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...
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Minimalist House With A Black Exterior And White Interiors
The owners of this South Yarra Townhouse built in 1990s had come to dislike its visually busy interiors and instead wanted a minimalist home where they wouldn’t see the operations of domestic family life. They asked Winter Architecture to renovate it. The house features a black façade and simple, white-painted living spaces. The studio set...
Beautiful House Surrounded By Volcanic Landscape
The Lookout House by Faulkner Architects is set in a beautiful volcanic region in Truckee, United States, and features a very interesting geometry. The site has a 20 degree slope and it’s facing North which offers is gorgeous views as well as a good level of privacy. Volcanic sediments and large boulders set an eerie...
Industrial House In Ecuador Inspired By Exposed Concrete
CYAN arq+dis recently completed OBRA GRIS (A House in Gray), a modern home in Puembo, Quito, Ecuador inspired by the simplicity of the materials. Bypassing a “finished” look, the architects utilized materials, like exposed concrete, steel, and glass, and welcomed their imperfections to achieve the industrial aesthetic they desired. During the design process, they focused...
Industrial House With Stripped-Back Aesthetic
Brazilian architect Rodrigo Simão has designed a house with a large scooped roof and circular swimming pool near Rio de Janeiro for himself and his family. A huge curved metal structure forms the roof and is covered in hardwood floorboards on its underside, an asphalt blanket and then shingles on top. Glass walls reach to...
Modernist Well-Crafted Vacation House In Corsica
Architect Amelia Tavella was commissioned to transform a 1950s rundown house into a modern holiday retreat in her native land, Corsica. Located right by the sea, Casa Santa Teresa is blessed with beautiful views of the gulf of Ajaccio which Tavella has elegantly framed throughout the house. Pairing modernist purity well-crafted natural materials, the property...
Rio House: A Remote Rainforest Retreat
Olson Kundig has designed a compact residence in Brazil that serves as a remote retreat away from city life. Completed for a couple who had lived in the urban core of Rio de Janeiro for many years, Rio House is located adjacent to the Tijuca national park overlooking the city, the sea, and the famous...
Contemporary Amsterdam Home From An Old Warehouse
The creative director of design studio Framework has turned a neglected 19th-century warehouse in Amsterdam into a plush family home for his wife and two children. The house is located along the waters of the city’s Prinsengracht canal and occupies a disused warehouse that was originally constructed back in 1896. Framework first had to figure...
Brick Barn House With Contemporary Interiors
Wrzeszcz Architekci has dismantled an old, abandoned barn and used its bricks to build a new house in a village on the outskirts of Poznan, Poland. Situated on a narrow plot, right next to a forest, the residence incorporates a brick façade with material from the old barn, which adds a historic level to the...
Welcoming Primitive Whitewashed House In Ibiza
This Ibizan house is over 400 years old, and two New Yorkers chose it as their holiday home enjoying the looks of whitewashed stone and the primitive style. The whitewashed stone walls and stone floors plus stained wooden beams were left untouched in the house, and only furniture and décor were renovated to fulfill the...