Contemporary Home Blended with Surrounding Woods

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This contemporary home is a remodeling of classical 1950s ranch style house for a couple and their two children. It’s surrounded by secluded woods and its new exterior finishes were chosen to blend with the shadowed tree trunks around. The windows are designed to maximize views of all that surrounding nature. Because of sloping site [...]

Contemporary House with Roofed Two Level Exterior Terrace

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Doubleview House is a contemporary family home designed by Chilean architects Benjamín Murúa and Rodrigo Valenzuela of Murúa-Valenzuela. The exterior two level terrace is a center place in the house which crosses it from one side to other. The terrace is roofed and designed to make it possible to take advantage of surrounded landscape and [...]

Contemporary House with Fully Glazed First Floor

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This contemporary house is collaboration between Brendeland & Kristoffersen Architects and Simen Stori. The building is 120 square meters with public areas located on the first of two floors. These areas are opened to the surroundings in quite unusual way. All external walls one this floor are fully glazed. Everything other is located on the [...]

Sophisticated Waterfront Holiday Home – Waterford House

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Simple shapes and a bold use of materials create a luxury environment that nevertheless captures the essence of the New Zealand coastal holiday experience. This sophisticated holiday home has magnetic appeal and bold, award-winning architecture. The house features a private jetty, pontoon and boat parking area and provides direct access to the open sea. The [...]

Contemporary Dark Glass House with City Skyline Views

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Designed by Brian Bell and David Yocum the Ansley Glass House is located in an historic downtown neighborhood, with a mature tree canopy and direct views to the immediate city skyline. The project replaces a series of additions to a 1910-era house with a new glass-lined living space including a garage, kitchen, family room, library, [...]

Dark Single-Family House on a Very Small Inner City Lot

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This 2,300 square feet single-family house is located on a very small inner city lot in the one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods. This neighborhood was ravaged by the Great Fire of 1917 and, more recently, by a new freeway half a block from the site so the topographic conditions wasn’t very well during the [...]

Two-Story House with Rough Stone Facade – House M

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Titus Bernhard is a German architect that is responsible for designing of this stylish and modern house. The distinctive feature of the property lies in its north-facing slope, which has to be negotiated over two storeys to reach the almost flat garden level. Almost the whole house’s facade is covered with rough stone which is [...]

Contemporary Mountain House Design Blended With Natural Surrounings

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This stunning contemporary house is located in the Sierra Madre mountain range where it’s trying to establish an intimate connection with the natural environment around it. Almost 6000 square feet house was build with a lot of natural materials like wood, stone and marble so even with its contemporary and urban design it blends well [...]

Luxury Contemporary House Design with Floor-to-Ceiling Windows and Other Cool Features

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Situated at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Saint Paul Street, this exquisite property is located just two blocks from the fashionable shops and gourmet restaurants of Cherry Creek, Denver’s premier upscale residential neighborhood. The 7,066 square foot house is a very cool example of the contemporary luxury design with using of floor-to-ceiling windows and [...]

Contemporary House Filled with Natural Light and Black & White Exterior

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This contemporary house is located Candamo, Spain, and designed by OmasC architects. It’s relatively new and was built in 2009. The rural site features enough parking space near by which is connected with the house via stone slabs resting on the ground. The house consists of two pieces joined to one another and serve as [...]