Remember we told you about the Diamond House with its roof deck overlooking the hills of San Francisco? Well, at the back of its garden there’s a lovely new garden room that was built instead of an existing shed. This single room serves as a study/office as well as an extra living space away from the main house. Continue reading →

This modern California home is warm and inviting, enjoying beautiful views from every floor via large glazed openings in the front and rear of the house, that blend between indoor and outdoor spaces, and a roof deck overlooking the surrounding San Francisco hills. Continue reading →

Who wouldn’t want a house in the countryside. A holiday home that has been tailored for your needs, where you can relax, take long walks and enjoy the fresh air. Two young art collectors are fortunate to call this beautiful modern home their country house. Continue reading →

This desert home has an impressive structure that blends beautifully with the surroundings of Tuscon, Arizona. Its total space of 2,150 sq. ft features high ceilings with large glazed openings that frame and reflect beautiful desert views. Continue reading →

An amazing view like this one is not easy to find, unless you are the proud owner of the house on the road to Farellones in Santiago, Chile – Isn’t it gorgeous? The client requested a single-family home where he could get away from the city and connect with the landscape of the Andean foothills. Continue reading →

This modern house is the home for a family of five. The entrance is located on an opaque facade on the Northwest side, while the Southeast side features a glazed facade with 18ft high sliding doors which open up to an outdoor patio, swimming pool and hot tub, overlooking amazing views of the forests and mountains of Invermere, Canada. Continue reading →

This unusual house is not your average bright modern home, yet it holds a certain ambiance reflecting both the traditional and innovative aspects of architecture design. The atmosphere is of an old nostalgic country house, while the architect, Peter Kostelov, via his unique artistic concept, has achieved a flare of originality and the illusion of spatial dimensions. Continue reading →

This house looks like a modern Indian oasis. And how appropriate it is to be located in Bangalore – The Garden City. The house is beautiful, inside and out, featuring the most delightful inner courtyard, outdoor water features combined with traditional elements and a contemporary flare. Continue reading →

Yes, I know, it’s a McMansion, …and as most of you already know we usually don’t write about very large homes, as we are totally into ‘small is beautiful’ and ‘small footprint’ and ‘earth friendly’ make us smile. However, when it comes to design, aesthetics as well as unusually cool stuff, we sometimes make an exception.

Apart from its beautiful location and the fact that this house boasts a total space of a staggering 10,000 sq. ft. – yup, this is not a joke. I don’t know why people need that kind of space, however this is certainly not the reason for this story – What caught my eye were some of the design details throughout the house, making this house worth more than the sum of its parts. Continue reading →

The New Forest in southern UK is definitely one of my favorite areas in England – a genuine walker’s and cyclist’s paradise, where ponies and cattle freely graze the land, wild deer browse beneath canopies of mighty oak and beech, and small villages dot the area. Located in the New Forest, what once was a large suburban style two-story house is now a modern sustainable home designed as a long, low pavilion. Continue reading →