This house is designed by the Japanese architect Ikuyo Nakama. It’s quite small and has only everything what is truly necessary for perfect weekends away from a work and people. The house mostly done in rich natural wood. Only its frame is made of concrete. The interior doesn’t hide anything so walls and floors is...
Top 5 Wooden House Designs – Best of 2009
Here are some best of wooden house designs that we covered on DigsDigs during 2009: Barrow House – Comfort of Wood Home
Contemporary House With Old World Aesthetic Look – Lake Minnetonka Residence
This home is a quite new development by a large lake. Located within one of the last undeveloped parcels of land on Lake Minnetonka, Locust Hills, this new home blends an old-world aesthetic with materials and a color pallet derived from the client’s native state of Pennsylvania and incorporates several exterior living spaces to enjoy...
Three-Level House in the Trees
Set in eight acres of protected forest above the old Preston sawmill, the 4000 square foot, three-level home is planned for minimum impact on the site, by taking advantage of a small, existing clearing. The exterior is made from rugged stone, concrete, and cedar shingles, with sleeker materials inside. The materials blend perfectly with surroundings...
House that Consist of the Collection of Simple Geometric Boxes
Fairhaven Residence is a 3800 square feet home that consist of the collection of simple geometric boxes. The boxes are oriented and open to hills and views that surround the house. The rooms and views in it reveal themselves in a alternating fashion, like sheltered groves and open vistas during the walk in the woods....
House Entirely Made of Wood and Protected from Nature Disasters
Muelle house is located on the big island of Chiloe, Chilie. It’s designed by Jonas Retamal and overlooks the Castro’s fjord. The region has very unstable weather so the house, which is siting on 28% slope, is protected from the fire, cold, wet weather and other disaster the nature could cause. Probably Muelle house is...
Twofold House In Black Stained Wood With Natural Wood Between The Window Partitions
This twofold house is located on one of Bergen’s most attractive sites overlooking the southern fjords and the West coast archipelago. The main facade of the house faces south to the ocean while the balcony offers stunning views to the south and west. It’s a long thin shape with a balcony extruding 6m out of...
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...