Everybody knows who Donna Karan is. It’s a woman who built her enormous fashion empire in less than a decade on one extraordinarily simple idea: If she needs a particular item of clothing – a bodysuit, a wrap skirt, a chiffon blouse, a longer jacket – then every other woman needs it, too. Donna Karan’s [...]
This minimalist modern house is The Caulfield House by Bower Architecture. First the viewer is stricken is the exterior – dark panels, the horizontal line constructed of windows and the major color pallet is black, dark toned wood and white. The courtyard joins differently to each volume, transforming a corridor into an outdoor reading room [...]
This luxurious stylish loft is located in New York. It’s done in modern minimalist style with some additions from the other styles like classical antique chandeliers, Greek columns that function as coffee tables or traditional lamps and carpets. Clear strict lines, combination of leather and metal, glass and slim tops, black, grey and white are [...]
This house was built in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. This house was restored and rebuilt with saving of some original elements. The designer used a lot of steel and wood and stone for the walls. All the interiors were made in neutral tones: dark or light grey, white, beige, natural wood and even [...]
This minimalist house is set above a vineyard in the Yarra Valley north-east of Melbourne. It’s designed by Denton Corker Marshall and consist of two thin rectangular plates which are supported by a series of parallel black concrete walls set at right angles to them and by the hillside. Full height glazing laid longitudinally between [...]
When it comes to open plans and great indoor and outdoor connection, houses built around central courtyard are quite common. This house for a couple and two their daughters in Guadalajara, Mexico is one of those houses, which also has other adjacent courtyard and beautiful terrace. There are three levels in it. A basement level [...]
Cube House is located in Jalisco, Mexico and designed by Agraz Architects. It has very simple and lightweight geometry which responds to the site’s topography. It’s placed on the hill overlooking the meadow. The first layer of the house is located on the street. It’s inhabitant’s access to the public life which also includes most [...]
This contemporary modern house is designed by Felipe Assadi and located in beautiful Chilean countryside. It consists of two parts for the family and their three sons families. The first one, which takes place in a line composed of the access, dinging halls and common master bedroom, is called the “main house”. The second one [...]
This apartment is located in 1905 building with high ceilings, large windows and wood floors. All floors and walls are painted in pure white color so white is the main color of the interior design. The total area of the apartment is 39 square meters although it has everything owners will need. There is even [...]
Future Studio is an architect’s office based in Hiroshima, Japan, headed by architect Bunzo Ogawa. Like many others Japanese architects they have interesting works under their belt. This house is one of those works. It’s called Wrap House because of its characteristic shape. Its second floor features cool terrace “wrapped” by several walls. Besides that [...]
