MODERN HOUSE DESIGNS

The Marquis Estate of Cherry Creek is every bit as sweet as it sounds. This luxury Colorado mountain house was designed by architecture firm Site 7 Solutions, and it’s dressed to the nines! A striking facade features contemporary linear architecture and floor-to-ceiling glass walls that add as much character to the exterior as the interior. Inside, 7,066 sq. ft. of living space is flavored by exotic woods, stainless steel and natural stone for a natural yet modern house style. Luxury ... Continue >

Australian architects Tony Owen Partners designed Moebius House in Dover Heights, Sydney. Right from its very beginnings, this ultra-modern home design is the future of innovation and technology. According to Tony Owen Partners, the house is “an example of ‘liquid architecture’ whereby projects are designed parametrically using 3-D digital software to respond to environmental issues.” Maximizing natural ventilation, the views and the home’s efficiency, while minimizing its impact on the neighbors are the key criteria of the method. An innovative ... Continue >

This luxury paradise in Costa Rica is one of the most amazing courtyard home plans we’ve ever seen. With 4,000 sq. ft. of indoor living space and 2,000 sq. ft. of outdoor entertaining areas, the house takes advantage of environment, located on the crest of a coastal canyon with the Pacific Ocean crashing below and the Costa Rican jungle all around. An outdoor living space features a large infinity pool that flows from under an open sky to a roofed ... Continue >

Designed by Australian architects Robert Mills, the Ross Street house in Melbourne is one Australia home design that really stands out. The contemporary concrete house is accented with timber and glass detail and strong horizontal zinc awnings that bring a modernist flavor to the architecture. Interiors of this contemporary style house are bright and airy, illuminated by expansive windows overlooking outdoor entertaining areas and a pool. Cool stainless steel, crisp lines and a white palette make these minimalist interiors by ... Continue >

Korea’s IROJE KHM Architects have designed this unusual home in GuMiDong, BunDang, SungNam, Korea with a modern outdoor space flavoring both the exterior and interior environment. Unusual in the typical urban house, this courtyard house design puts a large garden within the home’s borders, with expansive windows and sliding glass doors opening onto these lushly landscaped outdoor entertaining areas. Two adjacent volumes make up the main house and a guest house, each facing the interior courtyard. Beneath an angular metal ... Continue >

The idyllic spot of Coromandel, New Zealand, is home to this equally peaceful, restful box style house overlooking the ocean. The simplistic house plan for this coastal cottage by Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects was created with a modern twist on traditional New Zealand home design. The wood clad house, as described by the architects, is “the expression of structure, cladding, lining and joinery in a raw and unique way.” The result is a rustic house style of natural timber in ... 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 >

It’s only fitting that this cement home design is located in the town of Northampton, Eastern Pennsylvania - the birthplace of American Portland Cement. “The primary building materials, site poured concrete and various concrete products, pay respect to the history of Northampton”, explains Architect Joseph N. Biondo. Inspired by cement as well as the machines used to produce it, this horizontal home is a lesson in style from the modern-industrial school. Planted firmly into its sloping lot, this hill home ... Continue >

The collaboration between contemporary Australian architects Leeton Pointon and Susi Leeton, this cool home on the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia features a flow that’s as easy to look at as it is to walk through. A tour of this riverfront home reveals floors that blend with walls; walls that become ceilings; and ceilings that open to the sky. Interiors boast warm wood ceilings and cool curving concrete and plaster walls. Every corner is naturally lit via a two-storey void. ... 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 >

DAW Architects created this cool L-shaped house design in their home base of Santiago, Chile. Outside, landscaped gardens and outdoor entertaining areas bring nature in. An exterior of cast concrete, glass and wood brings lots of variety and texture to this unusual home’s facade. And if there’s one thing this cool concrete and glass house has indoors, its views! This gorgeous glass wall house boasts expansive floor to ceiling windows that invite the outdoors in, and it’s slightly skewed L ... Continue >

Designed by Toyo Ito & Associates, this concrete home in Marbella, Chile makes for a marvelous weekend retreat. Named for its unusual floor plan and crisp, stand-out color, this contemporary home dubbed "White O House" takes the form of a huge O, with a central circular courtyard at its heart. This modern concrete home plan spirals its way around a central garden. This cool courtyard house design offers outdoor entertaining areas with privacy, overlooked by sliding-glass-walled interior rooms. A large ... Continue >

Talk about a room with a view! This outdoor living house plan is architecturally interesting and appealing for its unique shape and glass walls among an amazing natural setting. Landscape Room House by LID Architecture is a contemporary country home overlooking Glencar Lake and surrounded by mountains in Sligo, Ireland. The existing house was renovated, reorganized, and totally opened up to the outdoors to create an outdoor living and entertaining area. “The main plan was to break out from the ... Continue >

Italian architect Alessandro Bulletti designed the Observatory House in Deruta, and like the view which it frames, it is absolutely awe-inspiring. From the outside, this slope house plan is totally immersed in nature, overlooking the deep valley at its feet. The sandstone house base is complemented by a light and airy glass wall upper level. But this European style house offers the best sense of nature when you’re outside. The glazed upper level opens onto a terrace and a magnificent ... Continue >

This custom luxury home in Los Angeles by Marc Canadell is luxury living at its best. Set high above the celebrated Sunset Strip on the famous “Bird Streets", this custom home design boasts five bedrooms, eight bathrooms, one acre and over 9,000 sq. ft. of pure extravagance. This private property is fully decked out from the outside in. A spacious deck with an infinity lap pool and an expansive outdoor entertaining area with a fireplace is a real hotspot, and ... Continue >

Created for a couple living in Spain but yearning to come home to their native Columbia, architect Juan Esteban Correa Elejalde designed this unusual European style home design in Columbia with a contemporary, Spanish flair. The 500m2 holiday home, simply called “House on Lot 23,” is arranged in five phases – the main house with the kitchen, living, dining and guest accommodations; the “game” area with an outdoor space for entertaining; the entry foyer called the “zaguan”; the pool and ... Continue >

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