A mid-century house is not necessarily a home in traditional brown, beige and black with mid-century furnishings, and architect John Barthel proved that. The first thing that surprises is a dramatic roof line: a pair of soaring geometric angular folded roofs that shelter two rotated living volumes beneath and float effortlessly above the site’s lush....
Exbury Egg Acquatic Pod For Ultra-Minimal Living On Water
Artist Stephen Turner designed a studio space as a personal experiment in minimal life – an egg-shaped floating home and studio space. First, he thought it to be an installation but now he uses it as a yearlong home. The entire home is wrapped in wood; the outside of the egg is mostly unadorned, with...
Dune House With Unique Architecture And Lots of White Inside
I’m convinced that architects make the most original houses and interiors only for themselves – especially if both in the couple are architects. Dutch architects Jetty and Maarten Min built their three-storey Dune House in North Holland – and have a look what they’ve made! Offering a twist on the traditional mansard roof, the house...
19th Century Bacoc Hacienda With A Rustic Feel
Hacienda is a Spanish word for ‘estate’, and this 19th century Bacoc Hacienda has spent many hard years in abandonment and disuse. Then the new owner restored the house leaving the old masonry but with additions of modern architecture by Salvador Reyes Rios and Larrain Arquitectos. As Yucatan peninsula where it’s located looks like a...
Sherwood Residence: Mid-Century Style Mixed With Modern Luxury
This Sherwood residence is by Architect A. Quincy Jones, Los Angeles-based architect and educator known for his innovative modernist style. It looks like a temple of mid-century style – comfortable, calm and modern. Period modern details merge flawlessly with cutting edge contemporary systems. Glass walls give way to water features seamlessly blending the outside and...
Inviting Casa De Estela In A Bunch Of Styles
La casa de Estela is a cool house that shows that a mix of different styles looks fantastic and very harmonious: industrial, vintage, art-déco and minimalism. The living room combined with the dining room is modern, light and with pretty touches: an industrial coffee table and a piece of pop art on the wall. The...
Stylish And Simple Family Residence Of An Old Barn
Maxwan Architects + Urbanists turned an old barn located in the Netherlands into a beautiful single family residence. An amazing mix of styles – rustic, modern and a little bit Scandi – makes the house extremely cozy. To widen the space the designers used big windows, open-space plan and mostly light colors. To hise the...
Small Island Cottage With A Traditional Interior
This small but very pretty house is located on the Isle of Wight, the UK. The style is pure, stylish vintage: shabby chic wood outside and inside the house and vintage furniture create the charm of the house. Inside every detail is thought over and you won’t see anything which is not vintage. The interior...
Edgeland Residence Inspired By Traditional American Dwellings
Edgeland Residence on the bank of the river Colorado by Bercy Chen Studio is a rethinking of a traditional American dwelling. Such dwellings were partly in the soil using the energy of the earth for supporting warmth and comfort during the year. This residence is a pit house with a green roof to feel warmer...
Duplex Interior With A Scandinavian Feel
Nordic style is defined by simplicity and an overall sense of spaciousness and lightness: white, gray, black and natural materials. This duplex has a very simple interior décor with specific details of Scandinavian style. The main color is white, of course, but there are some cool variations, especially in the wallpapers – every room has...