebner Architects in collaboration with Milestone Contracting have designed this contemporary mountain home located in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. The half-acre narrow wooded site is steeply sloped with long-range views of the Appalachians to the west and foreground views of downtown Asheville. Offering roughly 3,300 square feet of living space, this dwelling […]
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Amazing concrete mountain retreat in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
This stunning concrete and steel mountain retreat designed by Faulkner Architects is surrounded by the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Lake Tahoe, California. The architects were commissioned to expand an existing property, which is nestled on a north-facing slope overlooking the Martis Valley and up to Lookout Mountain through 100-year-old Jeffrey pine trees. Immersed into the slope, this […]
An amazing steel and glass house perched above the Potomac River
This modern steel and glass house was designed for a sculptor from Paris by Wiedemann Architects, perched on a limestone quarry with sweeping views over the Potomac River in West Virginia. The goal of this project was to create a simple structure that was simultaneously separate from and intertwined with nature. Two simple cast concrete volumes […]
An amazing steel clad refuge nestled in the snowy Rocky Mountains
Renée del Gaudio Architecture has designed this striking steel-clad home that’s nestled along a rocky outcropping that provides shelter from the north, located in Boulder, Colorado. The form, footprint, and interior design of this structure reflect the philosophy of living with what we need – and no more. A viewing platform cantilevers over the forest floor […]
Inside a minimalist live/work refuge on the Catalonian coast of Spain
This live/work minimalist refuge was designed for a photographer and his family by Olson Kundig Architects, located in Sitges a coastal town in the Catalonia region of Spain. Ideally positioned just blocks from the Mediterranean Sea, the structure manages to capture the essence of this cosmopolitan beach town, just thirty minutes outside of Barcelona. The […]
Step inside this spectacular steel-clad ski house in the Canadian Rockies
This modern steel-clad ski house designed by Olson Kundig Architects is located in Whistler, a town north of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Create as a family retreat, this dwelling was constructed to withstand its harsh mountain environment. Elevated ten feet above grade, the main level provides a sense of occupying the tree canopy while also floating above […]
Galvanized steel home offers a woodland escape on the Annisquam River
Flavin Architects envisioned this stunning modern house nestled into a steeply sloping site that overlooks the Annisquam River in Cape Ann, Massachusetts. The home’s linear layout is oriented parallel to the contours of the hillside, minimizing site disturbance. The stacked massing and galvanized steel detailing of the home recall the industrial vernacular of the Gloucester waterfront, […]
Weathered steel and blackened cedar inspires this Canadian lake house
This Canadian lake house was designed by Paul Bernier Architect, located on the pristine shores of Lac Charlebois, a lake in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec. Nestled on a woodsy property, this bright and airy dwelling was devised to embrace its natural surroundings. The owners requested that most of their living spaces be level with the […]
A concrete and steel house channels agrarian aesthetics in Napa Valley
Kathryn Quinn Architects has designed this home inspired by the local vernacular of agrarian and industrial buildings, surrounded by a forest of oak trees in Calistoga, a small city in California’s Napa Valley. These styles would easily allow for a design that seemed as if it were added to over the course of time, with distinctly different roof […]
Tour a stunning steel and glass modern home with Seattle skyline views
A couple of empty nesters commissioned DeForest Architects for this modern steel and glass home with timeless materials and luminous spaces, perched on a hillside in Bellevue, Washington. The architects devised a solution that required a ground-up remodel of their old home, transforming a conventional suburban residence into a spectacular concrete, steel, and glass dwelling. Transplants […]