X House is made of natural wood in mid-century modern style and has all modern conveniences. It’s an amazing weekend getaway located on 14 acres of lush green land, while the house itself is just 1600 square feet. The living room has a cool suspended fireplace of black color that makes an accent. An interesting...
Inspiring Brain Laboratory For Creative People
The Brain is a 14,280 cubic-foot cinematic laboratory where the client, a filmmaker, can work out ideas. It’s located in Seattle, WA, built in 2002 and the main designer is Tom Kundig The shape is essentially a cast-in-place concrete box, intended to be a strong yet neutral background that provides complete flexibility to adapt the...
Charming Mountain Retreat Without Electricity Or Telephone
This mountain retreat was restored from a rustic shepherd’s hut, once used to make cheese. The hut is located in Cantal’s volcanic Central Massif region, France. Austrian Frederick Pfeffer restored the place with the help of local craftsmen and artisans using simple and natural materials. The atmosphere is very romantic and old-fashioned: absence of electricity,...
The Desert Retreat Cabin with Modest Budget
This desert retreat is located in Orondo, Washington. With relatively modest budget it occupied 1280 square feet area thanks to great work of SkB Architects. Several goals were achieved during its design. It is modern yet casual, provides both conviviality and solitude, brings outdoors in and is good to both neighbors and the earth. Despite...
True Weekend Retreat With Minimized Sun’s Impact – Casa Martins Siquiera
Casa Martins Siquiera is designed by quite young Brazil architect Ferederico Zanelato as weekend retreat for himself and his family. It’s situated near São Paulo and became great place to stay when the family need to run away from city’s hustle. This house spreads living over three levels in three distinct zones, minimizes the sun’s...