Let’s go green! Architecture studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects designed a unique sustainable house with a vertical garden as facade in Ho Chi Minh City. The front and the back of the building consist of concrete planters that can be watered through an automatic system, which collects rainwater. Additionally, the facade helps to regulate sunlight,...
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Airy And Spacious Modern Loft With A Second Floor
This creative and lively loft is located in Bratislava, Slovakia. The owners are a young couple with a child, so the loft is kid-friendly – there’s even a grid on the second floor to make it safe for the child. The décor is modern, almost minimalist – grey, light-colored wood and white but there are...
Comfy And Customizable Re Cinto Sofa Resembling French Fries
The Re Cinto Sofa’s an award winning piece of furniture, and it looks like a massive bunch of French fries! And just like the fries, the Re Cinto sofa is all about making you feel comfortable and fuzzy inside. Each individual pillow can be rearranged and swapped for pillows of different colors, allowing you to...
Casa Chontay With Two Nature-Encircled Volumes
Located within a beautiful rural plot south-east of Lima, Peru, Casa Chontay by Marina Vella Arquitectos is an example of modern sustainable building. The residence blends with the landscape, mainly due to extensive use of natural materials, and exudes an optimum indoor-outdoor relationship. The two wings of the house are both encircled by vegetation, loosing...
Minimalist Le Valet Construction For Hallways
Hallways are often very small, and there isn’t enough space for hanging clothes, umbrellas and shoes. If this is your situation, then Le Valet construction by studio La Fonction is right what you need. This is a comfy minimalist piece: a mirror with shelf and a hanger. The hanger can be used for hanging clothes,...
Minimalist Loft Design With Refined Industrial Touches
Can you believe that minimalism can be very sophisticated? This prewar loft in NYC’s Greenwich Village was renovated by Raad, and now it’s a minimalist space with a character. Minimalism was accentuated with industrial features, and the main one is slick brick clad. Classic black and white color scheme is mixed with warm-colored wood, brick...
Hocker Farm With A Traditional Exterior And Minimalist Interior
Do you like striking contrasts? If you do, then this modern take on a traditional chalet will impress you by the contrast between indoors and outdoors. Donald Architecture completed the design of Hocker Farm, a charming stone cottage. Constrained in size by the original garage footprint, the challenge was creating the extra rooms within a...
Halbhaus: 17th Century Modest Alpine Chalet Makeover
Halbhaus is a 17th-century timber-frame Swiss chalet located in the historic Swiss mountain village of Andermatt. Halbhaus (‘half house’ in German) originally stood next to a house that was its mirror image, but was lost to a fire several decades ago. The heart of the house is a double-height kitchen and living area. Whitened wood...
Bachelor’s Tahoe Ski Retreat Wit Industrial Touches
Diverse and welcoming, the contemporary Tahoe Ski Retreat in Truckee, California, USA captured our attention with its many appealing design highlights. A large open-plan living and dining area serves as the social core of the retreat as it belongs to a bachelor who likes to invite a lot of friends. Stacked wood adjacent to the...
Chalet Forestier Open To The Surrounding Nature
The client’s requirements for a secondary residence in the Eastern townships of Quebec were modest; an easy-to-maintain residence with spaces largely open to the surrounding nature. A large volume composed of three programmatic subspaces – parent/living, loggia and children – requires its residents to step outside in spite of the harsh winter climate in order...









