This unique house by Vo Trong Nghia Architects is built in Vietnam, and the most unusual thing about it is its fruit trees on the roof. Formed from brick and stone boxes stacked around a green courtyard, Thang House is the latest in the practice’s House for Trees series. Vo Trong Nghia Architects designed these...
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Black Timber Clad Contemporary House In Uruguay
This black house near La Juanita beach, Uruguay, was built of wood by FRAM Arquitectos and Delfina Riverti. The property is built on a slope near Jose Ignacio Lake, a coastal body of water that feeds into the Atlantic Ocean. Two wooden volumes with angled rooflines comprise the home’s massing. Different varieties and treatments to...
All Black House Design Of Three Gabled Volumes
Sono Architects connected three gabled volumes in this Slovenian house. Family Villa XL is located on the outskirts of a new residential area and it is designed for a large family of seven. Area is dominated by typical Slovenian urban / rural landscape, that is why the design paraphrases the surrounding typical architectural elements giving...
Minimalist Penthouse With Double Height Living Room
This luxurious penthouse is located in Soho, New York, on 420 West Broadway, and the author is Nico Ransch of UK-based Studio Architeam. The interior is minimalist: white walls and dark furniture and accessories but even the dark colors are calm. The most impressive room is double height living room with the glass enclosed viewing...
Top 10 Minimalist House Designs – Best of 2009
Here are some best of minimalist house designs that we covered on DigsDigs during 2009: House Design With Completely Black Exterior Modern Minimalist House Design
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...
Modern Beach House With White Exterior Paint by Richard Meier
This beachfront house in South California is designed by Richard Meier and his partner Michael Palladino for art collectors. It fronts the Pacific Ocean to the south, a courtyard to the west, and the highway to the north. 4,280-square-foot modern house maximize every square inch of the site intelligently and like in many houses in...
Where To Create An Outdoor Workspace: 46 Ideas
The weather is so good that I can’t make myself stay indoors even for an hour, even when it’s time to work. If you are like me and can’t focus when the sun is shining into the windows, it’s time to move your workspace outdoors. Working outdoors will boost productivity as you won’t fee that...
Costa Rica Jungle Villa With An Industrial Facade
On a jungle hillside in Costa Rica, this luxury home quite literally blends with its wild environment thanks to a low profile and a green roof. The house built by architects Dagmar Štěpánová and Martina Homolková of Formafatal features an industrial façade and a serenely luxurious interior. The exterior of the house is protected by...
Modern Home Inspired By Traditional Hawaiian Shelters
This 4,800-square-foot (445.9 square meters) home is called Makani’ Eka and is located on Hawaii’s Big Island, atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the neighboring Island Maui. The home was designed by US firm Walker Warner Architects to strike a balance between modernity and tradition. Four wood-clad volumes define a central courtyard to...









