How does your perfect weekend home look? As for me, this Lawless Retreat in Michigan is perfect – it’s a beautiful contemporary home right in the forest. The house with a high level of transparency and craftmanship is built by architecture studio Searl Lamaster Howe right in a nature preserve. The clients also desired a...
Harrison Residence Inspired By European Architecture
Harrison Residence is in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, was remodeled by Alabama practice Jeffrey Dungan Architects on a range of architectural styles. This is a house for clients who enjoy travelling but who also wanted a beach home to relax in. The house is placed next to a nature preserve and a coastal dune lake,...
Minimalist Home Clad With Two Tone Wood
This house with a contrasting façade is called Terrace Residence, it was built in Washington state by Open Studio Collective. What’s so special about this façade besides its colors? The builder made the dark facade boards by hand using Shou Sugi Ban, a traditional Japanese technique of charring wood to increase its resistance to moisture...
Dramatic A-Frame Cabin On A Steep Slope
The Charlevoix region of Québec features this new property overlooking the St Lawrence River about 20 minutes from Le Massif ski resort. Designed by Bourgeois / Lechasseur architectes, Cabin A rests on a steep slope with an A-frame design that gives nod to naval architecture after the team found inspiration in nautical communications. The cabin’s...
Contemporary A-Frame Cabin With A Soaring Ceiling
Cabins are conquering the world! They are our statement that we wanna live freely, in wild nature and move everywhere we want anytime we want. That’s why modern architects and designers create more and more cabins to inspire you to escape outdoors, and this is one of them. This A-frame cabin is called Phoenix Rising...
Contemporary House With 16 Different Floor Levels
Japanese architects continue surprising us, and their creativity seriously has no limits. Designed by Tato Architects, House in Takatsuki is a three-storey building containing 16 different floor levels! The idea is to create a sense of expansion inside a small house, so that you would find yourself on top of a rooftop in one moment...
Modern Home Inspired By Traditional Hawaiian Shelters
This 4,800-square-foot (445.9 square meters) home is called Makani’ Eka and is located on Hawaii’s Big Island, atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the neighboring Island Maui. The home was designed by US firm Walker Warner Architects to strike a balance between modernity and tradition. Four wood-clad volumes define a central courtyard to...
The Lily Pad: A Cozy Shipping Container Cabin
Cabins are all the rage right now, and we just can’t get enough of this free-spirited living that they provide, that’s why we keep sharing gorgeous cabins. Called The Lily Pad, this little cabin is located in Logan, Ohio and is surrounded by wooded land. It’s a small shipping container house with only one bedroom,...
Cozy Modern Farmhouse With European Flair
A combination of traditional farm style and casual luxury make this home in Fulton County Georgia one of the grandest examples of modern farmhouse style around. The two-story house encompasses an impressive 6,608 square feet and there’s a spectacular pool area too. Built by Steve Powell Homes, the large house has five bedrooms and seven...
Montana Retreat Done In Traditional Rustic Style
This home is located in the Madison River Valley in Ennis, Montana, the place with the best trout fishing in North America. The homeowners decided to build a separate bunkhouse for all the friends, adult children and grandchildren who come to visit and enjoy the spectacular natural beauty and sports activities in the area. Designed...