Besides fences, which mainly cover the perimeter, there are privacy screens that can hide a particular zone in your garden or backyard. Such privacy screens can be made of various things: bamboo, metal, wood or even of natural plants, which, I think, is the best option because they don’t spoil the look and seem to...
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Willunga Retirement Residence Designed Around A Garden
This garden house in suburban Adelaide was designed by architect-in-training Reuben French-Kennedy as a retirement home for his parents. Willunga House is designed to work in harmony with nature, offering views of the surrounding landscape while minimizing its carbon footprint through passive heating and cooling techniques. At the same time, its form and layout are designed...
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 House With 16 Different Floor Levels
Japanese architects continue surprising us, and their creativity seriously has no limits. Designed by Tato Architects, House in Takatsuki is a three-storey building containing 16 different floor levels! The idea is to create a sense of expansion inside a small house, so that you would find yourself on top of a rooftop in one moment...
Refined Cedar-Clad House With Wood Interiors
Long Island architecture studio Kevin O’Sullivan + Associates has created a house in Amagansett, New York with wood prevalent inside and out to highlight the vernacular architecture in the region. The family home comprises two gabled wings that are linked by a lower portion whose roofline nestles into their sides. Kevin O’Sullivan + Associates (KOS+A)...
Contemporary House With Fruit Trees On The Roof
This unique house by Vo Trong Nghia Architects is built in Vietnam, and the most unusual thing about it is its fruit trees on the roof. Formed from brick and stone boxes stacked around a green courtyard, Thang House is the latest in the practice’s House for Trees series. Vo Trong Nghia Architects designed these...
Glass And Concrete Rainforest Retreat For A Philosopher
Brazilian studio Atelier Branco has completed a glass house called Casa Bibliotheca among a rainforest in São Paulo with a rooftop terrace for the resident “to read and smoke a cigar looking at the stars”. It was created for a philosopher, who wanted a private space to read and think. Located on a sloped site...
57 Cool Outdoor Deck Designs
We’ve already told you of some terraces, porches, ponds and fountains to design your garden. Now maybe you need a deck – a place covered with wooden planks, kind of a terrace somewhere in your garden. What’s cool about a deck? You may walk barefoot and enjoy natural wood under your feet which is always...
Creative Minimalist House With Inner Balconies
Takeshi Hosaka Architects has built a house for a couple and their child in downtown Tokyo where windows’ balconies are reversed and extruded towards its interior. The large and small platforms create a feeling of being outside, bringing life into the 73 sqm space and splitting activities in several levels, which is a trendy and...
Modern Thai Villa That Captures Sea Views
The stunning villa we are sharing today is 180 Samui by Sicart & Smith Architects, a horizontal villa with low roof-lines and a simple material palette that was built on a massive rock. The villa is organized around an impressive pool overlooking the view, set perpendicular to the main rock and offering a dramatic feel....









