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Bay View House Design: Natural, Modern Vacation Home

This bay view house design on Fire Island by Resolution 4: Architecture embraces the local traditions, materials and, of course, the views. The summer home design is a retreat for a family that lives and works in Manhattan, meant as a serene getaway from the hustle and bustle of city life, built in two volumes to provide the parents and their adult children separate quarters when vacationing. A glass bridge connects the two volumes. The wood clad house boasts expansive ... Continue >

Also See: Island Home Designs, New York Homes, Pool House Architecture, Pool House Pictures, Summer Home Designs, Wood Clad House

Natural Home Architectural & Interior Design

Seattle-based Gary Gladwish Architecture created this natural home architectural & interior design for a homeowner who had dreamed of living on this island for 54 years before actually making her move. The hillside home on a forest lot on Orcas Island in Washington State sits on a slope dotted with madrone trees, firs, beech, thistle, moss and rocks – nature’s best, which also sets the tone for this earthy yet clearly contemporary style house, where old barn wood, rusty steel, ... Continue >

Also See: Contemporary Style Houses, Forest Home, Glass Wall House, Hillside Homes, Island Home Designs, Minimalist Interiors, Outdoor Living House Plans

Beautiful House Design – Historic look, Modern technology

Nestled on an island on Narragansett Bay, this beautiful house design has a story to tell from the outside in. The Clingstone House (probably named because it “clings” to a little rocky island) designed by J.S. Lovering Wharton and artist William Trost Richards stands out against its surroundings of water and the distant city shore. This 100-per-cent timber house certainly feels solitary, looks to be from another place, another era – and, in fact, it is! The 103-year-old mansion has ... Continue >

Also See: Eco Sustainable Homes, Island Home Designs, Solar Houses, Timber Houses, Wood Clad House

Floating House with an Integrated Boathouse and Dock

Located where Georgian Bay meets Lake Huron, this floating house by Michael Meredith of Toronto-based MOS combines country-cottage flair and a wonderful watery appeal for the swimmers, boaters and fishermen out there. This floating house sits on the water among windswept trees and the characteristic, rocky Canadian Shield terrain – not an easy spot to built, but definitely worth the effort. This picturesque spot, a 20-minute boat ride from the mainland, provides the perfect backdrop for this island house, which ... Continue >

Also See: Floating Houses, Island Home Designs, Timber Houses, Wood Clad House

Modern Island Home in Amsterdam Nature Reserve

Netherlands architecture firm VMX Architects has coupled contemporary aesthetics and creature comforts in their design dubbed Sodae House. This modern island home boasts an unusual blend of angles and glass, making it an unlikely find among its natural surroundings on the island of Kostverlorenkade 1 in Amsterdam. “The starting point for the concept was the perception of the landscape, the distant high buildings of the Zuid As and the Rembrandt Tower as well as the view of the aeroplanes travelling ... Continue >

Also See: Island Home Designs, Netherlands Architects, Netherlands Architecture, Unusual Homes

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