‘Beacon’ is an aptly named sustainable home design for a suburban living. If you ever go to Glasgow you can find ‘Beacon’ on an high-up southern site looking over the magnificent Glaswegian city views on the south and the hill ranges in the north. Best of both worlds really. Beacon house was first designed by Don McLean of McLean Architects for his own family. The house follows strict sustainable...
The Gidgegannup House is a contemporary farmhouse situated in Perth, Australia. The house was planned by Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects. Gidgegannup House adds to the skyline of the local landscape beautifully. The house quality is even more enhanced due the various options available to manipulate space. The house presents various ways of enhanced natural views. Sometimes it’s just the natural...
This is an architectural masterwork of 69, a Czech Republican company. The design of this house was not like what is perceived to be, intentional. The location before the construction had a different look altogether as the garden seemed to be not taken care of properly and there was an old building adjoining the modern one. These features gave complication to the project. Nevertheless the place was...
One of the remarkable contemporary house design is portrayed in a Ticino house called House in Carabbia. The house was planned by architect Davide Macullo in Switzerland. The owner of the house wished for an intimate and closed shell-like house. Carabbia is a small village with overall population of 600 people. The village rests on a slpe in a beautiful valley at the Western side of Mount San Salvatore. The...
This wonderful house was created on Rocky Mountains of Colorado at a height of 8,500 feet. This is a work of Gibson Architects which was initially a doubtful project due to the natural uneven characteristics of a hill and the difficulty imposed by the height. Nevertheless the plan was executed to give such a successful outcome. The interesting element of the interior is the use of natural stones and...
There is no boundary for an artist’s imagination. How wonders creativeness creates can be explained by this example. You must have seen numberless copycat houses in your life but have you ever heard of a house built of shipping containers? French engineers Claire Helene Drouin and Jean Marie Sanchez have done it! They have constructed a house by using the storage containers that you often see near...
The Triangle House is a contemporary Norwegian home planned by JVA, Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Arkitekter MNALT. The house is located in Nesodden, Norway. The house is surrounded by pine-forest. But one could still look out to the sea from inside the house. The aerial building lines accentuate the design, especially the roof line. Different windows, defining various spaces of the house, highlight the external...
Technology Center Medical Science (Das Science Center Medizintechnik) is located in central Berlin between Postdamer Platz and the Bradenburg Gate, this new building was designed by Gnädinger Architects and due to its function as a corporate facility and science center which close enough to do with human mobility and bionics this sleek and shiny building also is looking somewhat sterile and synthetic. Owned...
Are you a fan of contemporary art and modern sculpture and paintings? If you are there is a dual delight for you in this art gallery called Circa Art Gallery situated in Johannesburg, South Africa. Coming from the StudioMAS Architects & Urban Design, this gallery is an art in itself. The building is designed with three levels connected by a hefty spiral ramp surrounding it. The last floor is beautified...
Mikou Design Studio creates a powerful and unique landmark in the city of Ratzeburg , country of Lauenburg – the Ritzeburg School Complex. This schools complex is composed of one specialized, one primary, and a secondary school which is of lower form. Why has it become a powerful and unique landmark? Because the schools complex is located in the mostly residential area of the city, where low-density...