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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GLR Arquitectos have designed the Torres House in Monterrey, Mexico.

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In the Laurentians, a dense forest on a small hill, going down to the extension of a small river. The trees, black body of the building divided into three groups connected by glass corridors.

Three blocks of the house, the average level of each other, are all in direct contact with the soil. Three blocks from the authenticity of the proximity between the bid and has the open character:

* Message Block, open on two levels and also the young and the family’s fourth
* Day Block, main hall, a friendly, open terrace
* Private Block, Owners Suite, separate from the rest of the house

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The interior is a good example of how it could be modern in 1930, inside the house. 2200 square foot house is situated high on the town site is on display near Seattle, Queen Anne. Although the decor is elegant, muscular, and it also has a modern Mediterranean style arcade, caps.

Concrete and steel was added to the interior during the reconstruction of the house. Coutertops, sinks, baths, fireplaces, and most of the walls are concrete. Walnut used for floors, cabinets and a large dining table. During the reconstruction of many rooms changed to hunt the more the light of day. The two-storey concrete wall at a low level is a beautiful cascade of water that flows into the pond. [Schuchart / Dow]

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Bark Design Architects, a small Australian practice located in Noosa Heads, Queensland, have designed a studio for themselves to work in.

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