Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 2. Small House - (51 sqm - 200 sqm),City House,Concrete,Concrete House,Contemporary House,Exotic Idea,House Award,House's Circulation,House's Level,Japanese House,Site Environment,Tower HouseMarch 15, 2013
A little home designed by Tokyo-based architectural unit onishimaki+hyakudayuki architects (o+h). Maki Onishi narrates their concept for this small house in Tokyo: their design responds to the penned in character of the site – only accessed by two narrow alleys…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 5. Large House - (more than 650 sqm),Concrete,Concrete House,Contemporary House,Countryside / Suburb House,Courtyard,Featured,House Award,House's Level,House's Shape,Indoor / Outdoor : Garden,Interior Space,Tower House,VentilationFebruary 1, 2013
Architect Christian Pottgiesser of the Paris-based firm Architectures Possibles is the genius behind Maison L, an almost 9400-sq. ft. A home that extends from its environment and feels like a small village…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 5. Large House - (more than 650 sqm),Concrete,Concrete House,Door / Windows,Exotic Idea,Forest House,glass facade,Hill House,House's Level,House's Shape,House's Structural,Interior Space,Luxury House,Modern House,Site Environment,Tower House,ViewsDecember 12, 2012
Russian billionaire Vladislav Doronin has commissioned Zaha Hadid to design a house in Moscow, Russia for his supposed supermodel girlfriend Naomi Campbell. This building pulled out of a Sci-Fi movie, surrounded by pine and birch trees high providing a bit of privacy. Located on the north-face hillside in Barvikha where pine and birch trees grow up to 20 metres high, a villa with fluid geometries emerges from the landscape. Its programme is divided into two components: one merging with the hillside, another floating above the ground with dynamic views overlooking the forest…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 1. Tiny House - (less than 51 sqm),Beach House,Cabin / Hut,Door / Windows,Exterior Cladding Materials,Featured,Green & Sustainable House,Harmony With The Context,Holiday House,House Award,Interior Space,Prefabricated elements,Tower House,Ventilation,Views,Wooden,Wooden HouseAugust 19, 2012
Hut on sleds by architects Crosson Clarke Carnachan can be towed off the beach and out of harm’s way. Located within a designated erosion zone on the Coromandel Peninsula, the house was designed as a mobile structure to satisfy a planning condition requiring that all buildings in the area be removable…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 2. Small House - (51 sqm - 200 sqm),Exterior Cladding Materials,Famous / Popular / Great / World : House,Featured,Green & Sustainable House,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,House's Level,House's Shape,House's Structural,Mountain House,Roof,Site Environment,Tower House,Views,Wooden,Wooden HouseJuly 26, 2012
Casa Solare was designed by milan-based practice Studio Albori, located 5,700 ft above sea level in the Italian Alps, in the village of Vens in the Val D’Aosta region. This sustainable architecture building is designed to gain maximum solar energy to provide for the entire house…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 2. Small House - (51 sqm - 200 sqm),Cabin / Hut,Concrete,Concrete House,Editor's Picks,House Award,House's Level,Mountain House,Site Environment,Terrace / Deck,Tower House,ViewsMarch 26, 2012
Austrian architects create charming home in the shape of a little tower…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 2. Small House - (51 sqm - 200 sqm),City House,Door / Windows,Exterior Cladding Materials,House Award,House's Circulation,House's Level,Interior Space,Japanese House,Steel House,Tower HouseMarch 11, 2012
This five story house – one half-sunken below grade – is located on a 34.3 m2 (369 ft2) site. Out of consideration for overshadowing the neighboring houses, architect Hiroyuki Unemori chose to build compact 4 meters by 4 meters (13.1 feet by 13.1 feet) house, instead of building a lower form with larger footprint…
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