MODERN HOUSE DESIGNS

Architect Rick Joy put some juice in Sonoran Desert with this amazing desert house design. The prominent rough red roof of this Arizona house draws attention from miles around, but it is the home’s livable, relaxing characteristics that invite you to stay. The steel house's humble exterior makes way for modern interiors, with stainless steel, maple and glass against a white palette. At the heart of the design, the courtyard brings fresh greenery to the hillside home’s minimalist interiors. Built ... Continue >

OBRA Architects had some circular logic for their stunning wood country home design in Southampton, New York. Among the grass and trees of this five-acre property, this wonderful wood clad house features an unusual floor plan with a hollow center, “as if the heart of the house had somehow fallen outside its body,” according to OBRA Architects. But that’s not to say this country home doesn’t have heart! A linear layout of living spaces leads you from one part of ... Continue >

Japanese House Design is among the most innovative, interesting out there, and it never disappoints for those seeking something stylish, modern and totally different. This unusual house plan in Tokyo, Japan, designed by Architect Label Xain takes modern minimalist to the next level with a clean white palette and a unique shape that stands out in its dense city environment. This urban house is angular, asymmetrical and atypical of a “home.” Large and many windows dot the home’s facade while ... Continue >

This Spanish house design in Granada, Spain by architect Francisco J. del Corral del Campo is an interesting mix of minimalism and modernity. This contemporary style house features a facade of white with natural wood volumes at each end, supported by “legs.” This stilt house incorporates outdoor entertaining areas as part of its plan, inviting the warm Spanish sun and sea breeze inside. Like the exterior, minimalist interiors feature a contemporary palette of while with warm wood finishing floors and ... Continue >

Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan designed this amazing beach house with all the fixings. This house boasts fabulous outdoor entertaining areas and equally spectacular interiors to match, wrapped in a contemporary style home of concrete, wood and glass. Located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, this simple yet stylish concrete and glass design makes a strong horizontal presence with panoramic views of beach and surf. Built into a majestic tree-covered slope, this beach-front house overlooks a wide wooden deck and ... Continue >

This Mexican contemporary architecture designed by Agraz Architects is a design with lots of layers to it, and enveloped in a Zen aura for minimalist living at its best. The modern house finds a good balance between indoor and outdoor living rooms, public and private spaces. A simple geometric exterior makes way for minimalist interiors with large rooms adorned in little more than a few items of contemporary furniture to enhance their size. Floor-to-ceiling windows create sun-soaked interiors with a ... Continue >

House Bierings is a wood home design of a most unique shape. This interesting home in Utrecht, Netherlands stands out in its rural setting. The countryside wood home by Netherlands Architects Rocha Tombal features protruding windows of varying shapes and sizes, also clad in wood, dotting the unconventional home’s exterior. The sleek roof is clad in wood as well, with roof edges being flash with the walls. “From a basic form, defined by the municipal urban plan, sculptural ‘eyes’ emerge ... Continue >

From Italian design company Subissati comes this wonderful, modern wooden prefabricated house. This Italian prefab home isn’t exactly what you’d expect upon hearing “wooden” and “prefab” in the same sentence. This chic, contemporary house design is the brainchild of architect Roberto Semprini; a sustainable house design born from the notion that the home should be a manifestation of fashion, function, elegance, environmental responsibility and poetry in life. This modern, open concept house design features minimalist interiors with a futuristic edge, ... Continue >

Mako Residence by award-winning architecture firm Bates Masi is a little luxury retreat in Amagansett, NY, boasting relaxed simplicity for casual, comfortable living. At 1,800 sq. ft., this small house looks surprisingly big. The unusual renovation idea called for a small house addition plus an overall exterior redesign to create a more functional and fashionable cottage home. The owners wanted to simplify the exterior from its existing multi-volume turret design, while an addition would increase valuable living space. Minimalist interiors ... Continue >

This spectacular stone farmhouse home in Mallorca, Spain, was designed by Juan Herreros Arquitectos to transform a shepherd shelter into a cottage home. The design plan of the farmhouse was mirrored to double its living space, resulting in a symmetrical shape. The rustic house style features a warm stone exterior and bright, modern interiors. Shuttered windows allow for views, natural light and privacy all at once. The north wing of the farmhouse is occupied by a kitchen, bedroom and bathroom, ... Continue >

This cool glass wall home in the Hollywood Hills by architect John Lautner blends beautifully into its surroundings. This stunning natural home design, encircled in lush landscape with a dazzling view in the distance, invites the outdoors in. Innovative ideas and modern finishes fuse with organic architecture elements like natural wood and glass, giving the house a serene, spa-like appeal in every room – and nowhere is this more apparent than in the bathroom, where the city skyline is visible ... Continue >

Suppose Design Office is a firm known for its edgy architectural flavor, and this amazing house design stays true to that signature style. These innovative architects have made a mark by blurring the lines between indoors and out. The house is situated on a narrow urban plot in a densely populated part of Nagoya, Japan, and a garden element was sorely lacking. The home’s central point of interest – a lush garden inside the house – makes its way into ... Continue >

This contemporary seaside home design by Portuguese architect Paulo David is also referred to as “black and white house,” named for its opposing color palettes of black of the exterior and white interiors. You could say this home is minimalist living at its most. Views from this seaside home are always at hand here in Funchal of Madeira, Portugal. On the outside, this cool design boasts a simple, squared shape and a minimal black facade punctuated by large windows. This ... Continue >

Italian architect Giovanni Vaccarini designed the interesting, ultra modern Casa Capece Venanzi near Italy Adriatic coast. Situated in the peaceful suburbs, this modern, innovative home combines contemporary and unusual elements in its two-storey design. Atop the stone-and-glass-enclosed ground floor, an industrial-style second floor cantilevers over a deck. This upper floor gives this unique house design its modern flavor amidst the rolling green hills that surround it. Enclosing the upper level, window screens boast cut-outs that cast funky patterns of light ... Continue >

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