This modern historical home gets a facelift, inside and out, with a contemporary new layout we love. This glass and stone home design by architecture firm MOOARC has a modern interior with a distinctly rustic house style modeled on the original 15th century structure. Inside, this barn conversion design features a lower-level kitchen and dining room area overlooked by a mezzanine-level formal living room – a cool loft design idea in this open concept house plan that maintains an open ... Continue >
Middle East style architecture isn't new to Madrid but this stone house designed by Spanish architects A-cero isn't ordinary at all. It features many volumes finished in black granite and accentuated by curved walls that seem to rise out of the surrounding sand and water. The home’s windows and entrance are concealed among the walls and volumes, lending a mysterious, fortress-like look. A lush garden of Middle East vegetation complements this sculptural home's palace-like appeal, while a large pool area ... Continue >
Studio house designs require a delicate balance to accommodate the conflicting functions of work and play, and this Annapolis, Maryland ranch style home, originally designed in the 1970s by Y. Toshimoto, with its detached work area, just wasn’t working. This new live work house, redesigned by Bohl Architects, combines the home and the studio, connected into a single structure but each boasting its own distinctly different feel. A stone fireplace feature becomes an instant focal point, blending with this stone ... Continue >
We came across these stone home pictures from Seattle-based Prentiss Architects and thought we’d share. This 2,800-sq.-ft. stone home design features a low profile and earthy materials that make it a perfect fit for its environment, overlooking Griffin Bay, and overlooked by a trio of stately old-growth trees which the architect opted to preserve and incorporate into the architecture. The trees are as much of the design as the architecture itself. Inside, wood and stone are the perfect complement to ... Continue >
Check out these natural home design ideas, courtesy of this stone house by Alexandre de Betak. Hidden away in a small village in Majorca, “Cave House” is the epitome of home – earthy, welcoming and comfortable all at once. A stone facade serves as an apt introduction to this lasting material, which makes many unexpected appearances at every turn inside as well. In the living room, the small-scale pebble-inlaid floor makes a subtle yet striking focal point. And the natural ... Continue >
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