Modern home designs

Live-Work Residence Designed for an Interior Designer and a Modern Abstract Painter

Live-Work Residence Designed for an Interior Designer and a Modern Abstract Painter
This live-work residence designed for an interior designer and a modern abstract painter on Sunset Hill, Seattle. The view toward Puget Sound and the Olympic Peninsula is free from structural impediments with dramatic openings while the opposite side is more solid and private. The main materials used in construction are concrete for walls and steel... 
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Country home designs

The Desert Retreat Cabin with Modest Budget

The Desert Retreat Cabin with Modest Budget
This desert retreat is located in Orondo, Washington. With relatively modest budget it occupied 1280 square feet area thanks to great work of SkB Architects. Several goals were achieved during its design. It is modern yet casual, provides both conviviality and solitude, brings outdoors in and is good to both neighbors and the earth. Despite... 
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Country home designs

Large Residence with Vineyard, Meadow and Oak Forest

Large Residence with Vineyard, Meadow and Oak Forest
Set on a hill in the Nappa Valley, California this large residence was designed by Cutler Anderson Architects. The site is separated for three distinctive zones: the vineyard, the meadow and the oak forest. The L-shaped main body of the house encloses two open sides of forest-bounded meadow, which serves as an observable play area... 
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Best of the Month

Best House and Apartment Designs of October 2009

Best House and Apartment Designs of October 2009
Here are some best house and apartment designs which was covered on DigsDigs during October 2009. If you’ve missed them than don’t hesitate to check them out. House on the Hill Linked to the Landscape Small House Design on a River in a Harmony with Natural Surroundings 
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Modern home designs

Concrete and Steel Modern Interior Design

Concrete and Steel Modern Interior Design
This interior is a great example of how modern could be 1930s house inside. The 2200 square feet house is located on exposed site high above the city in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. Even though the interior is sleek, muscular and contemporary it’s also Mediterranean-style archways and tile roof. Concrete and steel were added in... 
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Home design Modern home designs

Modern Urban Green Loft Design – Mosler Lofts

Modern Urban Green Loft Design – Mosler Lofts
Modern lofts could be found in any contemporary megalopolis. Seattle is one of those cities and Mosler Lofts is a great example of the 150 loft designs located near the historically vibrant city’s center. From inside to out, the project includes a number of green features which have managed to won some prestige awards. There... 
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Country home designs

Modern Ranch House Design – Green Mountain Ranch

Modern Ranch House Design – Green Mountain Ranch
This glass-and-steel house is located in the Colorado Rockies is designed by Cynthia Leibrock. It’s anything but an usual ranch home. Designed in modern style it’s filled with smart high-end things that make a living there more comfortable. The house also utilize some modern energy-saving technologies like solar panels for heating, doors and windows that... 
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Minimalist home designs

Modest yet Beautiful Minimalist Desert House Design

Modest yet Beautiful Minimalist Desert House Design
Tubac house is located in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. It’s one of several houses in deserts designed by Rick Joy. Even though the house looks quite modest it’s beautiful and eye-catching. Like usual houses it has a garden and a courtyard but plants there are cactuses. The whole cactus is looks like oasis because... 
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