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Circular Cottage Plans – Awesome Boat House

This circular cottage plan is the coolest retreat on a hot day. Austin, Texas-based architecture firm Bercy Chen Studio blend their European and East Asian backgrounds into a totally unique architectural style that we love. They sent us photos of their Shore Vista Boat House in Lake Austin that we just had to share. This contemporary style house is a veritable playground for the water-lover, set right on a lake with a built-in water feature that brings the house to ... Continue >

Also See: Floating Houses, Spiral Staircase House, Unusual Homes, Water Features Home, Waterfront Cottage Designs

Sky High House Plans: "Bird’s Nest House" in Hiroshima

This sky high house plan by Japanese architecture firm Kimihiko Okada certainly raises the standard of modern living! Designed as a series of platforms with a central interior courtyard, this raised house plan in Hiroshima boasts a distant view of the Inland Sea and Miyajima, and definitely has one up on its neighbors in terms of its height and, in our opinion, design. The home’s levels encircle the central garden below, lined with glass walls on both sides. As you ... Continue >

Also See: Japanese Architecture, Japanese Architecture Firms, Raised House Plans, Stilt Homes, Unusual Homes

Moving Wall House Offers Privacy & Openness

This moving wall house designed by Olson Kundig Architects is a great escape offering privacy when you need it, and openness when you want it. We love the idea of this wood cabin design on San Juan Island in Washington State; a compact cottage with the most unusual feature – timber walls that fold up for privacy, and fold down to reveal a glass wall house with breathtaking views in every direction of the surrounding countryside. Inside, a fireplace feature ... Continue >

Also See: Book Nooks, Compact Cottages, Fireplace Features, Unusual Homes, Wood Cabin Design

Cantilevered Concrete House - Eclectic Design with Mirrors

Spanish architects XPIRAL Architecture created this eclectic house design in their home town of Murcia, Spain. The house features a cantilevered concrete volume that extends across an outdoor entertaining area opening onto the indoors. An unusual metal enclosure of rust and adorned with colored tiles, surrounds the main structure of concrete with a mirrored volume – an unusual feature that gives this home a contemporary style. This interior courtyard house plan welcomes you in with an indoor/outdoor area, while interiors ... Continue >

Also See: Concrete Houses, Contemporary Style Homes, Exterior Architectural Details, Interior Courtyard House Plans, Spanish Architects, Unusual Homes

Folded Roof House Blends Old and New

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 >

Also See: Austrian Architecture Firms, Glass and Steel Home, Slope House Plans, Steel Houses, Unusual Homes

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