The Kloof Road House is a unique family home situated at the foot of a natural reserve in Bedfordview, South Africa. Every room of the house opens outdoors, linking it to the garden. Morphed steel elements wrap around the frame of the house offering it a sculptural and eye-catching look. Steel, glass and concrete and...
Home With A Country Feel In Dark Shades
In modern design dark colors are not often used much as they are considered gloomy, boring and depressive. But just look how dramatic they can be! This dark exterior home by Bureaux with it’s ominous facade is striking. Don’t start thinking about the heating and cooling bills – just get back to admiring the silhouette...
Summer House Decorated With Rough Wooden Furniture
This summer house is located not far from Oslo, Norway, and was built in 1914 in Denmark and then transported here. The exterior is dark while the interior is white. The interior is made in natural rough wood, some old furniture remained: old wooden tables look great and vintage and add some rustic touches to...
Swedish House With Dark Wooden Exterior And Detached Garage Near By
This two level house isn’t big but is fantastic living space anyway. It’s located in a quiet and calm area in Sweden and features great views of nature around it. Large balcony of 20 square meters is one of those spaces, seating where is really a dream for a lot of people. The upper level...
Long One Storey House Plan With Dark Iron Walls – Martinborough House by Parsonson Architects
The main feature of this New Zealand’s house is an boundless space surrounding it. The house sits long and low in this large and multi-layered landscape. The dark corrugated iron walls blend with the dark lines of Macrocarpa shelter planting in the distance. Thanks to a large size of the site, Parsonson Architects choose not...
Dark Single-Family House on a Very Small Inner City Lot
This 2,300 square feet single-family house is located on a very small inner city lot in the one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods. This neighborhood was ravaged by the Great Fire of 1917 and, more recently, by a new freeway half a block from the site so the topographic conditions wasn’t very well during the...
Contemporary Dark Glass House with City Skyline Views
Designed by Brian Bell and David Yocum the Ansley Glass House is located in an historic downtown neighborhood, with a mature tree canopy and direct views to the immediate city skyline. The project replaces a series of additions to a 1910-era house with a new glass-lined living space including a garage, kitchen, family room, library,...
Low Maintenance Home with Dark Exterior – Somers Courtyard House
Somers Courtyard House is designed by Rowan Opat Architects, as a dark object which perfectly fits the shadows of surrounding bush land, one hour from Melbourne. Even though the house exterior is made of dark timber the interior and the courtyard in contrast have lighter color. Ceilings of the house are made of cedar board...
Stealth House – Contrasted Contemporary House on a Beautiful Site
This 246 square meter house is a low-lying long, dark object placed in Acton Park, Australia. It’s located as far from trees as possible to maximize sun penetration. House color is highly contrast with surrounded landscape but building’s exterior seeks to disappear like a stealth bomber into the shadows of the adjacent mature pine trees....