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Intriguing Home Inspired by Brickwork

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This intriguing home designed by Italian / Japanese architecture firm AE5 partners embraces the local culture while carrying a contemporary flair that caught our eye. From the outside and in, an unusual facade inspired by brickwork, minus the bricks, gives this Japanese house design privacy without obstructing the massive windows that soak interior with natural light. Inside, echoing that facade motif, a cool loft design idea features that same unusual pattern and makes a great little reading and relaxing nook ... Continue >

Efficient Small House In Tokyo

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An efficient small house can live so much larger than dictated by its square footage. This urban house in Tokyo designed by modern Japanese architects Keiji Ashizawa was made for comfortable, private living in a dense city core. Flipping the traditional floor plan, the small Japanese home puts private areas – bedrooms and bathrooms – on the main and second level, while the kitchen and living room are on the third, topped by a study for a cool loft design ... Continue >

Modern Historical Homes: 16th Century Barn Gets an Update

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This modern historical home gets a facelift, inside and out, with a contemporary new layout we love. This glass and stone home design by architecture firm MOOARC has a modern interior with a distinctly rustic house style modeled on the original 15th century structure. Inside, this barn conversion design features a lower-level kitchen and dining room area overlooked by a mezzanine-level formal living room – a cool loft design idea in this open concept house plan that maintains an open ... Continue >

Two Volume House Connected by a Wood Tunnel

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This two volume house by the seaside boasts a fitting blend of blue and natural wood that evokes a nautical look and feel. This unusual home highlights the creative quirks of Canadian architecture. Two houses in one, the dual blue volumes are connected by a natural cedar corridor, wood-clad both inside and out. The whimsical aesthetic of this interesting home invites you to explore, and continues inside, where high ceilings and the pitched roof add to the home’s curiosities. The ... Continue >

Modern Aluminum Home with Ever-Changing Facade, Interior

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Netherlands architects Boetzkes Helder designed this modern aluminum home with surprises at every turn. The extraordinary facade features textured aluminum panels that change color depending on how the sun hits them. But the sun also plays an important role to interiors, which again, depending on the time of day and the sun’s position in the sky, feature a dramatic interplay of light and shadow. Another example of innovative Netherlands architecture! The exterior of the home is a simple rectangular form ... Continue >

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