This was the 5th cottage built by Hugh Comstock, who was known for building small houses that looked like something out of a fairy tale. The cottages in Carmel, where he built them, are known by their names rather than by typical street addresses, and this one is called “Our House.” It looks much the...
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City Cabin Retreat To Connect To Nature
Designed by Olson Kundig, City Cabin is a urban retreat located in one of Seattle’s most established residential areas. The client, an avid conservationist dedicated to preserving forests, asked for a private dwelling that would connect her to nature. Siting the 2,400-square-foot (223 sqm) house on the northwest corner of the lot maximizes garden areas...
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...
Contemporary Lost House With A Pool In A Bedroom
Black walls, built-in raw concrete furniture and a fish pond in a lightwell define Lost House, a residential project designed by David Adjaye in London’s King’s Cross. Original features have been preserved, including an all-green sunken cinema room and a water gardens in planted courtyards that double as lightwells. Hidden behind an unassuming brick facade...
English Tudor Revival-Style Home In Los Angeles
This English Tudor Revival-style home in Los Angeles still looks much the same as it probably did when it was built in the 1920s. It has many of its original details, including diamond-paned windows, dark beamed ceilings, and vintage tile bathrooms. This is a truly rare estate that exudes all the glamour of old Hollywoodland...
Unique Sustainable Welcome To The Jungle House
CplusC Architectural Workshop has built a house in Sydney with recycled materials, a rooftop vegetable garden and an aquaponics system containing edible fish. The project, with its solar panels, gardens and pond for edible perch, was designed in response to the climate emergency to be a model for more sustainable urban living. A complete roof...
Contemporary Riverside House Of Two Contrasting Volumes
The Herba House is located in Torun, Poland, on a piece of land placed between two protected zones, near the historic city center. It was designed and built by architecture office Pracownia Projectowa Jakub Sucharski and it offers 700 square meters of living space in total which are organized on several different floors without various...
25 Welcoming Small Garden Designs
If you are a happy owner of a garden, you are sure to enjoy some sunshine and fresh air right now. Have a small garden and don’t know how to design it right to make it look cool and very welcoming? Or just want to change something to make it look cooler? No worries! We’ve...
Greek Villa Mandra With Scandinavian Design
The 6-bedroom house in Mykonos by in Mykonos unfolds around an outdoors living area that can be used throughout the day in the true spirit of laid-back summer living. At the same time, the use of traditional materials such as lime-wash, stone and wood in combination with an aesthetic of Scandinavian minimalism evokes the island’s...
46 Creative And Fun Outdoor Kids’ Play Areas
Summer is almost here, and we all strive outdoors, especially our kids! It’s time to organize the pastime of your kids outside, and I’ve prepared some cool ideas of outdoor play areas. Of course, the choice depends on the age and gender of your kid or kids and also on the style of your outdoor...