American architect Robert M. Gurney has designed the Wissioming2 House in Glen Echo, Maryland. The house sited on a sloping, wooded lot with distant views of the Potomac River. The house is organized into two volumes connected with glass bridges that span a reflecting pool which separates the volumes. Secondary volumes intersect and overlap the [...]
Posted on May 23rd, 2012 under Forest House Design | No Comments »
Herbst Architects was challenged to build a house on the site which 90% covered in mature pohutukawa trees as a part of a continuous belt of forest along the beach front. The program separated loosely into private and “public” components, give smaller individual masses with which to articulate the forms. The private functions of bedrooms [...]
Posted on May 1st, 2012 under Beach House Design | No Comments »
Y house by Sharon Neuman Architects in Kfar Hess, Israel: Y house was planned for a family with 3 adolescent children, and privacy aspects played an important role in the design. Incoming search terms:sharon neuman, house in Israel, architecture moderne houses, contemporary houses in israel, israeli architects designers, sharon neuman architects, sharon neumann
Posted on March 9th, 2012 under Contemporary House Design | No Comments »
Madrid-based architect A-cero has completed a single Familiar House in Marbella. This development is located on one side of a mountain but very close to the coast, with plenty of Mediterranean vegetation. Incoming search terms:a-cero architettura, mediterranean architecture, a-cero architecte, marbella houses, mediterranean house, Mediterranean House architectural, modern mediterranean houses from a-cero, side view houses [...]
Posted on February 17th, 2012 under Luxury House Design | No Comments »
This project was a redesign of outdated home by Nico van der Meulen Architects on climate area in Limpopo, South Africa. The brief was to transform the look of the existing visually unattractive face brick house with vaulted roofs, small windows to something stunning and modern. The street façade transformed to an inviting entrance with [...]
Posted on January 29th, 2012 under Modern House design | No Comments »
The Swellendam house is designed by GASS Architecture in rural South Africa: This new residential dwelling is situated in Swellendam at the door-step of the breathtaking mountains and valleys of Langeberg Mountains – a view so magnificent that the locals have named it “God’s Window.” It was because of this exquisite setting that simple forms [...]
Posted on January 21st, 2012 under Landscape House design | No Comments »