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...
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Contemporary House With A Triple-Height Atrium
This Vietnamese house is called House for a Daughter, it’s located in Ho Chi Minh City and was built by Khuôn Studio. The dwelling is built around a triple-height atrium filled with plants and shaded by a perforated facade of grey brick. The whole house is split into two zones, one for a family who...
1962 Contemporary House With A Simple Color Palette
Located in Washington D.C.’s Chevy Chase neighborhood, the Stephenson House is a project led by Assembledge+ (Design Architect) and Fowlkes Studio (Executive Architect) that involved the renovation of a 1962 modernist house. The original home’s traditional shape was kept and with the addition of neutral colors and contemporary details, it still fits in with the...
Minimalist Farmhouse In Raw Concrete With Bold Art
Nithurst Farm is a minimalist farmhouse located in Upperton, United Kingdom, designed by Adam Richards Architects. Situated on an open field within the South Downs National Park, the newly built family home is formed of structural concrete wrapped with brick and topped with a black zinc roof. The volumes progress in a step-motion, starting with...
48 Stylish Bathrooms With Brick Walls And Ceilings
Brick walls are ideal for decoration, they add an industrial touch, make the space cozier and don’t need much care. That’s why such décor is perfect for a bathroom because it’s often humid and hot in there, a brick wall near the bathtub or a shower would be ideal. You may also use bricks for...
1900s Farm House Transformed Into A Contemporary Home
W Design Architecture Studio renovated an early 1900s farm house initially designed in the Cape Dutch architectural style into a contemporary residence. Located in an old eastern suburb of Pretoria, South Africa, the house combines the inside and the outside, the historic and the modern, and open and closed spaces. The architects’ idea for the...
Bolton Coach House With Industrial Heritage And Modern Decor
The Bolton Coach House in Dublin, Ireland is designed by local interior design practice Kingston Lafferty Design, the residence seamlessly unites a renovated 18th century coach house and paper mill, and a new extension of contemporary sophistication. Rather than imposing a uniform aesthetic, the designers have chosen to juxtapose the industrial heritage of the renovated...
Casa Altinho Inspired By Warehouse Aesthetics
Antonio Costa Lima Arquitectos presents Casa Altinho, a project marked by its minimal, nesting geometries and expressive materiality. With consideration for its context, the house is named for its altitude — situated along the waterfront of Lisbon overlooking both the river and the lively streetscape of the Rua da Junqueira. Casa Altinho is both walled...
Contemporary House With Fruit Trees On The Roof
This unique house by Vo Trong Nghia Architects is built in Vietnam, and the most unusual thing about it is its fruit trees on the roof. Formed from brick and stone boxes stacked around a green courtyard, Thang House is the latest in the practice’s House for Trees series. Vo Trong Nghia Architects designed these...
Contemporary Forest House With A Minimal Footprint
Standing amidst a woodland in Mexico, this family home by WEYES estudio was designed to blend into its natural surroundings. Its design focuses on minimal consumption and forming an architectural language that embraces the clients’ passion for the great outdoors. The main challenge posed by the site was its irregular and sloped terrain, and in...