This solar-powered retreat in Northern California’s Sonoma wine region was designed by US firm Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects to include outdoor living areas and framed views of the landscape. The owners requested that the residence be suitable for outdoor living during the summer months, with easy access to the pond and a swimming pool. Providing...
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Industrial Casa Kuvasz Connected To Outdoors
It was the topography of the secluded plot, settled within a luscious manmade forest on the sloping dunes of Cariló, a coastal town south of Buenos Aires, which guided the design of Casa Kuvasz. On visiting the location for the first time, Ariel Galera, principal at Estudio Galera Arquitectura, agreed with the owners that the...
Modern Solis House For Indoor-Outdoor Living
Known as Solis, the Hamilton Island house was designed by Renato D’Ettorre Architects. Solis was created from concrete, stone, block work and glass resulting in a succession of dramatic volumes incorporating aerial living spaces and private roofed outdoor zones. The residence is an open living and environmentally integrated home on Hamilton Island, built to withstand...
ULM Outdoor Furniture Collection With Built-In Lighting
Collection of terrace furniture ULM by Ramón Esteve for Vondom factory looks for unity with other details of design. Sofa and chairs, couch, coffee table and ottoman have a rigid and stable construction for recreation, providing total comfort. The entire collection ULM comes with built-in lighting, underlines the innovative quality and outlines models. The ULM...
Modern Home With Concrete Pool House
Designed by Grupo Urban, this two-storey house in the Argentinian city of Córdoba is surrounded by trees. Appropriately titled Casa del Bosque, the residence belongs to a family with a strong passion for art and design. The home’s footprint was partially determined by the site’s previously existing trees, many of which were spared rather than...
Outdoor-Indoor Residence In Australia With Lots Of Sliding Doors
An extension project completed by David Barr Architect named the Claremont Residence is set in a pre-war suburban house located in Perth, Australia. Surrounded by greenery, the clear grid layout of the existing architecture informs the new addition’s planning, with each of the main spaces – dining room, living room, bedroom – located separately, and...
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,...
Minimalist Concrete Casa Branca In The Tropics
Sao Paulo-based architecture practice Studio MK27 designed ‘Casa Branca’, a concrete retreat inspired by Brazilian modernism. In order to withstand the area’s extreme tropical weather conditions, the minimal two-story structure was created with a combination of wood, concrete and white aluminum. To ensure air ventilation throughout the building, the architects decided on the installation of...
Indian House With An Extensive Use Of Concrete And Reclaimed Wood
This beautiful space in the seaside village of La Dune is the eco-friendly weekend retreat Niels and his wife Malavika Shivakumar designed for themselves and their children, a respite from the noise of city life in Pondicherry, South India. The house is modern and chic: there’s a lot of concrete used both inside and outside;...
Minimalist Concrete House With A Large Vertical Garden
Let’s go green! Architecture studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects designed a unique sustainable house with a vertical garden as facade in Ho Chi Minh City. The front and the back of the building consist of concrete planters that can be watered through an automatic system, which collects rainwater. Additionally, the facade helps to regulate sunlight,...