A townhouse is a type of medium-density housing in cities, usually but not necessarily terraced or semi-detached. A modern townhouse is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors. You could think that in such a home there’s no space for nature but that’s not true! We’ve rounded up some courtyard gardens to prove...
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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...
Functional And Stylish 11-Foot-Wide Row House
Little House. Big City. This is a renovation project by Office of Architecture for a young family with two kids. This is a row house of only 11 feet wide but it is very welcoming and functional, let’s see how designers managed to renovate it to make it comfy. The house is 1,000-square-foot and now...
Summer-Ready Terrace With Much Greenery And Wicker
It’s summer and it’s high time to decorate your outdoor spaces if you haven’t done so. Today we are sharing a cool example of how a modern and inviting terrace can look. First of all, the terrace was divided into zones: a living room, a dining room, a kitchen (a corner with a portable grill),...
Ultra Modern House Designed With a Beach Feel
Though this home is located in West Vancouver, Canada, it was designed as a modern beach house to make the owners, who are from Australia, feel at home and at ease. G’Day House by Mcleod Bovell Modern Houses is a relaxed home that encourages an outdoor lifestyle with equal attention to the indoor and outdoor...
Villa Jardin With Several Terraces And Gardens
The thing that people are usually missing in big cities is a touch of nature but this apartment in Mexico City is none of that kind. It features several terraces and gardens interwoven in its design so that the spaces seem to be flowing one into another. The apartment creates a dialogue between the building...
Minimalist African House With Natural Features
This South African house is called La Belle Vue, which means ‘the beautiful view’ in French and it’s true – the views that are provided from each point of the house are spectacular! The house was built by Bomax architects and OKHA interiors to catch the amazing views of both the mountain and ocean and...
Hillside House With A Shipping Container On Top
Clay House designed by architect Budi Pradono is set on a hill in an Indonesian island east of Bali, and what’s special about it – it shows off a unique design feature: there’s a shipping container that seems to be slipping away from the top of the house. The residence is made up of a...
Industrial House With Rough Brick Walls And Much Wood
The property for the Sydney-based Truss House has an industrial past, which led Carterwilliamson Architects to incorporate salvaged roof trusses, hence its name. The reused materials created a pitched skillion roof with the exposed structure forming an intrinsic piece of the new build’s overall character. The design is a playful variation of a traditional terrace...
Stone Wall House With Pacific Ocean Views
Taipei-based Creat+Think Design Studio used stone excavated from the site to build this house on a slope in Taiwan overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The architects dug out the hillside to create a stepped terrain for the house, located on the eastern seaboard of Taiwan facing the sea. It is named A’tolan House, meaning “a place...









