The owners of this South Yarra Townhouse built in 1990s had come to dislike its visually busy interiors and instead wanted a minimalist home where they wouldn’t see the operations of domestic family life. They asked Winter Architecture to renovate it. The house features a black façade and simple, white-painted living spaces. The studio set...
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Minimalist Yurikago House With Multiple Levels
Architecture studio Mas-aqui has transformed an apartment in Barcelona into a multi-level home lined with wood and ceramic tiles. The half levels were used to create more space on the upper storey and to start using a previously unused lower level. The project is called Yurikago House after the Japanese word for a cradle. The...
Contemporary House B Enveloping An Old Cottage
Architecture studio Smartvoll has preserved an old cottage in Klosterneuburg, Austria, enveloping it in three more buildings to create a spacious family home. House B is now a dwelling for a family of six, with its copper roof and wrought-iron balcony. The children’s tower, the living room, and the dining area, which connects old and...
Modern Attic Apartment With Built-In Furniture
MH.AP Studio designed an attic in Barcelona with clever built-in furniture and storage throughout making the most of the 70 square meters of space. The original flat was dark and compartmentalized with small rooms that missed out on natural light. To make the space work, they reconfigured the layout to include a hallway that does...
Bewboc House That Looks Like A Concrete Barrel Vault
Bewboc House by Fabian Tan is a suburban terrace residence in Kuala Lumpur, malaysia, the form of which resembles a concrete barrel vault. Owned by a young family who requested for a minimal intervention, the project is an addition to an existing corner house, while the brief also included the re-purposing of the living spaces...
Brooklyn Townhouse In Touch With Nature
RES4 recently completed a five-story townhouse for a young family of four in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Living in a city often takes away one’s sense of nature, so the client wanted to establish an indoor-outdoor connection on every floor and it was done properly. The townhouse’s grid-like façade consists of brick and black aluminum, while...
Minimalist Home Clad With Two Tone Wood
This house with a contrasting façade is called Terrace Residence, it was built in Washington state by Open Studio Collective. What’s so special about this façade besides its colors? The builder made the dark facade boards by hand using Shou Sugi Ban, a traditional Japanese technique of charring wood to increase its resistance to moisture...
Monochromatic Contemporary Apartment With A Green Wall
This contemporary 100 square meter apartment was created by studio flipê arquitetura in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The dwelling features a dynamic vibe and a chromatic color palette that makes it bold, modern and fresh-looking. The apartment features two main areas: the ground floor is dedicated to all the social activities and is composed of an...
Small Brazil Apartment With No Inner Walls
When asked to redesign the entire interior of a 45 square meter apartment in Brazil, studio Renato Mendonça Arquitetura made sure to turn this space into a dream home for its owner. The main goal was to create a design that reflects the apartment owner’s personality, so it had to be a bachelor pad with...
Modern Yet Cozy And Warm Euclid Residence
The Euclid Residence renovation was designed to modernize the early 20th-century property while keeping elements that allude to its history, and also provide ample space for entertaining guests. Canadian firm Ancerl Studio has teamed stark white-painted brickwork walls, weathered wooden beams and black steel windows. The client’s brief was to create a bright and fresh...