MODERN HOUSE DESIGNS

Australian Beachfront House - low maintenance and sustainable

Australian architects lead by Marcus O’Reilly are behind one of the most unusual modern Australian beachfront houses here in Sorrento, on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula in Australia. With its innovative mix of materials, this beach home's facade is eclectic and relaxed, featuring a "low maintenance material palette which was not only intended to stand up to the tests of sandy boogie boards, wet towels and teenage parties but also improve with age," according the the architects. In keeping with a longstanding local tradition, the wood clad house features local materials like stone facing and natural tea tree shutters and awnings, but is modernized with a striking timber stairway with custom galvanized steel balustrades, boasting a cool industrial edge. A spacious outdoor entertaining area features a radial polycarbonate and timber awning, and offers views of the surrounding sand dunes and eucalyptus trees. Determined by the terrain, the hillside home climbs its way up the dunes in a series of staggered volumes - a ground-level stone volume in the front, followed by a lightweight glass and steel home volume. The outdoor deck leads into the home, which are sun-soaked beachfront house interiors by all accounts. The style is minimalist and relaxed, and invites you to sit back and enjoy the views. "Sustainable issues were to the fore, primarily with passive Solar performance. The orientation, size, volume of building, insulation and the weight were modelled to assess how much extra ballast would be needed to add to the southern walls to obtain the required thermal mass. The calculations paid off and rendered Air Conditioning unnecessary despite the obvious difficulties involved in obtaining optimal thermal performance for a structure that is up on stilts and lightweight in a temperate climate. Passive ventilation and 10,000 litre rainwater tanks complete the package." Marcus O’Reilly Architects.

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12 Nov 2009 | Coastal Homes | Comments (0)

Box Style House Plan that is ridiculously cool ...

The idyllic spot of Coromandel, New Zealand, is home to this equally peaceful, restful box style house overlooking the ocean. The simplistic house plan for this coastal cottage by Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects was created with a modern twist on traditional New Zealand home design. The wood clad house, as described by the architects, is “the expression of structure, cladding, lining and joinery in a raw and unique way.” The result is a rustic house style of natural timber in a simple, single-storey house plan that keeps the look and lifestyle here casual. This rectangular box-style house features a deck that ushers you from indoors to out seamlessly. Outdoor entertaining areas overlook the oceanfront, with the water gently lapping at its feet. A grand fireplace makes this house equally comfortable through the summer and winter months. Sliding walls create a wonderful outdoor living house plan. Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects.

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1 Nov 2009 | Coastal Homes | Comments (0)

Luxury Beach Home Plan by Australian Architects

This luxury beach home by Villa+Villa Architects in Macmasters Beach, New South Wales, Australia is anything but a sandy shack. Its thoughtfully designed home plan is relaxed, yet elegant – everything a contemporary beach house design overlooking the ocean should be! This oceanfront home boasts lots of windows and outdoor living rooms from which to take in the amazing view of sun, sand and surf. Modern minimalist interiors create a sense of serenity inside this open concept house plan. Outdoors, the striking architecture frames the home’s many expansive windows, and wraps around a pool that seems to still out into the ocean. Villa+Villa Architects
via Contemporist
photo credit: Ross Coffey

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22 Oct 2009 | Coastal Homes | Comments (0)

Beach-front Designs: Brazilian Beach House is spectacular

Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan designed this amazing beach house with all the fixings. This house boasts fabulous outdoor entertaining areas and equally spectacular interiors to match, wrapped in a contemporary style home of concrete, wood and glass. Located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, this simple yet stylish concrete and glass design makes a strong horizontal presence with panoramic views of beach and surf. Built into a majestic tree-covered slope, this beach-front house overlooks a wide wooden deck and pool, an ideal spot for soaking up the hot South American sun. The house itself is simple, taking shape as two stacked cubes open to the outdoors. Minimalist interiors make the primary focus the view – breathtaking from every angle, inside and out. Marcio Kogan
via The Cool Hunter

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20 Oct 2009 | Coastal Homes | Comments (0)

Modern Mexican Architecture – vacation home design by architect Tatiana Bilbao

A more scenic spot could not have been chosen for this amazing, idyllic Mexican vacation home, designed by artist Gabriel Orozco and architect Tatiana Bilbao. The artist’s touch is evident in this amazing piece or architecture. Set on a rocky plot overlooking the Pacific, this unusual home is a 1:1 scale replica of the Jantar Mantar observatory in New Delhi. The observation deck surrounds a pool – the focal point of this interesting house. Notable too for its simple materials and technologies, this example of modern Mexican architecture is made of simply cast concrete, precast blocks, lime plaster, joinery and wood floors. This unusual house plan consists of just two rooms: a living room and a kitchen, which open to the outdoors. From its outdoor living rooms, panoramic views of sea and sunset are the perfect complement to this modern house design. Tatiana Bilbao

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29 Sep 2009 | Coastal Homes | Comments (0)

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