Luxury House Makes Modern Luxury a Daily Event, located in Brentwood Park, Beverly Hills. This spectacular contemporary house sports a structured, clean facade of white with glass held in place by a striking black frame. A circular tower leads the way to the entrance, where you’ll find a wonderland of wood and windows. Floors and ceilings feature rich hardwood, which abuts the floor-to-ceiling glass walls. Beyond is an endless view of the Los Angeles city skyline which, incidentally, can be enjoyed just as much (if not, more) from the outdoor terraces encircling the building. Luxury House Makes Modern Luxury a Daily Event [via]
The four equal sized boxes are built as simple wood construction covered with corrugated metal panels on the outside and wood and gypsum panels on the inside. The floor plan is based on the needs of a traditional country house. Only partially the organization of the rooms is a direct consequence of the rigid outer form. The Living Room focuses on the different light conditions needed for an existing and future art collection, while the great view into the nearby countryside is present without being dominant. The sequence of the different rooms reflects the idea of a private gallery. Natural light is coming into the spaces through the openings in between the outer boxes. Architects : HHF Architects + Ai WeiWei Location : Ancram, New York, USA Design Team : HERLACH HARTMANN FROMMENWILER & AI WEIWEI with Bhavana Hameed, Tom Strub, Fumiko Takahama, Magnus Zwyssig Structural Engineering : Crawford & Associates, Hudson, NY Construction Management : Crawford & Associates, Hudson, NY General Contractor : Robert Reed Construction, Germantown, NY Design year : 2005-2006 Construction year : 2006-2008 Client : Private Constructed Area : 375 sqm Photographs : Iwan Baan, Nikolas Koenig Tsai residence [via] luxury home design
The modern geometric home, designed by Santa Monica, located in Los Angeles, California. The modern geometric home is composed of a collection of daring folds, sharp angles and various volumes connected on the 10,000-sq.-ft. property. This contemporary design based Tighe Architecture incorporates a number of buildings, which are structured around a private central courtyard that invites the outdoors into these modern living spaces. From the outside, this cool house is characterized by its unique folded roof and walls. Windows, seemingly scattered about the facade, were strategically placed to frame the fabulous views. Inside this two-storey home, the details are simple, and simply impeccable. A soaring focal wall features cut-outs that echo the home’s windows, with a skylight at the top as its crowning glory. The finishes are minimal yet luxury, like the rich wood floors, and the gorgeous kitchen featuring warm woods and cool stone tiles, enclosed in a wall of windows with a pool-side walkout. A guest house and pool house are mirror images of one another. The modern geometric home [via] luxury home
The house is organized around three events: Firstly, a patio over street level, secondly, a promenade composed of ramps and staircases that lead from the parking to the roof garden and thirdly, a perimeter wall that defines the domesticated territory of the house.
Regarding the expression of the house, it offers a silent facade to the street, which is no more than the simple echo of the wall that confines the small patio of the sleeping rooms. This elongated patio works as a filter towards the noisy movement of cars that pass tangent to the site. Its interior space is characterized by the colonization of elements such as: the oblique pillars which endure the horizontal force of possible earthquakes, the prefabricated skylights which introduce light to the deepest part of the house and the ramps. Those elements altogether create boundaries and tensions within the space. Architect : Sebastian Irarrazaval Client : Martin Irarrazaval Location : Santiago, Chile Site Area : 700 sqm Building Area : 200sqm Construction start : 2005 Completion : 2006 Materials : Concrete, Timber & Glass Photos : Carlos Eguiguren Lira House, designed by Sebastian Irarrazaval Architect [via] modern house design.
Villa in the Dunes is a house designed by architects Zandbelt&vandenBerg, located at the edge of the dunes in the Hook of Holland, the Netherlands.A villa for an art-loving couple has been completed at the edge of the dunes of Hook of Holland. The entrance level is situated in the dunes as a bunker and consists of a guesthouse, besides the entrance functions.The living on the front gives access to a dunegarden through a terrace. On the other side the kitchen hovers above the ground. On top of this all, the master bedroom. An exterior staircase leads to a roof terrace and provides a panorama on the surrounding dune landscape and its bunkers. The sea lures at the horizon.Architect : Zandbelt&vandenBerg Rotterdam, NL Team : Daan Zandbelt and Rogier van den Berg with Tom Bokkers, David Luque Client : Pieter & Diana van Toor Photographs : Christian RichtersView more about Villa in the Dunes [via] Modern house design.
