The Fabric Façade Studio House, a small house building with unusual facade presented by Rob Veening architects. The house completed with minimally sized and narrow but spacious, open and giving one a sense of freedom and movement. One of the most expensive items in a building budget is the facade which is usually the first item that is reduced in ambition. This always has serious consequence for the architectural image.

The municipality of Almere has C2C in high esteem and even drafted its “Almere Principles”! This course offered a chance …

The Felix Nussbaum Museum building projected at 1,890 sqm area in Osnabrueck Germany by Daniel Libeskind. The task of building a Museum to house the artistic remnants of Nussbaum’s life raises issues which are not merely architectural but moral as well. The remaining witnesses to the annihilation of European Jewry are now dying out. The paintings of Nussbaum are more than paintings – they are everliving documents which, placed in a new context of participation and a new witnessing, elevate the narration of history as art into the emblem of …

The Ubon House designed with modern style sited very close to the Moon river in Thailand, has a splendid view towards the loneliness green swamp created by the meandering river to the north side. Although the villa is built with modern architectural language, it takes a lot of tropical and social factors into consideration. When the sliding gates and glass doors on the ground floor are fully opened, the ground floor will be fully ventilated by natural wind South-North. The living space then is extended outward to the terrace and …

Valle House by Materia Architecture

Materia Architecture has finished “the Valle House” in Mexico City, Mexico.The house responds with courage to the obvious physical and natural conditions of the immediate context. The design means the pursuit of an architectural character feeds contrast exercises. Minimum and refined materials textures are facing artisanal solid organic forms of balance implied transparent and black boxes, light versus heavy. All these elements are organized and placed under the interior spaces that surround programming thus expressing the relationship between public and private. The walls are carved entered …

Situated in San Fransisco California, SB Architects created contemporary home with warm interior space. This home more contemporary approach to a housing solution but manages to translate the needs of a family into a comprehensive layout. I’m a big fan of the kitchen island and the ceiling matching the floors. You can see accent colors here and there on a pretty neutral color palette.
Description from SB Architects;
“The design concept was driven by the micro-features of the site and the desire to create a contemporary design expression that was rooted in …

This contemporary houseboat situated on the Eilbekkanal in Hamburg, designed by Rost Niderehe Architects. The original idea has been to design a houseboat that essentially has the character of a boat in combination with the comfort of a traditional family home. The formal architectural language should be clear and simple. This is reflected both in the floor plans as well as in creation of the individual rooms. Using a single wall that wraps like a spiral from the outside to the inside, the rooms are developed from public use on …

The 22 Beach House located at sloping terrain on a beach at 50 kms from Lima Peru, designed with four beach apartments for the members of the same family by JSa Architects. The rectangular-shape land has a surface of 4187 sf and truly spectacular views. The common area includes swimming pool, living room, patio, kitchen and services. The concept was to integrate the apartments while keeping them as independent volumes, one on top of the other, thus generating diversity in the composition of the interior and exterior spaces of each …

The Vivienda 4, modern home architectural design nearby lakes designed by Spanish architectural firm A- Cero Architects. The exterior of the home is a wooden-clad structure of interesting shapes. The grounds contain manicured gardens and courtyards of vibrant grass, trees and shrubs. There are also concrete walkways and patios complete with outdoor statues. Interior featured black, white and brown walls, with an array of furniture and fixtures. The décor style is best described as modern yet somewhat eclectic, with wall art, decals, sculptures, statues, interesting lighting fixtures and intriguing furniture …