Palabritas Beach home by Metropolis architect

Completed in December 2009 for a total budget of $250,000, this 2,475 square foot contemporary home is located in the Palabritas Beach, Lima, Peru.

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Modern house architecture | The JustK Project

Some homes you see create a sense of wonder and inspiration. This striking home was conceived with a passive energy system, sustainable building materials, and a limited budget.
Designed by architects Björn Martenson, Sonja Nagel, and Jan Theissen of the architectural office known as AMUNT, the house was awarded the prestigious AR 2011 House award. Read more [ via : 2modern ]

LIVE AND WORK LOFT SPACE BY TRIA STUDIO

 Located on the Northern foothills of the hill Golovec, Slovenia this cluster of four houses designed by Tria Studio were originally part of a traditional barn that has been converted to accommodate the needs of an office space as well as spacious loft spaces with an amazing views of the Alps.
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Covered with a modern two-story brick house

Formed as two storey family house, this modern house has attractive rooftop design. Thank to the unique rooftop design, so the owner has maximum space for public area. From the street, this house is so captivating, the curved rooftop that made by steel frame construction-dress the building entirely.

Large glass windows from the living room on the first floor and four windows at second floor designed toward the beautiful view on the south. Besides, the home has a beautiful natural views, it also create warm and light atmosphere to the room. Not only unique with its structure, this house also has designs that very environmentally. The interior is so welcoming and warm by using natural material such wooden flooring and stone. Overall, this unique house is great property that designed by Adrian James Architect. Read more [ via : besthousedesign ]

Inspired by the Structure of Mineral Rock Salt cube nacl home

NaCl house was designed by Architect David Jameson and is located in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. The massive contemporary residence displays a homogeneous white color palette, contrasting the natural surroundings. Here is a description from the architects: “Breaking the prescriptive mold of horizontally layered homes, NaCl House aspires to render unclear the spatial organization of the project and explore an architecture of ambiguous scale.
 The resultant massing reveals an imperfect, rough form recalling the natural isometric formation of mineral rock salt. The exterior composition is read as a single object that reflects a dynamic fluid interior. Uncorrelated to the buildings structure, glazing panels are detailed flush to the exterior surface, eliminating shadows which further inhibit a reading of the buildings scale“. How would you comment on the overall layout of this residence, inspired by …salt? Read more [ via : freshome ]

XV house by architecture firm RS+

The building is located near the old town of Cracow, in the calm district of detached houses, on the hill with beautiful view of Wawel and the mountains. The investor’s idea was that the house should be as high as possible because of the beautiful view, and preserve spatial relations between all floors with the largest as possible opening of the space.

The building stands on the highest point of the street – distinguished by Its cubic form and smooth white elevations, it is the dominant culmination of the surrounding architecture. The shifting blocks are intended to reduce the relatively large optical cubature, whilst also reflecting the functional zones within the house. Read more [ via : architecturelover ]

Modern Architectural Home by Austrian Architecture Firm - unusual folded design

 Created for a couple of professional actors who, apart from wanting a modern architectural work of art, also wanted a home with a connection to its surroundings, Vienna-based architecture firm Xarchitekten designed Folded House in Wienerwald, Austria.
This unique residential design delivers garden access from every room in the house via a walkway that winds its way up the exterior of this contemporary home. The house is also characteristic for its unusual folded form, visible in its striking roof as well as inside, where rooms “fold” into one another to create the illusion of more space than its 3,229 sq. ft., and maintaining an open interior while still defining separate spaces. Glass walls flood interiors with plenty of natural light, while providing spectacular views of the rolling hills and wooded landscape. Read more [ via : trendir]

Contemporary Architecture Poliform, New Flagship Store in Bahrain

Italian furniture manufacturer Poliform have recently opened a new flagship store in Bahrain. Poliform has celebrated the recent opening of the new flagship store in Bahrain, giving evidence to the consolidated roots of the brand in the Arabian market.
Building like a white cube dipped in the middle of the square, cut with large windows that offer insight and high-end solutions for all interior needs.  What makes the brand unique is the great ability in customizing the products according to Client’s taste, who is followed in the entire realization of a custom-made Home-project. Read more [ via : iransdesign ]

HOUSE N BY SHARON NEUMAN ARCHITECTS & ODED STERN MEIRAZ

"A tall brick painted wall in a traditional shape of a house, together with an attached outdoor chimney, provide the needed privacy the clients requested towards the front, and contrasting with the rear of the house which is made completely of glass and is open to the back - facing north." Read more [ via : mocoloco ]

cube architecture : La Pallissa

Ready to learn something today?! A Masia is “a type of rural construction common to the Iberian Peninsula, particularly during the ancient Kingdom of Aragon which have their origins in the Roman villas. They are often large but isolated structures, nearly always associated with a family farming or livestock operation (from Wikipedia)” This is a renovation of a masia in Catalonia, Spain by Cubus, Taller d’Arquitectura that is modern, earthy, simple, textural and gorgeous!


“The project was based in the rehabilitation and improvement of the northern part of an old masia from the XVI th century and the hayloft annex, located in the Baix Empordà (Catalonia). Due to the partition in different parts of the masia between the family members, the proposal was based on adapting the corresponding north area to create three new apartments designed for use in summer, mainly.” Readmore [ via : 2modern ]

Linienstr. 23 by architecture firm BCO Architekten

Below these windows, a narrow strip of glazing reveals a basement-level gallery located beneath the apartments.
Gallery visitors enter the building through a glazed door, where a smaller ground floor exhibition room leads them down to the larger space below. Read more [ via : dezeen ]