Interior of this Collector’s Loft is a three-year work of UNStudio in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The loft looks like something between a gallery and a modern living space. It acts the same though. The owner has a nice collection of art and it’s blended with living areas very well. The curved walls in the loft...
Swiss Alps Home Renovation Where Raw Materials Meet Modern Design
This renovation of a home in a village nested beneath the Swiss Alps features amazing mix of raw materials and modern design. Most of rooms feature some wood or natural stone that hand by hand with sleek and minimalist surfaces. Some of them also features breathtaking views of famous mountains. All that create the feeling...
Sculptural Shell-Like Vacation House Design
The Shell House is a shell-like structure located in woods of Kuruizawa, Japan. It’s designed to function like a vacation home which is able to withstand the humid summers and cold winter. In order to achieve that the house consists of two elliptical shell concerete structures. These shells blends in j-shape that surround an old...
Stepping Up The Hill House With a Rear Japanese Garden
Completed in 2002, this home in San Francisco is conceived as a series of interlocking forms, stepping up the hill and out of the earth to become a transparent glass form bound by the planar structure. The street level entry opens to a sculpture court where an open, steel and concrete stairway leads to a...
Home With Blurred Boundary Between Indoor Living and the Landscape
This house is an renovated 1950s suburban home to blur the boundary between indoor living and the landscape beyond. A composition of enlongated colored boxes and planar elements organizes and enlivens the house. A spine of ipe decking and a series of playful round skylights draw one from the arrival point through the house to...
Hillary Duff Home on Toluca Lake
Hillary Duff owns this unique Mediterranean dream home situated on the prestigious Toluca Lake. Its total area is 9,827 square feet and it includes 6 bedrooms and 6.5 bathrooms. The house sits behind a grand gate and is extremely private and secure. While it does not actually back up to Toluca Lake, it still has...
Unique Outdoor Fireplace
This truly unique outdoor fireplace is designed with a very limited budget as a part of other backyard playground facilities. It’s the great place for fire, storytelling and playing. It’s inspired by the Norwegi an turf huts and old log constructions. A 5,2×4,5 meters wooden construction was built and mounted on a lighted and brushed...