Acqua Liana is a luxury small houses in 15,071 square foot mansion that sits on 1.6 acres of oceanfront property near Palm Beach in Manalapan, Florida. This house have 7 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms it has a lot of other features of luxury home design. Some of these features are: an oversized garage with windows to the pool above, fitness studio, swimmable water gardens, glass office, glass wine cellar, glass staircase, glass elevators, 2,000 gallon aquarium bar, waterfall spa with fireplace, yacht dockage and so on. LEED certificate became possible because the house utilizes enough solar power to run two average-sized homes, energy efficient appliances and air-conditioning, roof design that collects runoff water and several pools and ponds which reduce site’s temperature. [Frank McKinney]
The Compass Pointe House in Whistler built by Young Developments flaunts a neat layout created by Sean Anderson of Progressive Concept Design, and strictly for those who appreciate luxury with a purpose. Equally soothing are the interiors completed by Kelly Deck. The five-bedroom abode flaunts local stone, sandblasted fir, heated floors, open beams and floor to ceiling windows. Also, there is a wine cellar, a gym, fireplaces, hot tubs and two rooftop patios. Still not satisfied, for the avid pastry-cook, there’s a kitchen with a spacious entertainers’ patio to play inside of. Surrounded by lots of green, with a contemporary interior and state of the art lighting, the Compas Pointe House sure knows how to charm.
Aquino House, the single-family residence is located on a steeped lot in front of federal government lands and aside a river.
The house is configured by orthogonal shapes and materials such as wood, stone and metal without artificial claddings. It stands with no protagonism against the rich and abundant surroundings.A series of spatial and comfort requirements led to juxtaposed concepts. The family wished for large open areas that could somehow, blend with the nature around, bluring the lines between “inside” and “outside”. Another request was an isolated studio with room for thousands of books, compact discs and LP’s, which must maintain related with the exterior.
The main intention was for each interior space to face the river or the old amate tree, which is located towards east and has a 30 meter extended foliage that appears to envelop the house.The small pool of stone and its red cedar surrounding pavement stands as the most intimate space concealed between the house and one of the perimeter retaining walls.
Architects: Augusto Fernandez Mas (K+A Diseño) Location: Cuernavacas, Morelos, Mexico Project year: 2005 Construction year: 2006 Collaborators: Edurne Turcott Unzueta, David Alba Landscape: Mario de la Garza & Daniel Aguilar Woodwork: Fernando Acevedo Structural Engineer: Enrique Garcia Constructed Area: 490 sqm Photographs: Fernando CorderoMore About Aquino House [via] Modern House Design.
This property is located in Corfu, Greece. This is a neo-classical style villa with pool and beautiful Lush Park and garden. The land covers an area of 6.400 meter square. This property is located in such a way that it provides you with the beautiful view of olive trees and cypresses. This villa contains six bedrooms and four bathrooms. There also a provision for the wine cellar. This house has a remote controlled gate. This is a fully enclosed property. This house also contains a much modernized kitchen with all the latest appliances. This villa also has a garage to accommodate two cars.
Barn House is the farmhouse, designed by BURO II , together with Hendrik Vermoortel, Rita Huys. Located among the rolling hills of mid-west Flanders. The central principle for the farmhouse conversion is the relationship between the building and its outside space, and the connection with the surrounding environment. The client was emphatic that tradition, innovation and respect for the landscape be combined in a single project. The structure of the landscape and research into rural building in Flanders stand in reciprocity to the design process and the final built environment. Crucial in this thought process is that the landscape confirms the footprint of the buildings and farmhouses in origin and as tradition. Here respect and tradition create a need for a contemporary continuity, reflected in the search for a new meaning for the farmhouse in its varying scenic mutations. The project is a spatial and architectural quest for methods to offer new perspectives in the relationship between landscape and The Barn House [via]
Dellis Cai Villa, designed by Shigeru Ban architect, located in the Caribbean.The following information is from Dellis Cay:
Shigeru Ban has created two contrasting designs of Beach Villa for purchase: Maison H and Maison S, both of which come with their own over-water pavilion, Maison O.
Maison H is alluringly classic simplicity with its elements centered on expansive living and dining spaces. Fully retractable glass walls open out to a reflecting pond and swimming pool make beach villa appear to float on water.
Maison S is futuristic and organic, whose sinuous curves enfold a circular reflecting pond and flare outward towards an angular swimming pool and blue sea. “Both villas” as Shigeru Ban explains “are carefully designed to be sympathetic in their own right to the nature of the site, and both aim for the closest possible relationship between interior and the predominant presence of ocean.”Fifteen villas will be located on 0.5 — 1.1 acre lots. Each villa includes its own over-water pavilion, which is a complete self-contained house in itself, and links to each main villa by private bridge.
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Mush Residence, a home incorporating an artists’ studio and exhibition space, Located in west Los Angeles, California. Designed by Los Angeles office Studio 0.10 Architects. The residence comprises two buildings with a courtyard between. A two-storey building faces the street and contains a garage, apartment and art studio.
