Inspiring Modern Space in Silvertree Residence by Secrest Architecture

Silvertree residence is a study in how small, dated, closed and stay focused in the liver can be turned back to the inspiration of modern space that interact with the outdoors.  Climate beautiful Sonoran desert, and the opportunity for indoor-outdoor living, are ignored in the previous floor plan of this house in 1970 vaguely Mediterranean.  A well scaled back porch with a big desert, mountain and city views that some almost inaccessible in the existing house floor plans.  Users must either go through the existing garage or through the master bedroom to access the rear patio.

A new multi-functional space, and renovated kitchen and dining room, all revolving around the three-sided fireplace new.  fireplace is at the core of the space and act as a focal point while the separate room.  This fireplace is positioned to open to any living space and exterior terrace.  These new spaces allow all existing homes to be connected with the outside.  garage was relocated, creating better access in and out of the garage and allow the entire rear of the house to open outwards. 

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Modern House Design in Oakland, California by Kanner Architects

A house is the work of Kanner Architects in the hills of Oakland, California. Description of Kanner Architects: Located in Oakland, California, in the down-sloping site high above the bay of San Francisco, this house is designed to capture the magnificent view stretching from the Gulf of Bright to the Golden Gate Bridge. Floor to ceiling glass clean way for unobstructed views. Especially the south-west orientation of the power required overhang to reduce glare and soften the light quality at home.

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Contemporary House Made Of Eclectic Materials with Arched Metal Roof

Here are is modern 3000 square feet suburban residence is located near Seattle. An openness, close connection to nature and fun are things that define the house’s design. It incorporates an eclectic yet refined mix of materials into playful and light-filled spaces. Besides that the materials are also those that architects use in contemporary house construction: concrete, steel, plaster and wood.

The main part of the house has two storeys with blackened steel panels and an arched metal roof. Inside the structure, heavy timber meets a cement-based walls coated with veneer plaster. The house is heated with hydronic coils in the floors and is cooled passively through locally manufactured windows, doors and ceiling fans.

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Ex Sellerie | Italian Architect Giorgio Comoglio

Italian architect Giorgio Comoglio recently has completed the renovation of the Ex Sellerie, which is located in the area of the ex military arsenal in Turin, Italy. The task of the project is to increase the original building’s floor area and height. The minimal form of perforated steel envelope has been introduced to integrate the existing building into one, and also not to interfere with the surrounding buildings.

Ex Sellerie, image courtesy of Studio Comoglio Architetti

We opted to install a curtain of perforated sheet metal in copper-zinc-titanium alloy attached independently on the facade. This skin was meant to wrap the building like an ambiguous veil that conceals the complexity and architectural disorder determined by the previous structure, transforming the pitched roof into a series of homogeneous volumes superimposed. The building is wrapped in a new shell that filters the view of the city with different transparencies.

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The Romanticism Shop is a Women’s Clothing in Hangzhou, China by SAKO Japanese Architects

The Romanticism Shop is a Women’s Clothing in Hangzhou, China brand with about 500 stores in China. Japanese architects Keiichiro Sako and Takeshi Ishizaka of SAKO Architects, have now designed a few locations for the brand in the city of Hangzhou. Seen below is the second Romanticism shop they designed. In an interview with movingcities.org, Keiichiro Sako has described the design: The client asked me for a design that no one could copy. There were no other requests. My design style is that if a client has a requirement, I try to get a grip on his thinking and bring it further. As there were no requirements, I questioned the concept of the boutique, the clothes and the relationship between body and space. In the end I designed an organic net winding through the space. Clothes are our second skin, space a third skin, and my design is positioned in between the clothes and space. It’s like a piece of furniture that you can hang clothes on and it changes its shape into partition, counter, chair, furniture as well as railing.

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