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Studio House Design – a balance of Live and Work

Studio house designs require a delicate balance to accommodate the conflicting functions of work and play, and this Annapolis, Maryland ranch style home, originally designed in the 1970s by Y. Toshimoto, with its detached work area, just wasn’t working. This new live work house, redesigned by Bohl Architects, combines the home and the studio, connected into a single structure but each boasting its own distinctly different feel. A stone fireplace feature becomes an instant focal point, blending with this stone ... Continue >

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Live Work Loft Design: "Gallery" Space for Toronto Artist

Canadian architects Wonder Inc. designed this chic live work loft where the owner – an artist – could let his creativity run wild. The loft is partially concealed from the street by a cedar fence. Floor-to-ceiling windows flood the loft with natural light, while a strategically placed skylight illuminates artist and owner Kent Monkman’s latest masterpiece. Inside, the minimalist interiors feature white walls and ceilings that bounce light around and light up every corner. Hanging on the clean bright walls, ... Continue >

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Modern California Architecture on a former brown-field site

This modern California architecture located in La Jolla, San Diego is our idea of California dreamin’! Architect and homeowner Jonathan Segal designed this 7,200-sq.-ft. house on a former brown-field site, bringing new life to a vacant space. This live work home accommodates family living and an architecture studio – offering the best of both worlds. The urban house features a stucco box resting on steel walls, making a contemporary style addition to the city landscape. The main living area is ... Continue >

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Have a wooded lot? Time to build a forest book nook!

If you're in search of an inspiring live work home – a forest book nook – try these digs on for size! The Scholar’s Library in Olive Bridge, New York by local architecture firm Gluck & Partners is an unusual raised house plan surrounded by lush, leafy woods. This simple but striking space sits perched among the treetops, with a study space enclosed in windows at the top, and the actual library – housing approximately 10,000 books – tucked in ... Continue >

Also See: Book Nooks, Forest Home, Forest House Plans, Live Work Homes, Raised House Plans

Contemporary Japanese House - Live / Work House

This contemporary live / work home in Nikko, Tochigi by architect Japanese Katsutoshi Sasaki artfully balances life’s essentials with a modern aesthetic, all in a compact 1,752-sq.-ft. space. This small but sweet structure houses a single-family home and a hair salon, all within its two-storey frame. The home's slanted-pentagon shape is covered by an innovative roof that extends from the top along the side of the house, bending and rolling right into its main body – an unusual feature that ... Continue >

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