Designers always impress with their houses and rock the things that we don’t expect. This Kuća Kamena house in Novigrad belongs to artist and designer Boris Kajmak, and it impresses at first view. The whole house celebrates the rustic and vintage beauty: wood and brick bring personality and warmth to the interior. Here every room...
Small Stone Cottage Reminding Of The Hobbit
This 500 square-foot cottage in Golden, Colorado, reminds of the hobbits to me. Its design was a collaboration between the homeowners and Peter Boes of TKP Architects. The interior is just one open room with a bathroom tucked behind the fireplace and a sleeping loft above. As there’s a lack of space, the homeowners came...
Rustic Stone House In The Spanish Countryside
This house in the countryside of Spain remained rustic and romantic. The owners decided to leave wooden beams and stone walls as they are. The space seems ide due to the light tones and many windows. A part of wall was substituted with glass – it gave more light and space. I love classical and...
Cozy Medieval House With Underground Tunnels And Caves
Can you imagine a house with underground caverns? Here it is! This unusual Domus Civita house is located in Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy, and belongs to architect and Studio F owner Patrizio Fradiani. The house was built in the 14th century and later reconstructed but the exterior of an old castle remained due to the...
1800s Rough Stone House Renovation
The original house of 1800s was built here, in Chamoson, Switzerland, and renovated by Savioz Fabrizzi Architecte into a completely modern space. The genuine rocky surface makes the project perfectly blend in the natural surroundings, that’s why the architects decided to leave as it is, just reinforce and emphasize it using concrete for the parts...
Charming Mountain Retreat Without Electricity Or Telephone
This mountain retreat was restored from a rustic shepherd’s hut, once used to make cheese. The hut is located in Cantal’s volcanic Central Massif region, France. Austrian Frederick Pfeffer restored the place with the help of local craftsmen and artisans using simple and natural materials. The atmosphere is very romantic and old-fashioned: absence of electricity,...
A Castle In The Southern Italy To Spend A Weekend
This castle called Trullihusen was designed for Morten Angelo and Tina Horstedt from Denmark. They wanted to choose a place to go for weekends or holidays so it shouldn’t be too far from Denmark. So Italy was chosen, a village in the South of Italy, Apuglia. The house looks like a castle of the Middle...
Sustainable House With Raw Stone Exterior
Camel Quarry House is built on the footprint of the burnt out ruin of the original house. The site features great views of natural landscape and blends with it very well thanks to the exterior done in raw stones combined with several wood inserts. Its form is simple – a rugged face reflecting the quarry...
Modern Forest House Finished With Stone – Bosvilla Soest by Zecc Architecten
Bosvilla Soest is designed by Zecc Architecten in the woods Soest, the Netherlands. It presents itself as the detached modern forest house with exterior done in the material that looks like the natural stone. There are also a lot of wood details that in combination with the stone anchor the house to the ground and...
Vernacular Dry Stone House at The Pyrenees
House at The Pyrenees is designed by Eduardo Cadaval and Clara Solà-Morales in a small village nested in the Pyrenees, Canejan, Catalonia, Spain. The vernacular dry stone house is a comfortable residence that have two units on a single envelope. It features amazing views over the valley, while an identical window located on the top...