Architecture & Design Community
April 11, 2024
Exterio Architectural Studio, together with interior design firm Hola Design, has shared photos of a contemporary home they have completed near Warsaw, Poland, that’s surrounded by a pine forest. The home is designed to bring a large family together, with the form taking shape with the creation of a separate “house” for every inhabitant, to be […]
February 18, 2024
The Wiseman Group has updated a 90’s home in Sausalito, California, that was originally designed by the late architect Donald Olsen. Located on a hillside with waterfront views, the home has been thoughtfully modernized as an elegant family living space that still honors the unique, original structure. A black-framed artistic glass front door welcomes visitors […]
January 25, 2024
77 Architecture Studio has shared photos of a home they designed on the edge of a housing estate near the forest in central Poland, near Warsaw. The house with its vertical wood facade, gives way to the natural beauty of its surroundings, discreetly immersing its architecture within the dense forest. Exterior lighting added to the […]
January 18, 2024
January 18, 2024 Architect Jan Tyrpekl, has shared photos of a small elevated cabin that was designed in Hainburg an der Donau, Austria, for a client who owned a farm and wanted somewhere to relax. Located on the border of a young orchard and mature trees. It has an archetypal house shape, but it is […]
January 14, 2024
Studio for Architecture & Collaboration (StudioAC) has designed a modern single-family home with a black exterior in Toronto, Canada. The home has a gable roof and appears as a series of stacked boxes, with different levels defining the various areas of the home. The rear of the home is similar to the facade, with the […]
January 9, 2024
Bates Masi + Architects has sent us photos of a new home they recently completed in Bridgehampton, New York, that has its living spaces elevated above the ground. A coastal lagoon’s narrow shape and adjacent topography funnel storm surge and wave action onto the scenic but low-lying site. Therefore, the architects took these conditions into […]
December 24, 2023
Obreval and Catch Architecture have completed an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in California that curves around a circular patio. It sits on a small corner backyard and was planned to make the most of that limited outdoor space. A curve around the patio The plan wraps around a semicircular cutout. This shape brings daylight into […]
November 21, 2023
Akb Architects has designed a modern cottage in Canada that’s clad in rough-sawn cedar boards and western red cedar shakes. The residence is hidden among trees with carefully sited openings providing views of a freshwater lake. Each volume is nested above and within the existing topography with minimal environmental disruption. The form of the cottage […]
October 26, 2023
William / Kaven Architecture has completed a home in Portland, Oregon, as part of a group of private residences on steep sites within Forest Park, a 5,000-acre woodland. From the outside it reads as a stack of lit boxes tucked into the trees. The architects are at williamkaven.com. A restrained palette in the trees Dark […]
October 22, 2023
October 22, 2023 Narch Arquitectes has shared photos of a home they designed in Barcelona, Spain, that has large folding windows that connect the interior to the inner courtyard and garden. The home, completed for a couple and their two daughters, has folding windows that can be opened completely or gradually depending on the season, […]
July 27, 2023
Design build firm MAFCOhouse, has shared photos of a contemporary home they completed in Haliburton, Ontario, for a family that wanted a place in cottage country with a cozy vibe. Working with the family, MAFCOhouse searched hard and found a four-acre lot with southern and western exposure, 1,200 feet of shoreline littered with granite outcroppings, […]
March 27, 2023
Specht Architects has designed a new house in Mansfield, Massachusetts, for a retired couple who wanted to simplify their lives and downsize. The home is minimal and modern, yet it also has to show off the art, antiques and found objects the owners have collected over a lifetime. A thin roof that floats The site […]
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