Sustainable House Design »

[19 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Sustainable House 205 by H Arquitectes

The House 205 sited in step slopes and a great amount of trees and bushes in Catalunya Spain. This house built on a natural rocky platform, that the platform also used as either the exit or the garden of the house. The inner layout of the house is based on a lineal sequence of rooms of different proportions linked to the structure. There are great sliding opened areas, which will provide both harmony and versatility. The house can work as an open-plan space or as individual, closed spaces.
This structural …

Architectural Design »

[18 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Architecture DMHQ Building in Jakarta by Aboday

Ary Indra Architects from Aboday sent us a photos of DMHQ Building project in Southern Jakarta, Indonesia. This building sited in the area where large residential houses mix with small office activities. Build to accommodate a medium family bussiness with 15 strong staff, it appears as 5 individual tiny buildings, arrange within the surrounding lust greeneries in this 450 sqm land. Land limitation means that rooms have to be squeezed to fill the maximum allowable building coverage. Punctuated by enclose garden and water body, the working areas arranged to …

Minimalist House Design »

[16 Aug 2010 | One Comment | ]
Minimalist CS House in Portugal by Pitagoras Architects

This 3 storey CS House built in uneven topography in Guimarães Portugal, designed by Pitagoras Architects. The CS house is addorsed to the land, with the objective of defeating its accentuated slope. This building embodies distinct programmatic subject matter, which is organized vertically. One of the architectural projects objectives is to establish connections between the building and its surroundings, between its interior and exterior spaces. All floors are contemplated with covered or uncovered verandas and patios that are closed off or open to the landscape, creating variable possibilities of inhabiting …

Modern House Design »

[13 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Single Family House in Ukraine by rozdov&Partners

This modern single family residence situated on the active slope, on the border between private residential development and botanical garden in Kharkov Ukraine. The layout strategy proposes maximum contact with the park by exploiting the view from all internal spaces. It was essential to highlight the active terrain by means of landscape elements and volumes. The main volume is moved to the back of the site, its closed parts being as close to the neighbours as possible. As a result, the house enjoys a lot of free space to admire …

Beach and Ocean House »

[12 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
White Beach House in California by Richard Meier & Partners Architects

Richard Meier & Partners Architects presents amazing beach house design located in beautiful site in Southern California. This white house boasts the Pacific Ocean to the south, a gorgeous courtyard to the west, and the Pacific Coast Highway to the north. There’s a perfect harmony between the straight ‘boxed’ and organic designs of this modern house. The architecture is very interesting and fully loaded with detail. The bright white interior offers a grand space for dining and entertaining, where residents and guests are surrounded by floor to ceiling windows and …

Tropical House Design »

[11 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Spectacular Iseami House by Robles Arquitectos

The Iseami House rests on a hill above the ocean on the Peninsula de Osa in Costa Rica, a location with 5% of the world’s biodiversity– yet 20km away from the nearest town. To build such a home, Robles Arquitectos were tasked with designing a fully grid-free, self-sustainable structure that could manage the demands of this hot, humid environment. This house uses both passive and active measures to fit the needs of its occupants. The home’s electricity is powered by an on-site hybrid electric system, using solar energy …