Designed by Grupo Urban, this two-storey house in the Argentinian city of Córdoba is surrounded by trees. Appropriately titled Casa del Bosque, the residence belongs to a family with a strong passion for art and design. The home’s footprint was partially determined by the site’s previously existing trees, many of which were spared rather than...
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31 Concrete Flooring Ideas With Pros And Cons
Looking for new floors? Today we are sharing one more idea, these are concrete floors. As with all flooring materials polished concrete has a variety of benefits that have made it an extremely popular flooring choice for commercial and manufacturing facilities, processing plants, shop and production floors, communal areas in these facilities, as well as...
How To Pull Off Bare Concrete Interior
This modern Swedish cottage isn’t a typical Scandinavian one, it’s made mostly of concrete and simply furnished in soft neutral tones. The result is surprisingly warm and tranquil — the perfect space to get away from city life and enjoy the stunning scenery all around. The living room has concrete walls and simple furniture in...
Cozy And Stylish Concrete Pet Home On Wooden Legs
Every pet owner has some pet furniture at home. If you have a cat, these are cat trees, shelves, homes, beds and hammocks, if you have a dog, these are dog beds, homes and maybe hammocks, too, everything depends on your pets and their preferences. Pet furniture often isn’t integrated into your home décor, and...
Minimalist And Rough Concrete Tower In The Forest
This unique concrete tower in the middle of the forest was built by Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architects. The outer shell resembles an irregular pentagon, inside this pentagonal form there is a rectangle representing the interior space. The rough concrete surfaces darker with the passage of time, this allowing the house to easily blend in...
Concrete Modern House Made Of Several Stacked Volumes
Angela Tsementzis’ Concrete House is perched on a slope within the quiet and leafy location. Tsementzis envisioned a structure, which would keep the surrounding nature in full focus, designing out any decorative elements that would pull attention away from the building’s natural context. The result was a series of minimal, streamlined stacked volumes, featuring large...
Minimalist Concrete Casa Branca In The Tropics
Sao Paulo-based architecture practice Studio MK27 designed ‘Casa Branca’, a concrete retreat inspired by Brazilian modernism. In order to withstand the area’s extreme tropical weather conditions, the minimal two-story structure was created with a combination of wood, concrete and white aluminum. To ensure air ventilation throughout the building, the architects decided on the installation of...
Indian House With An Extensive Use Of Concrete And Reclaimed Wood
This beautiful space in the seaside village of La Dune is the eco-friendly weekend retreat Niels and his wife Malavika Shivakumar designed for themselves and their children, a respite from the noise of city life in Pondicherry, South India. The house is modern and chic: there’s a lot of concrete used both inside and outside;...
Architectural Pavilion Speaker Of Concrete, Copper And Oak
Hult Design’s Pavilion is an object of beauty which also happens to be a Bluetooth speaker. Constructed with a combination of concrete, coiled copper, and an oak top, the cylindrical speaker’s design is a showpiece display of technology, meant to be seen as much as heard. Beyond its eye-catching aesthetics, the copper coil displayed behind...
Unique Lightweight Concrete Furniture Collection
Concrete used inside the home as a main design feature is becoming more and more mainstream thanks to the newer lightweight versions; if you love the visceral qualities of concrete and would like to incorporate it into your home without using it as an architectural statement via floors, walls or even counter tops, adding a...