This Singapore house, located in the island’s tiny King Albert Park, is a textbook example of what can happen when the natural setting and judicious orientation are factored into the design. For starters, the six-bedroom house backs onto the overgrowth of the abandoned Malayan Railway track. For architects ONG&ONG, the lush green corridor creates an...
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Black And White House With Two Amazing Terraces
A single piece of art from the homeowner’s collection provided the inspiration for this stylish Sydney renovation and extension by Amber Road Design. A parents’ retreat, facade and landscaping were created always with consideration of the interaction of internal and external spaces. Blurring boundaries between the inside and out was essential. By creating a louvered...
28 Cool Plunge Swimming Pools For Outdoors
It’s summer now and nothing can be better than staying outdoors. We are all striving to our terraces, balconies, pools and gardens. Don’t have a swimming pool yet? Go build one! Even if you have a small terrace or tiny backyard, you can always accommodate a plunge swimming pool there. Whatever your outdoor style is,...
Stylish Modern Garden And Terrace Design By Nathan Burkett
There’s almost one month left before summer and outdoor décor and landscaping is actual more than ever. This garden is a nice source of inspiration for those who are interested; it’s the creation of landscape designer Nathan Burkett called ‘Equilibrium’. This garden design signals a return to soft, usable spaces where greenery is used in...
Modern Brussels Villa With Laconic And Functional Design
This contemporary villa in Brussels was designed by Bataille & iBens in collaboration with architect Koen Pauwels. The landscaping is immaculate and beautifully compliments the super modern architecture of the villa. The interiors tell us how a modern and stylish villa should look: laconic, beautiful and practical; the color scheme is simple – black, grey...
Modern Family Home Behind A Heritage Facade
Techne Architecture have designed the Fitzroy Residence, a contemporary home built behind a heritage facade of a property in Melbourne, Australia. This project retains and restores the original frontage while adding a rear addition with three levels of new living space. The built form responds to other human and environmental factors through a courtyard and...
Modern Affordable Eco-Friendly Home by Case Architects
Designed by Case Architects, Columbia City Green is a houses project in a walking distance to Columbia City shops, restaurants, farmer’s markets, schools, library, movie theater Genesee Park, grocery stores, Edmunds Light Rail Station, bus lines, and other things. The price of such home is $699,000 what isn’t so big for 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bath...
House That Consists of Two Simple Cubes on a Remote Site
This house is located on a remote 10 acre site in Central Oregon. Only trees surround it. The house consists of two simple cubes, one for sleeping and one for living. The sleeping box is low & burrowed into earth, while the living box floats above, hovering just at treetop level. Thanks to its position,...
House With Natural Wood And Stone Interior And Exterior
Litmus completely renovated this former home of an esteemed horticulturalist, preserving its original landscaping and relocating its main entrance. Visitors enter through a Torii gate, navigate over a stream and around a pond to the stone-terraced entry. As the entrance as the whole house’s interior are mostly done in natural wood and stone materials. Not...