Modern home designs

Super Modern House Design With a Living Roof

Super Modern House Design With a Living Roof
Edgeland House was built on a cliff-top lot in Austin by architect Thomas Bercy for sci-fi writer Chris Brown, and the owner’s work is reflected in house design, it’s really a home of the future – edgy, geometric and constructed of steel and glass! The land required a complicated excavation process, offering an opportunity for... 
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Historical English Cottage With A Cantilevered Glazed Extension

Historical English Cottage With A Cantilevered Glazed Extension
This cozy Victorian-style cottage strikes you with an ultra modern glass walled extension which makes an open plan kitchen under a floating cantilevered ceiling the centerpiece of the home. The beautiful woodland setting filters dappled light onto the stone work surface and table of the kitchen dining area. Beautiful reflections in the glass walls change... 
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Modern Casa Di Luce With Crisp White Interiors

Modern Casa Di Luce With Crisp White Interiors
Casa di Luce by Morrison Dilworth + Walls is located in Dallas, Texas. A small, white home both inside and out, it opens up to an enclosed courtyard via large glass doors that slide and stack into the walls and out of site, creating a seamless connectivity to both the small swimming pool and the... 
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Modern Reinterpretation Of A Traditional Romanian House

Modern Reinterpretation Of A Traditional Romanian House
This is Casa G3, an intriguing residence which can be found in Otopeni, near Bucharest, the capital of Romania. The project included the consolidation and expansion of an existing house and was completed in 2015 by LAMA Archtiectura. The palette of materials used for this project includes gray folded metal sheets used for the roof,... 
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Family Retreat Mixes Rustic Materials With Modern Space-Saving Design

Family Retreat Mixes Rustic Materials With Modern Space-Saving Design
San Antonio-based firm Craig McMahon Architects finished this family’s seasonal retreat in San Marcos, Texas. Multiple built-ins, lofted sleeping areas, and other features allow it to accommodate many visitors. Dual porches bookend the home: one faces towards a creek, the other to where the sun sets. Craig threw a nod to this architectural tradition with... 
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Modern And Elegant French Chalet With A New Extension

Modern And Elegant French Chalet With A New Extension
Chalet SOLEYÂ by Chevalier Architectes is located in Les Houches, France. The new extension houses the shared spaces and was made for socializing. It contrasts with the original timber construction and has large full-height windows and glass walls as well as a covered deck with glass balustrades. The new extension also came with a series... 
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Naremburn House That Shifts Volumes And Geometries

Naremburn House That Shifts Volumes And Geometries
Naremburn House was designed by Bijl Architecture in Sydney, Australia. To accommodate the design, they utilized shifting volumes and geometries to result in a variety of irregularities. The clients wanted a light-filled interior, completely unique rooms (no square ones), and a place to “live long”. With the site’s irregular landscape, they incorporated subtle level changes... 
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Divсibare House Consisting Of Two Different Volumes

Divсibare House Consisting Of Two Different Volumes
The house is located near the popular tourist resort in Serbia. To minimize disturbance to the site and as a reference to the surrounding hilly terrain, the house is built into the hillside. The outside is designed by combining and connecting the two main monolithic volumes, light & dark. These forms merge with the natural... 
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Modern home designs

Box Green Home Built To Passive House Standards

Box Green Home Built To Passive House Standards
This home in Portland, Oregon has simple, boxy forms starkly contrast with surrounding residences, its compact shape and modest scale help it fit into the traditional neighborhood without calling attention to itself. The house was built around a large birch tree, with dwarf fountain grass and porcupine grass planted in front. A weeping blue atlas... 
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Minimalist home designs

Minimalist Concrete House With A Large Vertical Garden

Minimalist Concrete House With A Large Vertical Garden
Let’s go green! Architecture studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects designed a unique sustainable house with a vertical garden as facade in Ho Chi Minh City. The front and the back of the building consist of concrete planters that can be watered through an automatic system, which collects rainwater. Additionally, the facade helps to regulate sunlight,... 
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