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Small Home Design Ideas - metal clad house with wood interior

We love Japanese small home design ideas and at just 624 sq. ft., this contemporary compact cottage by architect Toyo Ito packs a lot of character into a small space. This very interesting modern design idea uses a stark contrast between cold and warmth; a cool metal facade and its welcoming, woody interior. From the outside, the steel house features metal panels cladding its walls and roof, with wide expanses of sliding glass blur the boundary between indoors and out. ... Continue >

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Compact Home Design - Amazing Stacked House

The kings of compact home design – Chaewon Kim and Beat Schenk of design/build company UNI – created XS House in Cambridge, MA. This compact house is composed of three 16-by-22-ft. boxes, stacked and rotated for a most unusual profile. Finished in marine plywood, this wood clad house design highlights the material’s bold and prominent grain, which makes its way inside onto walls, floors and a central staircase that leads residents through the home’s three levels. Each level of this ... Continue >

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Small House Addition - renovation ideas that look Big

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 >

Also See: Cottage Homes , Minimalist Interiors , Minimalist Living , Small House Design

Small Concrete House in California is Small but Sweet

Public Architects has done a lot with a little in their design of this small concrete house. What Baltazar House lacks in square footage, it makes up for in innovation and style. This concrete house in La Jolla, California extends into the outdoors, making the most of the amazing views of the Pacific Ocean through glass-enclosed upper level. Supporting the glass walls is a concrete base; a simple support punctuated by minimal details apart from some windows. On the rooftop ... Continue >

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Simple Small House Design in Denmark offers plenty of space and light

Skybox sounds more like an amusement park ride than it does a residence, but this simple small house design by Danish architecture firm Primus is just as thrilling if you’re into contemporary and unusual homes. At 75m2, this modern wood clad house on the coast of Zealand in Denmark, crams all the good stuff into a deceivingly small footprint. “The main focus has been to add spatiality and experience of light,” according to the architect. The simple floor plan of ... Continue >

Also See: Danish Architecture Firms , Denmark Houses , Eco Sustainable Homes , Small House Design , Wood Clad House

Small Houses on Small Budget by Pb Elemental Architects

Who knew that the combination of small site plus small budget could equal to something so massively cool? Innovative modern firm Pb Elemental Architecture designed the contemporary style house, Crockett Residence, on a budget of just $167 per sq. ft. The 790-sq.-ft. compact house on a 1,600-sq.-ft. lot packs a punch with its contemporary architecture and sleek, urban house plan. The contemporary cube-shaped home features a modern facade with a sleek, industrial-style steel staircase leading up to a steel-siding main ... Continue >

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Interesting Home by Modern Belgian Architecture Firm

An irregular shape for an unusual contemporary home, the parallelogram provides this modern structure with interesting nooks and openings, and irregular windows to illuminate its spacious interiors. Designed by architecture firm Klaarchitectuur, the modern rural House Kempeneers in Belgium boasts a grey-brick exterior that’s interesting, to say the least. The contemporary style home’s modern, jagged profile and fascinating openings lure you in. The 350m2 ground floor and 120m2 second floor are small, but sweet. Minimalist interiors are sleek and stylish, ... Continue >

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Modern Guest House will have you “Green” with Envy

Designed by Aleks Istanbullu Architects, this little modern guest house has made quite the big impression in Beverly Hills. This small guest house – an 855-sq.-ft. addition to the existing home overlooking Coldwater Canyon – makes a wonderful, “nature-inspired sculptural retreat” for visiting guests, as described by the architect, or as a haven for residents looking for a little “me” time away. Initially planned as a one-room home, this modern design evolved from its original cube-shaped living area to include ... Continue >

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