The Spa House, beautiful mountainside home in Hount Bay that integrated with powerful natural surroundings. Designed by Metropolis, this house set on the mountainside on the urban edge of Hout Bay, overlooking the bay and harbour, surrounded by weathered sandstone formative. The primary design intention was to integrate the building with the powerful landscape and [...]
January 26th, 2012 In Mountain House Design
This contemporary “Cliff House” situated in Gig Harbor – Washington, designed by Scott Allen Architecture. The new structure replaces an old guest house and boathouse, and was limited in its size by an agreement through a regulatory process. The design solution makes the roof of the new structure an extension of the upland lawn, with [...]
January 26th, 2012 In Contemporary House Design
Italian kitchen designer Simone Micheli created IT-IS, modern minimalist kitchen for Euromobil. The IT-IS characterized by minimalist designs and the use of linear, geometric themes. This design style extends to the kitchen cabinets as well, in these elegant kitchens. The IT-IS kitchen made in Italy,defined fluent curves, which renovate the aesthetic features of the contemporary [...]
January 24th, 2012 In Furniture Design
La Maison de la Lumiere, literally the house of light, is a clear example of Duilio Damilano’s architectural poetics, focused on the light and the various transformations that the light produces on lines, colours and shapes in the designing path. The architect really believes in the importance of designing the light as a characterizing element [...]
January 23rd, 2012 In Modern House Design
This 4900 sf sustainable private residence situated in Falls Church, Virginia. This house designed by Moore Architects. The landscaped street face of the house, containing the entry, office, garage and guest rooms, recalls the reserve and scale of the original house. The rear of the house, with the living and dining rooms, and master suite, [...]
January 21st, 2012 In Sustainable House Design
The ‘modern farmhouse’ Villa T situated in agricultural lands in Sicily, Italy. The site project has partially conserved that precious idea of ‘isolation’, and the whole design comes to grips with this context, constructing a direct relationship with the landscape. From the Architects: “The program of the compositional process is that of a large single-family [...]
January 19th, 2012 In Uncategorized