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...
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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...
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...
Modern And Colorful Apartment Renovation In Athens
Athenian apartment buildings, modernist, multi-storey volumes known as polikatoikies which proliferated in the second half of the 20th century. Located in Ilioupoli, a non-descript neighborhood in the south-east of Athens, a formerly unfinished, semi-basement space has been transformed by Athens-based architects Point Supreme into a hip, effortlessly elegant apartment by embracing its cave-like character and...
6M Ecuador House That Merges With The Surroundings
A tactile material palette and floor-to-ceiling glazing characterize this Ecuadorian house, which Jannina Cabal has created for a family of five in the town of Samborondón. The dwelling was designed to be as simple as possible and form a part of its verdant setting, which is bordered by a park and a lake in the...
Shipping Container Home With Industrial And Rustic Decor
Diligently crafted using shipping containers, reclaimed wood and steel, this net-zero home in Boulder, Colorado is sited on an elevated 9,375 square-foot lot. Completely handcrafted by homeowners and designers, Mark Gelband and Courtney Loveman, in collaboration with local architect Mark Gerwing, the house features two shipping containers that perfectly fit the rectilinear lot. The residential...
Contemporary Russian Country House With Vernacular Architecture
Located in Suzdal, a picturesque rural town in Russia and one of the country’s oldest settlements, this recently renovated country house bridges both past and present together by combining the region’s vernacular heritage with contemporary art and architecture. Designed by FORM Bureau as a place for relaxation, the project reimagines the country estate as a...