Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 2. Small House - (51 sqm - 200 sqm),Cabin / Hut,Cottage,Editor's Picks,Forest House,Green & Sustainable House,Harmony With The Context,House Award,House's Color,House's Shape,Site Environment,Terrace / Deck,Villa,Wooden,Wooden HouseMarch 12, 2013
Hirsiset cabin Villa Valtanen is designed to Lapland´s fell landscape and was choosen the Log House of The Year 2012 in Finland. Villa Valtanen is designed by Oulu based architect (SAFA) Lauri Louekari and it is hidden in the wilderness of Lapland´s fell landscape. The building is divided in separate cabin, sauna and wood shed, joined by terrace…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 4. Big House - (451 sqm - 650 sqm),Courtyard,Exterior Cladding Materials,Featured,Green & Sustainable House,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,House Award,House's Level,Interior Space,Island House,Mountain House,Natural Stone & Rock,Site Environment,Stone House,Traditional House,ViewsMarch 8, 2013
Designed by Myrto Miliou architects, The house is located in Syros, a plot of 0.40 hectares overlooking the traditional village and the sea. The architectural approach forms a critical dialogue between modern architectural thought and morphological features of Greece, and particularly of Syros…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 3. Medium House - (201 sqm - 450 sqm),Countryside / Suburb House,Exterior Cladding Materials,Featured,Green & Sustainable House,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,Holiday House,Interior Space,Natural Stone & Rock,Ocean House,Roof,Stone House,Ventilation,Views,Wooden HouseMarch 2, 2013
Three sandstone wings protect an inner courtyard from fierce coastal winds at this seaside house in Ireland by Tierney Haines Architects. The client desired a cottage that could be used as either a quiet winter hideaway or a summer holiday home for a large extended family. Located on the Atlantic coastline, the house is exposed to extreme weather and a corrosive environment. The client wanted to take advantage of the views but provide some protection from the rain and wind…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 2. Small House - (51 sqm - 200 sqm),Cabin / Hut,Exotic Idea,Green & Sustainable House,Harmony With The Context,Hill House,House's Shape,Japanese House,Steel House,Terrace / Deck,Ventilation,Views,WoodenMarch 1, 2013
A group of 22 independent huts, many on light metal stilts, form a deconstructed home in Calling a Plan a Map by ON design partners. Located south of Tokyo, the house floor plan is viewed as a map that can be added to, or modified, over time. A permanent two-story structure houses the kitchen and living room, all the other parts can be moved, rearranged like furniture in a room…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 2. Small House - (51 sqm - 200 sqm),Architects House,Editor's Picks,Exotic Idea,Exterior Cladding Materials,Green & Sustainable House,Holiday House,House's Color,House's Lighting,House's Shape,Island House,Metal Sheet,Prefabricated elements,Roof,Steel,Steel House,Swimming Pool,Terrace / Deck,TranslucentFebruary 27, 2013
Stamberg Aferiat Architecture conceived of a breathtaking, colorful island retreat nicknamed “Maison Plastique,” intended to reference Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion. Setting out to build an utterly groundbreaking home on Shelter Island for the most discerning clients (themselves!) was no easy feat…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 3. Medium House - (201 sqm - 450 sqm),Concrete,Concrete House,Countryside / Suburb House,Exotic Idea,Forest House,Green & Sustainable House,Holiday House,House Award,House's Shape,Indoor / Outdoor : Garden,Interior Space,Modern House,Swimming Pool,VentilationFebruary 23, 2013
Barcelona and Mexico City-based studio Cadaval & Solà-Morales have recently completed the Tepoztlan Lounge, the first building of a larger project which comprises a series of bungalows of different sizes and designs, in a concept of hospitality which foresees a rental period of years, months or days…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 2. Small House - (51 sqm - 200 sqm),CANTILEVERED,Concrete,Concrete House,Editor's Picks,Hill House,House's Level,House's Shape,Japanese House,Modern House,ViewsFebruary 20, 2013
mA-style architects received commissioned to start thinking about how building this venue. Landslide prevention area because of the site is below the cliff, building less land, so the architects with support from a surface of a wall and a thin building north of the main body of the infinite beauty amount. This volume trapezoid, the largest north-facing, to seize the the outside beautiful natural changes — landscape, light, wind. Very simple and comfortable throughout the building space, keep the inside and outside of appropriate open…
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