Hernandez Silva Architects have designed a modern house in a private neighborhood outside the city of Japopan, Jalisco, Mexico. The house called “Godoy“, built during a situation where this material was at a low price, allowing to build an almost floating house.

The house opens with a long and folding window system in the background, integrating the garden into the interior, making social spaces in a fully integrated large terrace with a garden and pool, this allows to live the cool and privileged Guadalajara’s weather, the dining room looks out above …

The Hyderabad House redesigned by Indian architecture offices Rajiv Saini & Associates in Hyderabad, India. The additional rooms got cantilevered over existing structure for example the copper clad gym overlooking the front garden is a newly added cantilevered steel structure,as are the guest rooms and the steel and glass study attached to the master suite, redundant spaces got axed / demolished.

New spaces were created wherever possible such the new dining room was created by enclosing a part of the rear garden,the grand spiral marble staircase fell a victim to the …

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 …

Spain based architeture office Santiago Parramón (RTA-Office) recently designed House F, a modern house situated in a land with a high incline and a stream that crosses it. Finally the architect decided preserve the site intact to lean on it an object, a big volume which rests in a minimum surface. The house only takes contact with the land through a central nucleus with small dimensions. It was an archaeological work where the architect worked as a surgeon in order to minimize the impact on the rocky land. Inside the …

This modern planned by Guilherme Torres architects for a couple and their two teenage children in Londrina Brazil. The house architecture carries several antagonistic symbolisms – solidity, lightness, cosiness, modernity, warmth, freshness – and complementary so as to shorten the distance between our dreams and achievements, an antidote to the boredom of traditional houses. The big wood brise indicates the stairway that leads to the house. The access to the bedrooms is through a long corridor, brightly illuminated by glass sealed slabs on the ceiling and walls. It is free, …

This modern tower house set within the high-rise domain in Main Beach area of Gold Coast, designed by Australia architecture firm BDA Architecture. The design intent was to accommodate an extended family while providing an indoor/outdoor relationship and capture the surrounding views of the bush land, ocean and the Broadwater. The program divide 2 parts, lower three levels are designed for a couple with young children and contains a living area on the upper level, bedrooms in the middle and a guest area and communal living area at ground level …

The 45 Faber Park project design aimed to maximize outdoor space whilst not compromising living areas. The priority of creating an open living space with a direct relationship to a large outdoor space in a clean contemporary aesthetic became a driving force in the scheme. The concept of defining the bedroom areas and activity spaces as separate elements allowed for the final scheme to be reached. In second storey, the house represent more private area, with cantilever which gives the entrance to the house an enclosed, protected feel. The social …

The Bandung Hilton was designed by WOW Architects | Warner Wong Design, sited is at the heart of the city centre, a departure from the late 20th century trend locating resort hotels and villas in the foothills to the North away from the heart of the city. Located near to the Bandung Central Train Station overlooking a large land parcel previously occupied by a military facility, the hotel is a catalyst for revitalization of the Urban Centre. Proximity to the Central train station provides easy access and encourages Indonesians seeking …

Robert Mills Architects presents Verdant Avenue House, modern family house in Melbourne Australia. The interior and exterior living and entertaining spaces sit side by side on the ground level, separated by floor to ceiling glass walls and sliding doors. These doors open to a 25 metre lap pool, which runs the length of the building and provides natural evaporative cooling to the living areas. A striking 3.5 meter wide spiral staircase is an another focal point on this floor. Floor to ceiling glass windows also add a dramatic touch to …