Architect Yoshichika Takagi has renovated a four-decade-old residence in Sapporo, Japan with a curved wall that helps bring light into the heart of the home. The project was completed for a couple who required more space than the previously existing structure could offer. With the project, the architect sought to provide more living areas for...
Minimalist House With A Black Exterior And White Interiors
The owners of this South Yarra Townhouse built in 1990s had come to dislike its visually busy interiors and instead wanted a minimalist home where they wouldn’t see the operations of domestic family life. They asked Winter Architecture to renovate it. The house features a black façade and simple, white-painted living spaces. The studio set...
Ultra-Minimalist Poisson Blanc Chalet
Poisson Blanc is a minimalist residence located in Laurentides, Canada, designed by _naturehumaine. The overall design of the chalet was informed by the topography of which the project would be anchored against. The sloping terrain is surrounded by natural beauty, and an abundance of snow in the winter. The architects wanted to reduce the footprint...
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...
Minimalist Concrete And Stone Residence In Japan
F Residence, the combined house and office of Go Fujita, founder of architecture office Gosize, reflects a distinctive Japanese aesthetic that favors natural materials and finds beauty in simplicity. Located in Hyogo, in a beautiful natural setting selected as one of Japan’s top 100 sites for viewing cherry blossoms, the house blends within its surrounding...
What Is A Minimalist Style Home And 20 Examples
Minimalism is the style that has recently conquered the world and keeps inspiring people more and more. In a nutshell, it’s design that’s stripped down to its essential purpose and identity by eliminating everything unnecessary, it’s quintessence is ‘less is more’. This pared-down aesthetic exemplifies simplicity at its best and inspires a simplified way to...
Creative Minimalist House With Inner Balconies
Takeshi Hosaka Architects has built a house for a couple and their child in downtown Tokyo where windows’ balconies are reversed and extruded towards its interior. The large and small platforms create a feeling of being outside, bringing life into the 73 sqm space and splitting activities in several levels, which is a trendy and...
Peaceful Minimalist House With Raw Materials Decor
Architecture studio Whispering Smith has completed house A, a carbon-neutral residence in Perth, Western Australia. The three-story ‘mini tower’ packs all facilities in less than 200 sq-m, including an underground garage and a loft bedroom on the top level. Whispering Smith’s sustainable, compact residence is made from high-recycled-content concrete panels and whitewashed, recycled brick. The...
Minimalist African House With Natural Features
This South African house is called La Belle Vue, which means ‘the beautiful view’ in French and it’s true – the views that are provided from each point of the house are spectacular! The house was built by Bomax architects and OKHA interiors to catch the amazing views of both the mountain and ocean and...
Minimalist Tiny Hut For Compact Cabin Living
to Can’t afford a holiday home? Don’t have a cottage in the countryside? No problem, minimalist home-goods brand Muji has recently released a prefab home that is really affordable and can be placed wherever you want it. Put it in the mountains, near the ocean, or in a garden, and it immediately blends in with...