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Open Air Homes - Modern architecture incorporating negative space

This open air home designed by Japanese architecture firm KINO Architects isn't just about what's built up, but it's as much about the negative space. The Airhole House boasts roadways to the south and east, a field to the west and a house to the north, and is itself occupied by a family of four - a typical urban house plan by most accounts. What really stands out is the unusual architecture that incorporates a massive void as its main ... Continue >

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Social House Architecture – X marks the spot

For this social house architecture, X marks the spot. This innovative architectural design by Japanese architecture firm Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates was designed to promote socialization within its open concept house plan. Smack dab in the heart of this home, the family room is the hub from which other rooms radiate. The “X” layout affords each room its privacy, while maintaining a connection to the others. The urban house plan, located in a densely populated city center, promoted socialization but ... Continue >

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Urban Cottage Homes: A serious case of the blues

This urban cottage home plan designed by Australian architects 4site Architecture is a layering of old and new, indoor and outdoor spaces, the predictable with pops of bold color that are anything but mundane. The small house design, measuring just 34m2 for the original structure and 13m2 of addition, had an equally small budget for the redesign, so the architects opted to simply reorganize living areas into a more functional space. The compact cottage is characterized for its striking blue ... Continue >

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Cube Shaped Home Hidden in the City

Check out this simple but sweet cube shaped home – a piece of architectural heaven tucked in a busy city center. This stone home designed by Switzerland architecture firm Markus Wespi Jerome de Meuron strays from the traditional concept of “house” in a unique, striking design surrounded by nature. A strikingly simple silhouette – a flat-roofed pair of cubes – rises out of the hillside and overlooks the mountains, lake and city. The design is more suited to the natural ... Continue >

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Small Smart Homes in the City

If you seek small smart homes, this Tokyo area design does not disappoint! The innovative architects at IDEA Office are the brains behind Y-House – striking Japanese architecture that maximizes every inch of its urban house plan. This small Japanese home was designed with a trio of objectives: a connection to the outdoors without sacrificing privacy; outdoors that would enhance the feeling of space indoors; and solar access in every room. With some careful considerations in design, the three storey ... Continue >

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