The circulation and exhibition spaces for the owners’ artwork and collections wrap around the three-storey main house. Images are copyright Fotoworks; Benny Chen and Studio 0.10 Architects. view Mush Residence [via]
Underground House, designed by EM2N architect, located in Greifensee, Switzerland.Haus Gross in Greifensee, Switzerland, looks like a typical house by all accounts. But this modern and inventive design proves that looks can be deceiving. This understated, low-profile house holds a buried treasure in the form of an underground living space. The 721-sq.-ft. sub-grade home addition includes two sunken open-air courtyards leading into the three children’s bedrooms, a bathroom and a state-of-the-art home theater for private film screenings. A two-storey glazed façade lets light flood every corner, above ground and below.View more information about underground house [via] modern house design.
Santa Fe Style Luxury Home — Jill Brenenstuhl Realtor of Luxury Homes Prime location on the east slope of Mummy on a desirable quiet street w/the feeling of old PV. Very charming 4700+sf 4BR/3.5BA plus large office home reflects casual AZ living. Fabulous flat rect. 1.0+AC lot with slightly elevated views of the McDowell, Superstition & Four Peaks Mtns.
Home remodeled and updated in 2007. New Viking appliances in the kitchen with slab granite countertops. Wood floors & tons of warmth with solid dark wood millwork by Ernst Thompson & carved beams.
Lap pool with waterfall & flagstone patios in green backyard with/ views all around. Entry courtyard with koi pond also has spectacular mountain views. A 4-car garage and mature landscape complete this treasure.
This roof measuring six metres high, with a surface of eighteen by eight metres, was built using a prefabricated timber structure with galvanized steel joints. In the two large facades of the house, generously open to the scenery, panels of glass fiber mosquito screens with PVC coating were installed, pivoting or sliding, with the intention of creating an external membrane, capable of keeping the insects out, without creating an obstacle for the ocean view and wind. View House RR detail [via] modern house design.
House of inclusion designed by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects, located in Shiga, Japan.Here’s some text from the architect: This house, located in a new residential area, is for a 30-something couple. Surrounded by other houses, the design goal was set up to block out the outside world while avoiding too much closure, as well as to provide rich and sensuous spaces.First, a small patio and a path connected to it were laid out between the living or dining room and exterior. They are surrounded by a wall that blocks off the line of sight from outside. Planting and pond are laid out at the patio, so that the picturesque images of green and water are viewed from the rooms. Enclosed by walls that create indirect light filling softly the entire room, the house presents sentimental scenes here and there. The living spaces and the life lived there are enveloped by green and light, creating an affectionate environment.Architects: FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects Location: Shiga, Japan Client: Private Construction Year: 2009 Site Area: 215,35m2 Constructed Area: 151,71m2 Photographs: Takumi Otmore information about the inclusion of house [via] best house design.
Remuera, a quiet suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, is the home of this contemporary, glass house — a modern beacon among its natural surroundings. This sleek design by Hillery Priest Architecture features expansive windows outlined by bold frames that punctuate their contemporary, geometric shape. A large outdoor deck area overlooks the pool. This modern architectural marvel boasts five bedrooms and five baths, spread out among spacious, open-concept interiors that, like the view from the exterior, bring focus primarily to the windows. But when not peering out into nature, the eye roams across tall angled ceilings, warm woods and rich details throughout. More information about glass home [via] modern house design.
This house located in the 36th Street, Phoenix. The architectural designer, Clyde Rousseau has combined the best of historic elegance and detail with modern elements to create a lasting estate that redefines quality through outstanding materials and stylish distinction. A 25 Meter lap and play pool and separate spa nestled in the natural rock. A gourmet kitchen awaits you with top-of-the-line appliances, superb workspaces and large pantry. Or just relax by one of the 6 masonry fireplaces. All sited to maximize both breathtaking mountain and inspiring city-light views.
House D is modern house, designed by Bevk Perovic Architects, located in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The house includes an underground gymnasium including a sauna, swimming pool and music room, lit by three atria. Terraces on the ground and first floors are equal in size to the rooms from which they extend. building: House D address: Rozna dolina, SI-1000 Ljubljana client: private programme: private house site area: 627,64 m2 project team: bevk perovic arhitekti Matija Bevk, Vasa J. Perovic, Ursula Oitzl, Ida Sedusak photographer: Miran Kambic view more about House D [via] modern house design
House RA designed by Ana Reis architect, located in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. The 2-storey home is characterised by white, clean-cut volumes arranged around an internal courtyard.The building volume, shape and location are the result of different restrictions from the municipality in terms of height, distances from the street and surrounding buildings. The programme is articulated within the available limits and around an internal courtyard. This allows the house to turn its back to the busy street, and shield its inhabitants.Living room, dining room and kitchen as well as some storage areas and powder room are located on the ground floor and directly connected with the protected garden. Bedrooms, study and toilets are located on the upper floor. This internal separation of communal and private space is continuous with the buildings relationship with the public domain. The metal structure allows the absence of columns and big windows.Clients: José Reis and Sofia Armelim Architecture: Ana C Reis Structure: Gestedi Date: 2008 Area: 360sqm Location: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal Photography: NG Photo
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