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Chic Cottage Home Gets a Modern Update

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Rustic yet refined, this chic cottage home is a must-see. Originally built in the 1960s, this New York home by award-winning architecture firm Method Design was made over with three main objectives – the creation of formal entry, the addition of a master suite, and an overall re-cladding using a sustainable material, all the while respecting the mature-growth trees dotting the hillside. The slope house plan was given a 500-sq.-ft. addition perched on stilts, putting the master among the trees ... Continue >

Cantilever House Design by Brazil Architecture Firm

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Here’s a must-see – a cantilever house design in Nova Lima, Brazil, surrounded by lush landscape with a dramatic edge. Perched hillside, the home is a perfect vantage point for the endless views that roll to the horizon. Brazil architecture firm Anastasia Architects designed this slope house plan on a 30-degree incline with dramatic cantilever overhangs that add a sculptural element while highlighting the home’s precarious position, and at the same time minimizing its effect on the natural site. Due ... Continue >

Folded Roof House Blends Old and New

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This cool folded roof house is an artful blend of old and new. The unusual home designed by Austrian architecture firm X Architekten features a modern mix of glass and steel, giving the home its characteristic aesthetic. The steel house addition to the existing structure features a continuous folded Corten roof and facade, naturally weathered and naturally rusted in contrast to the more-traditional original structure. The hillside provides this slope house plan a clear distinction between the original residence and ... Continue >

Black and White House Design Proves Opposites Attract

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This black and white house design proves that opposites attract – a dark, dramatic exterior and clean, bright interior, boasting an irregular flow that leads you up, down and all around. XTEN Architecture redesigned this Los Angeles, California, originally built in the 1960s, and brought back into the spotlight. The hillside home sits on a ridge in the Hollywood Hills – high above the hustle and bustle of the city and surrounded by nature, a protected natural ravine to the ... Continue >

Sloping Lot Home Design in South Africa

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South African architects SAOTA know modern architectural design, and this sloping lot home design is no exception. This hillside home in Clifton, just on the outskirts of Cape Town, sits on a small, narrow lot, but due to the vertical house design, it offers plenty of living space. The slope house has five floors, but thanks to its steep site, sits only two storeys above street level. Almost every floor enjoys a walk-out, a connection to nature only solidified by ... Continue >

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