Harrison Residence is in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, was remodeled by Alabama practice Jeffrey Dungan Architects on a range of architectural styles. This is a house for clients who enjoy travelling but who also wanted a beach home to relax in. The house is placed next to a nature preserve and a coastal dune lake,...
Cliff House With Contemporary Meets Rustic Interiors
This waterfront property by US studio McCall Design and Planning is built into rugged granite boulders that face Idaho’s Payette Lake. The dwelling is called Cliff House, and the natural context determined the layout of the home’s three levels as they step down the hillside. Entrance to the wood-clad home is on the middle level,...
Monochromatic Waterfront Holiday House In Sydney
This beach house is far from being typical, it features a monochromatic color scheme and literally no hints on the coastal location or the beaches around, just large windows with great views of the Pacific Ocean. The property is called Palm Beach House and is 310 square meter, originally built in the 1980s, the house...
Modern Waterfront House With Ensured Privacy
The main challenge during the construction of the house was keeping privacy because there are gorgeous views and many visitors around. Architects responded to the challenge by designing unique structures for this modern residence located in Cape Town, South Africa. The house was built by Malan Vorster Architecture Interior Design. It offers 789 square meters...
Modern Bachelor’s Home With Stunning Bay Views
Tucked into a small city lot along the water’s edge, the house was designed to live like a studio loft for a bachelor who values privacy, a central location to reside in the city, and a convenient spot to park the float plane. Hidden from the street, the building is a protective shell of zinc...
Sustainable Oceanfront Cabin On Volcanic Mountainside
Seascape Retreat is located within a small cove on the northern shore of two Miocene Shield volcanoes in New Zealand. Designed by Pattersons Associates, the small oceanfront cabin is built using locally quarried stone, cast in place concrete floors and ceilings and has a thick roof covered in the surrounding vegetation which makes it all...
Seaside Taiwanese Home With Local Organic Elements
Located on the eastern coastline of Taiwan and overlooking the Pacific Ocean, A’tolan House by Create + Think Design Studio seamlessly integrates organic elements with contemporary design in this innovative seaside home. The three levels of the property follow the shape of the coastline and gradually descend towards the sea. A living roof featuring various...
Azuris Ocean House For Indoor And Outdoor Living
Renato D’Ettorre Architects have designed Azuris, a home located on Hamilton Island in Australia. The home’s position on a steep site above the water’s edge, provides amazing views of the Whitsunday Islands and the surrounding Great Barrier Reef. The home has plenty of outdoor spaces, such as this one, located underneath the swimming pool. The...
Floating Watervilla Weesperzijde In Amstel River
Half of this floating house by +31 Architects is submerged below the waterline of Amsterdam’s river Amstel, while the other opens out to a buoyant terrace. Watervilla Weesperzijde is connected to the quay by a wooden bridge, which flexes as the residence rises and falls with the tide. Sliding glass doors added to the lounge...
Floating Cedar House On The Side Of Lake Huron
Named Floating House by MOS Architects, the two-storey building provides a summer residence on the Canadian side of Lake Huron. Thanks to its pontoon base, the house adapts to the changing water levels of the lake, which rise and fall throughout the year. Externally the building is clad in a rainscreen of cedar planks. Living...