Category archives: Architecture/Houses

 

 

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Vedbaek House by Norm Architecture

Happy Thursday! Check out this great home where Peter Østergaard and Åsa Olofsson live together with their children Maja, 6, and Carl, 20 months. The house is located in Vedbæk, a coastal town 12 miles north of Copenhagen. The house is a former fishermen’s cottageand was built in 1860. It is very cozy and a [...]

 

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Casa Almare by Elías Rizo Arquitectos

Check out this amazing house located in one of the most beautiful beaches in Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. This residence is designed in a contemporary Mexican style. The house perches over a cliff next to the ocean, which influences the particular shape allowing for amazing views to Bahía de Banderas.

 

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Housing in Almuñecar by Susanna Cots Interior Design

Happy Tuesday! Check out this amazing house in Granada, Spain. ‘Pure white’. This is the name Susanna Cots gave to this interior design project in which white was, of course, the starring colour. White as the sum of all the colours of light was the starting point of the project: a house on the top [...]

 

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Under Pohutukawa House by Herbst Architects

Check out this great house in Piha, New Zealand. The site with which the architect were presented was extremely challenging in that it was 90% covered in mature pohutukawa trees, the site being a part of a continuous belt of forest that edges the road along the beach front.

 

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Tuscan Villa in Dubai by architect Muammed Taher

Happy Sunday! Check out this amazing villa by the Egyptian architect Muammed Taher. He says that a Tuscan style in architecture is warm and is inspired by the textures and colors found in nature. Color options for Tuscany facades and decor are gold and yellow, dark green and sage, different shades of brown and ochre.

 

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Casa Real del Mar by Gracias Studio

Check out this great house located in Tijuana, the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. Casa Real del Mar is located within a seaside development with residences, a small hotel and its private golf course in Tijuana, BC, Mexico. The site’s triangular shape was not the only challenge, since it was also formed [...]

 

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Palms Residence by Marmol Radziner

Check out this Residence that is located on a narrow, urban lot in Venice, California. Marked by its simple material palette and luminous quality of light, this two story Venice home is a relaxed and functional sanctuary for a growing family. Concrete floors and expansive windows are buffered by the softness of plush silk rugs [...]

 

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Villa G by Saunders Architecture

Happy Friday! Check out this great house in Bergen, Norway. Villa G lies like a white landmark in the soft landscape at Hjellestad, near Bergen. The house is large yet not dominating, modern but not pretentious. The house has a futuristic form but is built with traditional Nordic materials and architectural elements with a good [...]

 

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Currimundi Beach House by Loucas Zahos Architects

Happy Wednesday! Check out this house that is designed primarily as a holiday house, the Currimundi Beach House captures the essence of being away from routine, inviting relaxation, retreat and enjoyment of the spectacular beachfront location it shares. From the street, the site rises sharply and the deliberate massing of the two level pavilions at [...]

 

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Island House by Iroje KHM Architects

Happy Tuesday! Check out this amazing home in Gapyunggun, Gyeounggi-do, South Korea. All of the rooms inside this site-shaped-mass are laid toward the picturesque landscape to enjoy the graceful scenery surrounded this site. The huge panoramic view framed with sloped ceiling line that is composed with the lines of stepped roof gardens and the bottom [...]