Dominic McKenzie Architects has overhauled a Victorian adding an extension with a zigzagging outline, bronze exterior and maple wood interior. The Hampstead House project involved a complete renovation of the four-storey property, reconfiguring the existing interior to be more space-efficient, and replacing a previous extension at the rear to create a larger lounge and dining...
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Small Mid-Century Modern And Boho Farmhouse
This ivy-covered farmhouse is not what you’d expect to find tucked at the end of a cul-de-sac in Oakland, California. It’s a leafy green oasis in the middle of a neighborhood. There are mature trees, flower boxes, swaths of ivy and tall hedges that make it feel like you’ve stumbled across a Secret Garden in...
Stylish Dark Modern House In NYC Suburbs
Stuart Shanks Architecture has collaborated with B^space Studio to realize a custom residence outside of NYC. The dwelling is designed to reinterpret the traditional forms of the neighboring houses from the 1930s, stripped of all traditional decoration. Since the house is situated at the corner of a busy intersection, the design starts from the interior,...
Contemporary Woodland House From Five Prefab Modules
Today’s house is a unique dwelling in a way: we are used to see small prefabs, mostly cabins for living in the wild and off the grid but this one is none of that kind. It’s a 4200 sq ft/390 square meters house that has two floors and was built in Canada by studio Figurr...
Modern Belgian House Built Of Reclaimed Bricks
Belgian studio BLAF Architecten used reclaimed bricks to build this house in Ghent with an irregular shape that curves around existing trees. Called GjG House, the project is set in the grounds of a 19th-century mansion very close to a main road, so the trees act as a screen. BLAF Architecten re-used existing bricks to...
Small Prefab Huga House For Off-The-Grid Living
Prefab houses and cabins are perhaps on top of their popularity as everyone is craving for comfortable living wherever they want, for being mobile and still feel very cozy anywhere. Meet Hüga, a new and innovative type of prefab house developed by studio Grandio. It’s a compact and small house inspired by minimalism and the...
Minimalist Japanese House With Moody And Calm Interiors
Japanese architect Uoya Shigenori stripped back and reconfigured this 100-year-old townhouse in Kyoto to create moody and tranquil interiors for Maana Kamo house. The goal of the renovation was to preserve and expose the dwelling’s original structure while creating a minimalist retreat for quiet contemplation. Old finishes were all removed, exposing the old house’s rough,...
100-Year-Old Balinese House Turned Into A Zen Retreat
Rumah Purnama, which in Bahasa Indonesian means “The House of the Full Moon”, is a 100-year-old Balinese wantilan home that Bali-based designer Maximilian Jencquel brought back to life two years ago, thoughtfully renovating and turning it into a holiday retreat. Restored over a period of one year though an adaptive, sustainable design approach, the pagoda-like, two-storey...
Black Rural House Featuring Minimalist Interiors
Design studio arba was commissioned to design this timber dwelling in Thomery, France, the architects, rather than tear down the walls, decided to respect them and build a new building around them, giving birth to the name of this project – ‘the house between the walls’. Despite retaining the existing wall, the architects have inserted...
Mexican Holiday House With A Yoga Patio In The Center
Studio Palma designed the 50-square-metre holiday home for a retired couple from Las Vegas. It contains a bedroom in one volume and a kitchen and lounge in the other. Both have bi-folding wooden doors with glazing that open to the outdoors, and wooden doors that lead onto the patio. In the lounge, a large cushion...