Architecture studios SNARK and OUVI have built House in Saishikada, a wooden dwelling topped with a pitched roof in a suburban area of Midori City, Japan. Located in the middle of a high hill, on a flat site three meters above the front road, the rectangular residence overlooks the surrounding rural scenery. Inside, the house...
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56 Smart And Stylish Folding Furniture Pieces
If folding furniture still makes you think about bad decor and cheap interiors, these stylish items here will change your opinion. Small spaces just don’t allow the luxury of big sturdy wood furniture. But if you’re still driven to make your living space look stylish, finding folding furniture with nice design isn’t much of a...
Small Yet Cozy Apartment Of Wood, Rattan And Terrazzo
Architecture studio Absence has renovated a 40 sqm flat located in the cramped concrete jungle of Hong Kong. The owner of the apartment requested a complete redesign, that can accommodate his family of three, with multiple layouts and ample amount of storage space, and the design studio surprised the owners and everyone else with smart...
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...
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...
25 Beadboard Decor Ideas For A Homey Feel
Beadboard is a row of narrow wood planks lined up vertically (sometimes horizontally) on the wall. In between each wood plank is a little indentation or ridge—also known as a “bead”. Standard beadboard comes in 1.5-inch and 3-inch widths. The size is determined by the width of the flat area between the beading. You can...
Minimalist Pure White House In Menorca
Two white volumes are fronted with large openings that frame countryside views “like works of art on the wall” in this Menorca house designed by local architect Marina Senabre. The home is intended to reflect both the architecture of the Mediterranean island and minimal contemporary design. Both structures are rendered and painted white. One is...
Linear ROFR House With Amazing Slopes Views
At the foothills of a grand mountain range in the Sion region of Switzerland is Ralph Germann’s latest residential project, the ROFR house. The contemporary home’s linear design is inspired by its incredible natural surroundings. The architects imagined the structure to be a wall that acts as a barrier to protect the slopes looming above...
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...
Minimalist Steel Barn House With An Asymmetrical Roof
This may look like your average rustic barn from a distance but as you get closer a modern and sophisticated house starts to take shape. Located in Jackson, US, this lovely home was designed and built by CLB Architects. It occupies a flat piece of land with 360 degree views of the surroundings. On the...