This beautiful single-family house is located on a hill overlooking fields and Fyn beech forest. Its consists of two composite boxes which are done in simple gray, custom-made stone. The side facing the fields and forest, characterized by large windows that invite natural light inside. On the other side windows in contrary are made very...
House with Four Courtyards – The Purchase Residence
This house is located in Westchester Country, New York, a forested landscape that has been highly developed with small cities, suburbs, highways and roads. The Purchase Residence is designed with four courtyards, which capture as many views as possible while not being overwhelmed by the noise of a near interstate highway. The four-courtyard scheme separated...
House on the Hill Linked to the Landscape – Krater House
The house is situated on the top of a hill on Antiparos, in the Cycladic islands, Greece. There was a lot of challenges in designing it related to its position. First of all there was a need to protect living areas from strong winds of the Aegean Sea and to hide them from the settlement...
House With Natural Wood And Stone Interior And Exterior
Litmus completely renovated this former home of an esteemed horticulturalist, preserving its original landscaping and relocating its main entrance. Visitors enter through a Torii gate, navigate over a stream and around a pond to the stone-terraced entry. As the entrance as the whole house’s interior are mostly done in natural wood and stone materials. Not...
Modern But Traditional House Design – House Ö
House “Ö” is designed by Erginoglu & Calislar Architects to give its owners a modern life style but keeping the style of the area. It is situated in Bodrum, holiday district in Turkey. Outside it looks like the house designed in traditional side but inside everything corresponds to modern needs. The kitchen is open plan...
House in Forested Landscape – Chauncey Knoll Residence by Carlton Architecture
One-of-a-kind house designs are always interesting because they usually have something to learn from. Chauncey Knoll Residence is one of those houses located in the forested landscape in Carolina. Surrounded by old-growth trees house’s materials like yellow pine, poplar, white oak, fieldstone and crab orchard sandstone perfectly blends in aesthetic natural design. All that materials...