Sited on a small rise of land after walking a little uphill, this house in Mie, Japan was designed for a couple and two active boys. The a.un Architects has designed this house in 30 degree-curved wooden box which is put on 1.8m ground higher from road. The vistas of ocean and sky can be [...]
By freshome
– May 22, 2010
This single house is a house building with a compact volume in 3 floor plans. Designed by Arquitectos Anónimos , the exterior is using the dark phenolic plywood on its façade. This material application is purposed to be functioned as a “spacesuit” that protects against the radiation of reality, its context and its territory. The [...]
By freshome
– May 4, 2010
This house is in Somosaguas, a suburb of Madrid, Spain. The Spanish architectural firm A-cero designed this home on a 3.500 m2 plot presenting a light slope that is used by the access ramp to the garage. The floor plan has the form of a Greek cross, and is delimited by the access [...]
By freshome
– April 27, 2010
This house is in Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, CA. Designed in luxury, this Banyan tree house is perfect for retreat house, for staying out of the everyday business and traffic. So natural is the righteous word to describe this compact house. This natural house features wood structure which is raised 12 feet up on steel [...]
By freshome
– January 10, 2010
House in Naka-Ikegami is the compact house that is small and narrow. Eventhough, this contemporary living space is full of natural light from its skylight. This small house has some brilliant ideas such as clever floor storage, ingenious pullout kitchen counter, charming sleeping loft used as the master bedroom. This Japanese house is designed by [...]
By freshome
– December 13, 2009
This is a successful renovation project of residential unit in Tokyo, Japan. Bakoko has completed a make-over of Matsudo Mansion from 70’s style to modern Japanese design. This 37 sqm apartment is using sliding doors to make larger functional space. There are some bright and fresh ideas applied in this modern interior such as the [...]
By freshome
– December 12, 2009
Engawa is a traditional Japanese design element that means wooden strip of flooring immediately before windows and storm shutters inside traditional Japanese rooms. Recently this term has also come to mean the veranda outside of the room as well. This term is the basic of this long rectangular house. Actually the house is like a [...]
By freshome
– October 20, 2009
A architect work design from Todd Saunders of Saunders Architecture. This unique house design was somewhat of an experimental venture for this young, Norway-based architecture firm. A large deck stretches out across the front of the lake house, which is nestled peacefully between forest and the waterfront. With a wood roof that wraps around to [...]
By freshome
– August 4, 2009
