MODERN HOUSE DESIGNS

Perched on a mountainside with Kanagawa unfolding at its feet, this modern mountain cabin home has two things in its favor – a breathtaking view outside, and even more so inside. Designed by Japanese architecture firm Shun Hirayama Architecture, this wood clad slope cabin takes its place on a hillside – a fine vantage point for the endless view of city and country. On first setting foot on site, architect likens the experience to walking in a forest, and he ... Continue >

Casa 205 in Barcelona is an unusual mountain home idea by Spanish architecture firm H Arquitectes, created to minimize environmental impact while maximizing the striking surrounding nature views. The site’s steep incline sets the tone for this slope house, which hangs precariously off the hillside edge overlooking the forest and the mountains on the horizon. In keeping with the region’s rustic countryside flair, this timber house is clad in wood both inside and out. An airy softwood facade features pine ... Continue >

Gartner Trovato Architects designed this gorgeous bay house design in Bayview, NSW, Australia. Situated on a steeply graded property with the water at its feet, this slope house plan offers endless views of Pittwater from every point of the house – both indoors and out! From the street, this house appears as a small, low-profile home with minimal visual impact – that is, until you see it from the bay. Three living levels make their way down the hillside – ... Continue >

Marcio Kogan Architects have a few amazing beach home designs under their belt, but this stunning Brazil beach home located in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro boasts a distinct cottage-style feel that puts comfortable, casual living and a coastal cottage character at the forefront. Pier House was designed to house a sailboat during the week and its users on weekends. This gorgeous beach house was designed in two levels, to accommodate the sloped site. The first volume, a solid box clad ... Continue >

Spanish architecture firm A-cero designed this ultra-contemporary concrete and glass house in Galicia, Spain. This modern cliff house design can be described as a series of layers, which are organized along a steep slope with wonderful views in every direction. To maximize on its spectacular surroundings, the house was designed with glass walls stretching between its massive concrete blocks. A travertine skin covers the exterior walls and in some cases, the interior, providing a chic contrast to the dark wood ... Continue >

Argentina’s BAK Architects created this rustic style concrete house plan deep in the forest or Mar Azul, Argentina. A sandy dune beach, dense wooded surroundings and a sloped lot created a challenging landscape on which to design and build a home, but these characteristics are also what distinguish this oddly beautiful location. This cool, contemporary concrete house is like a jagged rock, breaking its way through the rough terrain, with its many windows glowing by night. The obtusely angled walls ... Continue >

This three level house plan, located on the outskirts of Brno in the Czech Republic, is a playground of modern luxury in a serene, countryside setting. Designed by architecture firm Orak, this hillside home is situated on a sloped lot with endless vistas of tree-covered hills stretching across the horizon. Each level has its own character, different from the rest, for a totally new unique living experience. Each room boasts breathtaking views of the valley. The first of three levels ... Continue >

With a tight lot and an even tighter budget, Tyler Engle Architects designed this raised house plan with a little good ole-fashioned elbow grease and lots of creativity. Set on a steep slope, this house was built as a system of modules set on trestles, hovering above the hillside. In order to meet their meager budget demands, the architects adopted their own interpretation of the traditional Japanese architecture Tatami mat module. The house features a 12-by-16-ft. grid system and 4-by-8-ft. ... Continue >

Perched on a rocky slope between pines with a waterway at its feet, Casa Barone is an ultra-modern hillside house designed by Sweden architects WRB. In sharp contrast to its more traditional neighbors, this contemporary Swedish house plan features a flat roof and a minimalist black exterior framing its massive windows. The main part of the house is concealed underground within the steep hillside, where large horizontal platform creates a nice living and entertaining area. Half of this space is ... Continue >

This hillside home underwent a transformation lead by the innovators at Chadbourne + Doss Architects. The original 1962 house on Mercer Island in Washington, designed by Seattle architect Fred Bassetti, was converted to a modern living space with indoor spaces rivaled only by the outdoors. The hillside home was rooted to its sloping hillside site by a steel skin which covers the home’s roof and exterior. An aluminum enclosure wraps around an open deck and patio, inviting outdoor living into ... Continue >

