Amazing Office and Recreational Getaway in the Backyard – Banyan Drive Treehouse

This creative part office/studio, part recreational getaway is designed by Rockefeller Partners Architects. It’s located at the base of a large pine tree in the backyard of the house which belongs to an artist and lover of nature. The treehouse is 170 square feet and is perched twelve feet off the ground. Though modest in size, the plan is efficient...Continue Reading...

{ 1 comment }      Rockefeller Partners Architects, tree house, tree house design, treehouse, wood tree house, wooden tree house

Log House as Garden Home Office Cabin

If you’ve enjoyed tiny house that serves as quiet home office we covered last week you might also enjoy this Log House because it serves the same purpose. It is located in Hilversum, The Netherlands, belongs to music-entertainer Hans Liberg and designed by Piet Hein Eek. That cozy place isn’t ordinary at all. Log facade covers a plastic and...Continue Reading...

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Tiny House as Quiet Home Office with Beautiful View

This small home office is located above Chuckanut Bay in Bellingham, Washington and belongs to Peter Frazier. This quiet and peaceful place with awesome water views over trees and water is also the guest room and the place to watch DVDs with a family. Even though working in such location is very comfortable it is healthy too. There is only stand up desk...Continue Reading...

{ 3 comments }      Home office, home office design, small house, small house design, small houses, tiny house design, tiny houses

Clean House Design that Maximize Natural Light

This clean urban house is located on a narrow thirty-five foot lot in Seattle, Washington. Main materials which was used during the construction are cedar and fiber cement panels. It’s designed to maximize access to natural light and views yet maintain privacy. Because of the small site it has three floors and a terrace on the roof. Public living...Continue Reading...

{ 0 comments }      cedar house, cedar house design, fiber cement panel house, light house design, natural house design, urban house design, Vandeventer + Carlander Architects

Small House Design on a River in a Harmony with Natural Surroundings

This house is nested into a nine-acre site on a river. It’s relatively small – only 600 square foot, but quite environmental friendly. It is build in a harmony with natural surroundings as less impact to the environment as possible. Comfortable, functional and aesthetically pleasing the house consist of two bedrooms, one bathroom, a living room...Continue Reading...

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Small Guest and Games House Design That Needs Minimum Maintenance

20×20 is a small guest house designed to accompany other project by the same architects located in Calera Tango, Santiago, Chile. Felipe Assadi’s company designed this house in the way that it only needs minimum maintenance. In spite of that the house consists of two bedrooms each one with bathroom, one kitchen with bar plus a living area that...Continue Reading...

{ 2 comments }      Felipe Assadi, guest house design, guest houses, low maintenance house design, low maintenance houses, maintenance-free houses, small guest house

Japanese House Design with Garden Room Inside

The main feature of a small house in Nagoya designed by Suppose Design Office is a garden room in the middle of the house. It doesn’t look like usual garden rooms with a lot of plants and big windows – it’s positioned in the middle of the house and continues its minimalist design. The room isn’t treated differently from other rooms....Continue Reading...

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Low Costs And Easy Maintenance House Design

Located in Mar Azul, touristic resort on the shore of Buones Aires, Casa de Veraneo is designed by BAK Arquitectos Asociados. It’s a little holiday home with minimum impact on the landscape, low costs and easy maintenance. The house’s site a gentle rise with a forest of pines around it. 6.50m x 10.30m is the area, covered with an reinforced...Continue Reading...

{ 8 comments }      BAK Arquitectos Asociados, holiday house, holiday house design, low cost house design, low cost houses, low costs house, low maintenance house design, low maintenance houses

Small Oak House in Denmark

This small yet cosy house is situated by the coast of the north of Zealand, Denmark. It is one of the two houses on the one site which share a common garden and some other spaces. The house’s area is only 75 square meters but with a up-to-date oak-clad and smart design it is the great place for contemporary family. During its latest redesign...Continue Reading...

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Small Glass House on the Water – Watervilla Kortenhoef

Watervilla Kortenhoef is designed by Waterstudio.NL and was finished in the end of 2008 year. This small house’s ground floor is located very near to the water level. Thanks to that it looks like the house float on the water. Although underneath the ground floor there is a full storey where bedrooms and bathroom are situated. Almost all its walls are...Continue Reading...

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