A tactile material palette and floor-to-ceiling glazing characterize this Ecuadorian house, which Jannina Cabal has created for a family of five in the town of Samborondón. The dwelling was designed to be as simple as possible and form a part of its verdant setting, which is bordered by a park and a lake in the...
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Modern Crete Summer House On A Steep Slope
Located on a steep slope on the island of Crete, this summer house by Greek architecture company, Polyergo, follows the surrounding orography. The residence comprises three volumes that revolve around a central courtyard and an imposing staircase, which serves as the distribution axis of the project. Thanks to a careful initial analysis, the house does...
Renovated Mid-Century Modern House In California
Design collective Framestudio has completed the renovation of this mid-century house near San Francisco, which was designed by architect Henry Hill in a boomerang shape around a swimming pool. The house called Ridgewood is located in Alamo, a suburb 20 miles east of San Francisco, and was completed in 1959 by Bay Area architect Hill....
Contemporary River House Clad With Black Cypress
An architect and a designer have built their own home in Melbourne to house their collection of art, sculpture and furniture. Set on the bank of the Yarra River, River House was also designed to provide outdoor activities for the couple’s children, with a swimming pool and a basketball court plus a boat deck providing...
Contemporary Tropical Home With Extensive Glazing
Tropical plants, glass and chunks of rock feature in this holiday home in Guarujá, Brazil, designed by local studios Zalc Arquitetura and Rua 141. Called House NK, the home spans 400 square meters on a 525-square-metre plot with lush plantings, a garden, outdoor swimming pool and a covered patio. Perimeter property walls are also filled...
Industrial House With Stripped-Back Aesthetic
Brazilian architect Rodrigo Simão has designed a house with a large scooped roof and circular swimming pool near Rio de Janeiro for himself and his family. A huge curved metal structure forms the roof and is covered in hardwood floorboards on its underside, an asphalt blanket and then shingles on top. Glass walls reach to...
Refined Long Island Home With Second Hand Finds
New York designer Athena Calderone has renovated her mid-century home in the Long Island town of Amagansett with plaster walls, linen fabric, marble and second-hand finds. The low-slung house is single storey and contains four bedrooms and three bathrooms. Wood floors, clerestory windows and ceilings covered in rope round out the interiors. The residence is...
Contemporary Santiago Hills Villa With An Angular Roof
Santiago Hills Villa is built by architecture firm Studio Saxe in a remote part of Costa Rica. The 400-square-metre residence is formed by several white volumes formed by steel frames that are each oriented towards the ocean. Atop the diagonally arranged structures is an angular roof held up by steel I beams. Every space in...
Preston Hollow House Of Three Cast-Concrete Volumes
This Dallas residence is called the Preston Hollow home and was designed by American studio Specht Architects being influenced by the texture and shape of modern Dallas, Texas houses built in the 1950s and 1960s. The architecture is brutalist and the long cast concrete volumes comprise 8,826 square feet (820 square meters). Specht Architects oriented...
Clifftop Mid-Century Modern Home In Cape Town
South African practice Antonio Zaninovic Architecture Studio has overhauled a 1960s house in Cape Town with designer Tara Bean, adding outdoor areas to make the most of its ocean views. The four-storey Icaria House serves as a holiday home for a South African who grew up in the city and now lives in New York....