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...
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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...
Dramatic Contemporary House With Cool Views
Echo House is located in Elysian Heights, a neighbourhood north of Downtown Los Angeles built on hilly terrain. The house is built by US firm Aaron Neubert Architects, and working with a tight site, they designed the home to stagger down the plot in three levels. This main structure sits atop a technical floor containing...
33 Delightful Shared Nurseries For A Baby And A Toddler
Many young families with a toddler decide to have one more kid today, and if you don’t have a separate room for him or her, it’s time to make your nursery a shared one! Designing such a space may be a bit difficult cause your children are of different age and have different needs. If...
Refined Cedar-Clad House With Wood Interiors
Long Island architecture studio Kevin O’Sullivan + Associates has created a house in Amagansett, New York with wood prevalent inside and out to highlight the vernacular architecture in the region. The family home comprises two gabled wings that are linked by a lower portion whose roofline nestles into their sides. Kevin O’Sullivan + Associates (KOS+A)...
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...
Eclectic Brooklyn Loft With Plywood Cabinetry
New York studio Dean Works has reorganized a former studio apartment in Brooklyn around a multi-functional plywood volume that forms arches, walls and cabinets. Architect Brandon Dean designed Brooklyn Loft for a young couple from Portland, Oregon that moved to the New York City, bringing with them two large dogs and a house full of...
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...
Contemporary Concrete House On A Steep Slope
The LLF House was designed by studio Obra Arquitetos and is this absolutely charming structure located in São José dos Campos, Brazil. A major determining factor for the design and distribution of the spaces was the fact that the site has a very steep slope. Also, the house is quite small compared to the overall...
1892 Historic Cottage Renovated Keeping Its Charm
This historic little house in Leiper’s Fork was decorated by Holly Williams and is called Sweeney Cottage. The style of the dwelling embodies a modern-day chic simplicity. Built in 1892 for the Carl Sweeney family, these walls and rooms are brimming with stories. Happiness and tragedy, laughter and tears; generations who loved and lost there....









