The River Ranch is located in Blanco, Texas. It’s a beautiful place with lots of character and it was designed by Jobe Corral Architects. Contrary to what the name might suggest, this is not really a ranch, not in the traditional sense of the term. It is however a very beautiful and very inviting family...
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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...
Modern Home Inspired By Traditional Hawaiian Shelters
This 4,800-square-foot (445.9 square meters) home is called Makani’ Eka and is located on Hawaii’s Big Island, atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the neighboring Island Maui. The home was designed by US firm Walker Warner Architects to strike a balance between modernity and tradition. Four wood-clad volumes define a central courtyard to...
Contemporary Family Dwelling In Washington
American studio MW Works has created an “intentionally modest” dwelling in the Pacific Northwest that serves as a nature retreat for a multi-generational family. The project, called Whidbey Island Farm, sits on a perch overlooking a meadow where cattle graze. The dwelling serves as a country home for a senior-aged couple, their three adult children...
Villa Vught Inspired By The Layout Of Dutch Farmhouses
In the design of Villa Vught, a remote residence in the Dutch countryside, Mecanoo sought to reinterpret the region’s farm typology. Traditionally, the Dutch Hoeve is an ensemble of farmhouses and living quarters loosely clustered around a courtyard. The central open space is protected, yet open to the surrounding landscape — a spatial arrangement that...
Gorgeous Contemporary Family Home In Montana
This house in Montana occupies a 10-acre site situated at the confluence of two rivers. It frames gorgeous views of the valley and the mountains in the distance. Responsible for its design is architecture studio CTA Group. The team made sure to take full advantage of the amazing scenery so they did their best to...
Raw Concrete UF House That Cantilevers Over The Terrace
This house is called UF (unfinished) Haus and it was built by SoHo Architektur in Bavaria, Germany. This is a concrete house with an unfinished facade and a cantilevered upper storey – all the materials used for the project were left in their raw state. Split across three levels including a basement storey, the house...
Whimsical Storybook House On A Small Footprint
In architecture, small and compact is usually much more challenging to successfully finesse than large and expansive, and it’s especially cool when architects and designers manage to handle it right. This extension to a Victorian Terrace is a nice example of how it can be done. Designed by local practice Folk Architects, the two-storey extension...
Urban Retreat With Californian And Japanese Aesthetics
This Californian-style bungalow called the Elwood House in Australia was renovated by architecture firm Splinter Society. Drawing on the owner’s diverse range of personal objects, interests and places of travel, the designers created a home rich both in narrative and texture. The architects decided to create a home full of simple yet meaningful details. They...
Unique Cleft House Split By An Atrium
If you love seeing unique homes that make your jaw drop, this is it! This home features a “breached monolith” that hides a giant light-filled atrium, which Anagram Architects has completed on a busy street in New Delhi. Named Cleft House, the four-storey dwelling is designed by Anagram Architects for three generations of the same...