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Residing at the end of a road located at the edge of Austin, the Watersmark 35 house was designed to be a restful sanctuary for the owners. The house embraces its naturally terraced site, capturing both sweeping views in the distance and intimate spaces alongside the building. On the more private façade, generous windows and [...]

Rieteiland House by Hans van Heeswijk Architecten: While the front of this waterside house, on the recently developed island of IJburg near Amsterdam, is clad in perforated aluminium panels, the rear is entirely glazed, so that residents can watch the sun set. Some of these panels are positioned behind windows and can be opened automatically [...]

This one-storey white house is designed by Shinichi Ogawa & Associates in a rural landscape. Its spatially in simple, being closed toward the outside by 3 vertical surfaces and a horizontal plane, has a semitransparent wall and a tunnel as the entrance in the principal façade. Thanks to this glass wall, sunshine reaches into the [...]

The House 8 is designed by Atria Arquitetos on a residential site in Brasília, Brazil. The design is pointing on the simplicity of architecture through the materials choices with a plea for natural textures. This one story house intends to explore the integration among the house´s internal and external ambiances. Incoming search terms:minimalist single storey [...]

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 [...]

This project is designed by Katrin Oggesen from Berlin-based studio Archibald Buro. This 2,600 sqf Lakeshore House is located in the “Wildpark West”, a woodland residential estate outside Potsdam. The house formed in massive wooden plates (“Lenotec”) fabricated by Finnforest in the German Schwarzwald. These Lenotec elements are fixed & then wrapped with wooden insulation [...]