The World Architectural Festival has chosen the Dune House by New Zealand’s Fearon Hay Architects as the winner in the Villa category. Nestled in the dunes of a popular beach the home provides shelter and privacy, a raw richness and coastal calm. Despite of lots of stone and marble used in design, the villa is...
Ultra Minimalist Beach Retreat In Chile
To have a beach house is a dream of many of us and this one is definitely a dream of everybody. The space by architectural firm 01Arq is located in Huentelauquen, Chile, and is perfect place to relax and put all your problems behind. The retreat is small and minimalist, the interior is done in...
Beach Retreat For Relaxation In A Eucalypti Wood
What can be more relaxing than a wood of old eucalypti and ancient angophoras around your house? Especially when it’s located at the edge of a delightful beach? Pretty Beach House is located in Australia, just north of Sydney, in one of the most relaxing places in the world, to my mind. The décor is...
Relaxing Beach House Built in Impregnated Pine Wood
This house is an another great work by the great Chilean architect studio, dRN Architects (Nicolás del Río and Max Núñez). It’s located on the Tacna Hill, south of Maitencillo, a well known Chilean beach resort. The house occupied 122 square meters near to a forest and the Pacific Ocean. As any beach house should...
Ultra Modern House with 3 Levels and Ocean Views from Everywhere
This ultra-modern house has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms located only 250 meters from a beach. There are three levels with open terraces and large floor-to-ceiling windows so the house features uninterrupted ocean views almost from every its part. The top level is perfect for an entertaining because beside amazing views from the deck it...
Contemporary Beach House with Transparent Glass Wall
This amazing 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms property is designed to capture as much Pacific views as possible. This house takes best of contemporary house designing to create best place for living, entertaining and relaxing. Disappearing walls of glass seamlessly open to terraces with extraordinary views, unforgettable sunsets, and sounds of the crashing surf are main...
Beautiful Tropical House Above the Beach
This contemporary one story home is designed by Renato Trotta for a relaxing living near the ocean. It’s situated right above he beach in the oceanfront comunity of Niguel Shores. Of corse like every other house situated so close to Pacific in features beautiful panoramic water and sunset views. In order to capture all than...
Two Houses on Adjacent Sites – Thorp Houses by Pete Bossley Architects
This project is one of those rare works when there is a need to design two houses on adjacent sites. The buildings are simple in form but different in plan and materials. Even though they looks like in harmony with each other they aren’t symmetrical. They both are about 500 square meters and have two...
Natural Minimalism in Open Beach House Design – Laranjeiras House by Marcio Kogan
Marcio Kogan is Brazil’s designer who create beautiful modern house designs in minimalist and natural style. This house in Laranjeiras, neighborhood located in the Southern Zone of Rio de Janeiro, is one of his latest works which combines both styles in one beach house. Ultra wide openings and imperceptibly transition between indoors and outdoors what...