This inside outside home design makes the most of the warm climate and the lush surroundings here in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The house, designed by architect Mathias Klotz and associate architect Edgar Minond, has a seamless transition between indoors and out. This modernist home features stylish outdoor entertaining areas and a stunning pool oasis abutting floor-to-ceiling windows that invite the garden views in at every turn. Interior concrete walls give this contemporary style home an earthy edge, complemented by the ... Continue >
Check out this concrete structure house designed by Japanese architecture firm Tadao Ando. The slope home plan is partially buried into the earth, becoming part of its surrounding landscape. Inside, exposed concrete walls give the house a modern industrial edge with a dark, mysterious aesthetic. The cool, cave-like rooms play with shadow and light through strategically placed slots and windows of varying proportions, which is enhanced thanks to the home’s under-ground design. A sunken courtyard further connects this contemporary concrete ... Continue >
We love this contemporary concrete tower house by Christian Pottgiesser Architecturespossibles. The concrete walls house a family of five, with a tower one for the parents and one for each of their three children, connected by a common base. Each tower features a dressing area on the main floor and an upper bedroom and bath, while the parents’ structure is crowned by an open-air terrace – a private piece of heaven (well, not quite that high up, but close enough). ... Continue >
This modern shape architecture certainly creates a striking silhouette on this residential avenue in Abiko, Japan. Japanese architecture firm Shigeru Fuse Architects created a design that, as requested by its owners, would resemble a gallery space. The result is an open concept house design with exposed concrete walls that give the house a modern industrial edge. This Japanese house design is certainly a local landmark, and it is geometry makes this one of the most interesting homes we’ve come across. ... Continue >
This platform house design by Alberto Campo Baeza Architects is a lesson in modern, minimalist living. Essentially a box built on a platform, the New York home features simple concrete walls, barely-there window walls and a flat roof finished with travertine, providing a great rooftop deck to behold the Hudson River below. The roof cantilevers 10 ft. on each side, resembling a tabletop supported by 10 “legs,” so a shady refuge is always accessible. The outdoor living house plan also ... Continue >
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