Contemporary

The customer requested a modern, open-plan house that promotes a calm lifestyle while taking advantage of the site and its vistas.

The home is located in Bogor, Indonesia's suburbs and was designed as a serene, quiet, monolithic expression against the beautiful surroundings.

The goal was to minimize the impact of a new structure on the well-established gardens, informing the decision to build the gym pavilion onto the existing concrete slab roof of an older guest cottage and storage area.

Firm Architekten in Austria used lumber from the client's own forest and materials acquired within 50 kilometers to create this cuboid house in an alpine town.

The L-shaped home is located in Lake Ontario in Canada and is equipped with a blackened wood facade and cedar that has been hand-charred using the Japanese method known as Yakisugi.

This vacation home built by KRADS boasts big windows that frame views of Iceland's Lake Þingvallavatn and a turfed roof to blend in with its natural surroundings.

The owner is an innovator and a fan of technologies and gadgets, the project includes a 'smart house' system as well as a security system. Aside from the scientific advances, the owner enjoys history, art and vintage furniture collections impacted the house interior.

The glass-walled IH Residence in Bandung, Indonesia, has been protected from severe rains and strong sunshine by the architecture firm Andra Matin, which employed a huge, overhanging concrete roof.

In Vietnam, urbanization is spreading rapidly from cities to rural regions. The city tube houses have begun to proliferate in rural regions, upsetting the serene and lyrical image of the village. Diên Khanh House existed to preserve traditions.

As tiny homemakers find success in the midst of the epidemic, a new $75,000 bulletproof concrete prefab tiny home is now available for presale.

Modern, minimalist, and neutral. This home in the outskirts of Pamplona was designed by the architects Pereda-Pérez and was awarded the 'COAVN Arquitectura' prize.

This light-footed home demonstrates that honest architecture with no bells and whistles may nonetheless result in lovely buildings.

The cantilevered top stories of Japanese architect Shogo Iwata's house in Osaka float above a driveway.

The exposed concrete on the bottom level connects the areas, opening up to the home and providing continuity to the grounds that surround it.

 

A new, contemporary triangle-shaped refuge emerges from the lush, wooded area surrounding Lake Placid in the United States. The A-Frame home is both basic and remarkable; a simple, timber construction nestled in the lovely, verdant Upstate New York countryside.