Architectural practice Archisbang renovated a 1960s residential building’, this bland, non-descript housing block has been transformed into a contemporary residence of minimalist sophistication and sculptural rigor. The first decision made was to strip the three-floor building down to its elemental cubic volume. Structural reinforcement and energy-saving insulation now further emphasize the structure’s cube-like massing by...
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Prefab C-Home Hudson Of Shipping Containers
LOT-EK has combined six shipping containers into С-home Hudson, a single-family house in Hudson, New York. The two-story prefab residence features an open layout with the living room, kitchen and dining room on the ground floor, and two bedroom suites on the upper level. Thanks to large glass walls, its interiors benefit from ample natural...
10 The Coziest Houses Of 2020
Here are the most cozy houses that we showed you on DigsDigs during 2020. Don’t miss them because they are really cool and inspiring. Btw, don’t miss the coziest house designs of the previous year too. This contemporary cabin is built of a shipping container and indoor and outdoor areas are placed under the same...
Unique Disneyland-Inspired House Extesion
Architect Mat Barnes, founder of CAN, renovated and extended the two-storey Edwardian house in Sydenham for his own family adding a fake Disneyland mountain of foamed aluminum to it. This element is designed in tribute to the Matterhorn Bobsleds ride at Disneyland in California. This element gives the project its name, Mountain View. The imaginative...
Contemporary Forest House On Three-Meter Stilts
Canadian architect Natalie Dionne has completed a forest retreat in southeastern Quebec, which is raised up on stilts to meet the level of the rocky landscape. The site featured a rocky outcrop, including one particular boulder that rose three meters above ground level. As a result, more natural light is able to penetrate the living...
London House Renovation With Zigzags On The Facade
Dominic McKenzie Architects has overhauled a Victorian adding an extension with a zigzagging outline, bronze exterior and maple wood interior. The Hampstead House project involved a complete renovation of the four-storey property, reconfiguring the existing interior to be more space-efficient, and replacing a previous extension at the rear to create a larger lounge and dining...
Bold Lofty Apartment Of An Old Sports Hall
Wooden detailing and black-painted steel fill the lofty interiors of The Gymnasium apartment that Robbert De Goede has built within an old sports hall in the Netherlands. The objective was to design an intimate, livable home. This resulted in a minimal, industrial approach towards the architecture and a very personal approach towards the finishes, which...
Coastal Apartment With Seaweed-Colored Joinery
A steel staircase offsets seaweed-colored joinery and marble surfaces inside this Belgian apartment designed by local architects Carmine Van Der Linden and Thomas Geldof. Van Der Linden and Geldof thought using natural materials and colors would reflect the calming coastal location of the two-floor apartment, which is encircled by sand dunes and grassy banks. In...
6M Ecuador House That Merges With The Surroundings
A tactile material palette and floor-to-ceiling glazing characterize this Ecuadorian house, which Jannina Cabal has created for a family of five in the town of Samborondón. The dwelling was designed to be as simple as possible and form a part of its verdant setting, which is bordered by a park and a lake in the...
Modern Rustic Vacation Home With Spectacular Views
This spacious home has all the lakeside luxury you would ever want from a vacation home. Created by Phinney Design Group, the home is done in an updated version of the arts and crafts style, also strongly informed by the landscape and surrounding lake and forests. The natural terrain was full of inspiration for the...