This Dallas residence is called the Preston Hollow home and was designed by American studio Specht Architects being influenced by the texture and shape of modern Dallas, Texas houses built in the 1950s and 1960s. The architecture is brutalist and the long cast concrete volumes comprise 8,826 square feet (820 square meters). Specht Architects oriented...
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Unusual Rustic Zinc House Inspired By Local Barns
Situated on Chile’s rural Chiloé island, architect Baltazar Sánchez’s house is defined by the materials and building methods of its context. Using the region’s typical barn typology, the house integrates with the area as the island which its overlooks visually delimits the sea on all its fronts. As is characteristic of the area, the house...
49 Cheerful Summer Living Room Décor Ideas
It’s almost summer now and we mostly spend time outdoors as the weather is fantastic! Outdoor bedrooms, patios, terraces and sunrooms are favorite places to spend time now. But what about bringing a summer feel indoors? It’s not really as difficult and expensive as it seems. Start from your living room! Colors To get a...
67 Coolest Modern Terrace Design Ideas
A terrace is a wonderful place to gather wits, to read a book and enjoy having a meal outside – if you are happy to have one, it’s amazing, especially now when we all stay home. Today designers realize different ideas – from vintage and shabby chic to minimalist ones. A modern terrace can look...
Clifftop Mid-Century Modern Home In Cape Town
South African practice Antonio Zaninovic Architecture Studio has overhauled a 1960s house in Cape Town with designer Tara Bean, adding outdoor areas to make the most of its ocean views. The four-storey Icaria House serves as a holiday home for a South African who grew up in the city and now lives in New York....
Casa Altinho Inspired By Warehouse Aesthetics
Antonio Costa Lima Arquitectos presents Casa Altinho, a project marked by its minimal, nesting geometries and expressive materiality. With consideration for its context, the house is named for its altitude — situated along the waterfront of Lisbon overlooking both the river and the lively streetscape of the Rua da Junqueira. Casa Altinho is both walled...
Contemporary Forest House With A Minimal Footprint
Standing amidst a woodland in Mexico, this family home by WEYES estudio was designed to blend into its natural surroundings. Its design focuses on minimal consumption and forming an architectural language that embraces the clients’ passion for the great outdoors. The main challenge posed by the site was its irregular and sloped terrain, and in...
52 Cute And Practical Mosquito Net Decoration Ideas
Summer is a wonderful season, full of sunlight, birds’ songs, sea breeze and green grass but there’s one thing that spoils it a bit, and these are insects. You can use repellent candles and torches to avoid them but if you don’t like citrus smells, you can always go for a mosquito net. Mosquito nets...
25 Ways To Furnish And Decorate A Small Deck
It’s almost summer and we are striving outdoors – to our patios, gardens, terraces, decks and other spaces, even if they are tiny – it’s so refreshing and pleasant! If you have a small deck and don’t know how to decorate it to squeeze maximum of this space this roundup will help you – we’ve...
Prefab Minimod Curucaca Cabin In Brazilian Forest
Little prefab cabins are getting more and more popularity nowadays as everybody wants to escape to nature, unite with it and forget all the worries. Today we are sharing one more cabin that may inspire you to get one, too, as it’s really brings the comfort while connecting you to outside. Architecture studio MAPA and...