Nature meets architecture in this amazing Italian countryside home by architect Arturo Montanelli. Built into a slope, this hillside house has a strong sense of gravity to it, grounded in a heavy, stone design. This stone house may be cool, but it has very warm qualities, incorporating exposed concrete and limestone with natural wood and exposed ceiling beams for a rustic look. This gorgeous lake house frames amazing views of Lake Como and the Italian countryside in every direction, adding ... Continue >
Johnsen Schmaling Architects are the designers behind the rustic Camouflage House, hidden in Green Lake, Wisconsin. This magnificent, modern lake cabin is perched on a steep hillside overlooking the lake, surrounded by trees in a veritable nature-lovers wonderland. This densely treed plateau has inspired the look of this natural house design; a rustic, low-profile silhouette with cedar and glass panels, framed to resemble the forest’s vertical lines and repetition. An understated, low-lying entrance gives way to a stunning, 2,700-sq.-ft. two-storey ... Continue >
Dutch architect Paul de Ruiter designed Villa Roling – a contemporary lake house in Kudelstaart, Netherlands – for an art-collecting couple with obviously impeccable tastes. Designed in a maritime style with a modern edge, this cool, contemporary home is a beacon of light on the edge of Lake Westeinderplas, with its glass-enclosed ground level topped by a contrasting volume of wood – a space designated to housing the clients’ art collection. From inside, the views of lake and garden grounds ... Continue >
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