Karaka Bay House in Auckland, New Zealand by Stevens Lawson Architects

This modern house has been finished beautifully designed by Stevens Lawson Architects, located at the edge of a cliff overlooking the Browns Island in the Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand. Our clients have stayed on the site for thirty-five years in a wooden house deteriorated and were keen to build a new house to live in for the rest of their lives. The design consists of a collection of interlocking concrete form of a box of various proportions that create a variety of interior space. Altitude-double anchor spine center composition and leads visitors from land to sea. Cross-section stepped allow natural light to penetrate deep into the house all day. 

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Luxury House in Pozuelo de Alarcón by A-cero Architects

A-cero Architects have designed of a house in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid.

House in Pozuelo Exterior Design by Acero Architects

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Sorrento Modern Beach House by Marcus O’Reilly Architects

Marcus O’Reilly Architects has carefully designed a low key, site responsive beach house in Sorrento on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula in Australia. The timber clad structure reinterprets a longstanding beach house tradition in the area. It uses local materials to blend into, respect and compliment it’s sought after, national park adjacent location.

The site, which has been in the owner’s family for more than fifty years, is heavily populated with eucalyptus trees which grow out of the rolling sand dunes of the area. Floating green stained cedar volumes and bleached timbers visually respond to the Eucalyptus canopies. The volumes step up the sand dune allowing it to be virtually undisturbed as it rises to the rear of the site. The front volume is anchored to the ground by canted sandstone walls lending a sense of gravitas to the otherwise light wood framed structure.

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Beautiful Wood Homes Design Architecture By Turnbull Griffin Haesloop

Natural Wood Home on the ocean – is this only a dream?

Sandwiched between the forest and the sea, Sea Ranch home by San Francisco-based Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects is an uncomplicated beauty through and through. But the architects have pulled off minimalism with such flair that it’s what really sets this modern home apart.

“The clients wanted an understated, flowing house that captured their love of Japanese simplicity” according to the architect. “Our solution starts with a vernacular barn form and carves away to shape an exterior octagonal deck that opens to the meadow and the view.”

Made almost entirely of wood, this rustic ranch home features wide windows that welcome the breathtaking Pacific Ocean views. Natural light fills interiors, which boast ceilings finished in rich cedar with exposed beams, complemented by the cool, sheetrock walls, achieving the rural, minimalist appeal. Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects via Digs Digs

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