Filed under House Design at Jun 17th 2012

Beautiful Modern Holiday House Design in a Coastal Village

Defying the typical angst design process, the first conceptual sketch of the Dune House was the one that stuck. The architects drew a Surrealist crown floating on top of a Miesian glass box. And so it is. The house is one of five completed by Living Architecture, a nonprofit organization founded by writer Alain de Botton in 2010 (a sixth, by Peter Zumthor. This House approached the 2,690-square-foot concrete, steel, and wood house as a “mini-hotel” set into the dunes. Private spaces—four bedrooms, each with its own bath—are encased in the top floor’s wild gables, an exaggerated twist on the traditional holiday homes nearby. Public space on the ground floor surrounds a central core containing a staircase and fifth bedroom and bath. “We wanted to keep the social space as open as possible,” says Vigsnæs. Mission accomplished, with 360-degree views.

Getting Mini Hotel Sense of the Modern Holiday House Design

Choosing Coastal Village Landscape to Get the Relaxing Atmosphere

Panoramic View from the Large Bedroom Window Installation

Contemporary Open Space Interior Design Style

Reference

You Can Find & Buy Furniture that You Want in Amazon - Here

Hillside House Design Remodeling Integrates Sustainable Strategies

The project of Envisioned by studio Schola Architecture is a remodel of an old house located on a hillside and currently integrates sustainable strategies, such as solar orientation, deep overhangs, operable glass and the use of renewable building materials. It nestled into a steeply sloping 5,000-square foot site, the volumes step up the hillside to [...]

Innovative House Design with Artful Combination of Solid Facades and Glass

Straying from convention, this home opts for a staggered floor plan as opposed to traditional, horizontally layered layouts. The exterior is an artful combination of solid facades and glass, offering peeks at life inside this modernist structure. According to the architect, “The resultant massing reveals an imperfect, rough-hewn form recalling the natural isometric formation of [...]

Rebuilt Floating Wooden Boathouse Design in the End of Wonderful Bay

This floating wooden boathouse is located at the end of a wonderful bay in the Muskoka Lakes, Ontario. The interesting project is of Christopher Simmonds Architect, and actually, this is a rebuilt boathouse. The floating wooden boathouse is lined with clear stained red cedar, which gives the building an irresistible charm. On the lower deck, [...]

Previous« Unusual House Design with Extremely Narrow Gable Profiled Structure

Innovative House Design with Artful Combination of Solid Facades and Glass »Next