Muelle House is an all wood home made entirely of timber and is one of the last of its kind among Chile architecture in its home town of Chiloe. This unusual house plan designed by Jonas Retamal sits on a 28-degree slope, and is made to weather the region’s unstable climate. Come rain, come wind, come fire, this awesome wood clad house can stand up to anything. Stilts bring it up off its hillside, and the house extends onto a ... Continue >

Designed by architects Manuel Bailo Esteve and Rosa Rull Bertran of ADD+ Arquitectura, this rooftop garden house takes the concept of a "green roof” to new heights with this amazing and unusual house plan, topped by a mini-golf course! This playful and contemporary style house is located on a high point in Igualada, Spain. The modern slope house plan cantilevers out over the grassy landscape rolling out beneath the stilt home. The house itself was designed as a promenade to ... Continue >

It may be nestled on “Mount Misery” in Sag Harbor, NY, but this rustic eco home is wooden bliss. Designed by the architects at Jendretzki Design and Planning Consultant, this wooden clad house renovation served to open the indoors to the outside environment. Outdoor living rooms expand the home’s square footage beyond its conventional walls. The surrounding gardens and forest become a part of the house by opening up the walls and incorporating parches and terraces that are connected by ... Continue >

Set in the suburbs of Bersee, France, this modern multi level house plan by TANK Architects is set on a narrow and sloping plot – not ideal conditions, but this is where the architect’s creativity kicks in, and the results are functional and aesthetically appealing. To accommodate the lay of the land, this slope house plan is designed in three semi levels. At street level, this unusual house plan is occupied by functional spaces – the foyer, a play room, ... Continue >

This beautiful, contemporary courtyard design located on Mercer Island in Washington is a reflection of the site which it calls “home” – the good and the bad of it. The architects at Hutchison & Maul Architecture have taken the property’s advantages and drawbacks, and have made them work in favor of this unique, contemporary design. The Courtyard House sits peacefully on a long, narrow and steep slope, surrounded by forest with a waterfront view. The location characterizes the plan of ... Continue >

Designed by Tennent + Brown Architects, this marvelous hillside cottage located in New Zealand was built as a cluster of individual cabins to accommodate relaxation and rejuvenation. Shared by two French brothers, the plan of this cottage home commanded two separate bedroom/bathroom/study quarters, and a shared kitchen/main living space, to be used once or twice for vacationing. And they couldn’t have picked a sweeter retreat – perched precariously on a hillside overlooking a magical scene of mountains and bay, this ... 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 unique and very modern hillside house design in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in Brazil, was a creative and contemporary collaboration between architects Fernando Maculan and Pedro Morais. This concrete walls house enjoys sparse neighbors and gives way to a lush landscape and dense forest covering the steep 60 percent incline of the site. This unusual slope house design starts with a concrete base where the private rooms are housed, and is topped by a glass-enclosed main floor occupied by ... 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 >

Can you imagine a more inspiring place to work? The main idea of this small house design is the modern cube on a hill – the curious home office of Peter Frazier, overlooking Chuckanut Bay in Bellingham, Washington. Gone are the days of the sterile cubicle where boredom brings you to tears as you count down the minutes until 5 o'clock. This unusual small house plan delivers amazing views of land and bay, with glass on three sides of this ... Continue >

Oddly enough, this ultra-modern mountain home was designed and built using traditional techniques, by Brazil’s Morato Arquitetura. This contemporary mountain home employs time-honored methods and local materials with traditional, manual construction, and uses strong Portuguese colonial architecture influences. Built on three levels, the unique layout allows for a graceful yet functional use of the steeply sloping site. But you can’t complain about this particular site – ideally situated on a hilltop in Minas Gerais, Brazil, embraced by a vast valley ... Continue >

In the right hands, all it takes to create a modern architectural design is an innovative approach. For Mexican Dellekamp Arquitectos, it was all about shape. The award-winning, forward-thinking architects designed House on a Slope based on what they had to work with – a modest $60,000US budget, a sloping property, and standard materials and solutions. But this striking, rectangular house plan is anything but “standard.” Measuring 130m2, this contemporary house in Desierto de Los Leones, Mexico City stands out ... Continue >

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