Finnish architects Avanto Architects got back to their roots when designing this eco chic home design right in their own backyard. Dubbed the “4 Corners House,” it features four views, each through a floor to ceiling glass wall. In the true tradition of Nordic architecture, this small house design is simplicity at its finest. A straightforward facade, dark and dramatic, is a stunning contrast to both the home’s snowy surroundings and to its bright-white minimalist interiors, clad in wood with ... Continue >
This city cottage offers the best of both worlds – urban conveniences and a country retreat. Finnish architects Verstas designed this compact cottage with big ambitions of nature, comfort, convenience and contemporary style – a combination that’s hard to come by! Located in Lauttasaari, Finland, this compact home design measures just 14m2, but it comfortably accommodates a family of four with everything you want and need to enjoy the simpler things in life. Just two kilometers from their family house ... Continue >
It’s but a modest wedge in comparison to this magnificent Naantali, Finland landscape, but this lake house is anything but “modest.” Designed by Finnish architecture firm Huttunen Lipasti Pakkanen, this cool hillside home plan really is all about its natural surrounds, clad in wood and framing a pristine view of the peaceful lake at its feet. Villa Mecklin is built using untreated timber that will eventually naturally turn grey, and topped by a corrugated metal roof that echoes the colors ... Continue >
Designed by Finish architect Sami Rintala as part of the Home Design for Anyang Public Art Project, this modern wood and steel house design graces a treed hilltop in Seoul, Korea. With a large main volume of weathered steel, a concrete cellar below, and four smaller adjoining wooden volumes overhanging above, the house is certainly an amazing, contemporary example among its natural surroundings in a river valley. But this home’s connection to nature is clear. According to modern Norwegian architecture ... Continue >
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