Backwater by London-based Platform 5 Architects sits on a small promontory in a secluded lagoon in the Norfolk Broads and offers a contemporary counterpoint to more traditionally designed neighboring houses, while respecting the peaceful natural setting. The house consists of several volumes with gable roofs, they are all connected in one and remind more of...
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Rustic-Industrial Residence In A Garage Extension
This is St. John’s Ambulance, a charming residence in Conduit Hill, in Rye, England. The original structure present on the site was built in the 1970s and an extension was recently added by Martha Nowicka & Co. The extension was rebuilt and designed to match the original structure. It has a pitched roof and is...
Hi-Tech Snoo Crib Rocks Babies To Sleep
Exhausted parents can stay in bed while this bassinet designed by Yves Behar rocks their babies back to sleep with a “womb-like motion” whenever it hears them cry. Described by its makers as the world’s first smart sleeper, the Snoo crib has microphones, speakers and sensors embedded into its structure. When it detects noise and...
100-Year-Old Amsterdam Schoolhouse Becomes A Modern Loft
A historic Dutch schoolhouse got a residential redesign by Standard Studio. The inner design is modern with slight touches of industrial décor, it offers a warm and modern respite, while respecting the colorful history of the schoolhouse. In the living room simple birch plywood built-in storage under the stairs provides a place to stash kids’...
Relaxing And Inspiring Modern Residence In Neutral Colors
Finding inspiration in the work of Tadao Ando, a Houston couple designed the concrete house of their dreams. Designers Christopher Robertson and Vivi Nguyen-Robertson conceived their house as an unfolding sequence of simple geometric forms: a low concrete wall, a concrete cube, and a boxclad in Siberian larch. The inside décor is rather minimalist yet...
Manhattan Micro Loft With Layers Of Rooms
What a living space can be created on just 425 square feet? An amazing loft! Specht Harpman Architects managed to create a spacious loft in a rather awkward apartment in New York City. By creating “living platforms,” they were able to accommodate all the necessities an apartment might need while keeping the space open and...
Relaxing Beach House Built in Impregnated Pine Wood
This house is an another great work by the great Chilean architect studio, dRN Architects (Nicolás del Río and Max Núñez). It’s located on the Tacna Hill, south of Maitencillo, a well known Chilean beach resort. The house occupied 122 square meters near to a forest and the Pacific Ocean. As any beach house should...
Modular Transformable Sofa – Night and Day from Molteni&C
Night and Day is a new seating system designed by Patricia Urquiola as the new innovative solutions for saving space. It’s the single piece of furniture that implements functions of many separate ones. Sleep, work, relax, watching tv and many other things are possible with it. Night & Day has the design without limits: colors,...