Situated on a family retreat in the Catskill Mountains, this simple structure serves as a library. Just look at this place… who wouldn’t want to read and expand their horizons while gazing at trees? Continue reading →

Featuring a mahogany veneer box on top of a transparent glass enclosure, this modern home seems as if it is floating in mid air. It’s located in Austin, Texas, surrounded by a beautiful grove of ancient live oaks. Continue reading →

Wow, really, what else can you say about a picture like that? This spectacular Andalusian landscape, with impressive views to the Mediterranean, Rock of Gibraltar and Serranía de Ronda, is enjoyed by a very lucky family and their guests. Continue reading →

This new holiday home was built with salvaged stonework on the site of a demolished farmhouse in Oxfordshire, UK. Designed to appear as a traditional agricultural building, this converted barn sits naturally in the open countryside landscape. Continue reading →

Spacious and charming, the Schell Wheeler house consists of two buildings designed by Johnston Architects for mountain guides Scott Schell and Margaret Wheeler. I love the combination of wood and metal as well as the colorful exterior and beautiful glass openings, celebrating the sheer beauty of Washington’s Cascade Mountains. Continue reading →

Created by San Diego based architect, Lloyd Russell, the Rimrock Ranch House is a contemporary California desert home, that is constructed out of recycled materials and uses passive ventilation techniques to keep the house cool during the hot summer months. Continue reading →

Situated on an old Japanese cherry-farm in Sanjhih, Taiwan, this wooden house is designed to become a part of nature and in some way give itself over to demanding wind, flooding, frequent typhoons and earthquakes in the area. Continue reading →

This is by far one of the most breathtaking holiday homes I have ever seen. Designed by Melbourne-based architecture company McBride Charles Ryan, this structure won the House category at the ‘World Architecture Festival’ in Barcelona 2009 and it is truly stunning. Continue reading →

Located on a small hill where the tree line meets the mountains in Ramundberget, Sweden, the award winning Tusen restaurant offers uninterrupted views of well-known mountains in Sweden as Helags and Skars. Continue reading →

Nestled among large trees and shrubs in Seattle WA, this 14,280 cubic-foot concrete structure by Oska Architects is used as a studio for cinematic brainstorming, hence the name ‘The Brain’. Despite its simple form and materials, in my eyes this piece of modern architecture is both strong and magnificent, simply because of its sheer manifestation and striking geometrical presence. Continue reading →