They give a special attention to the façade, creating an inviting entrance water feature. Homeowners who want a guest bedroom is located on the first floor, to open the living room, bedroom also redesigned old school style. The use of solar control in the design of this house, allowing for natural light as much as possible, so that helps provide a natural warmth in winter. One of the main features of concern in the interior is a typical grand staircase, and is highlighted by special lighting designer.

Bedroom wing is completely separate from the house was opened to enter the vast expanse of glass and is accessed by an existing bridge over the existing swimming pool that has glass bricks so it is very hot, so it opened the sliding glass door fitted either side to make the draft cross ventilation at all times, and wrapped in a horizontal steel shutters to control the sun. The overall exterior design is influenced by Rick Joy of Arizona in the United States that specializes in homes that incorporate the use of naturally rusted steel cladding and sealed corten, louvers and the basic structural elements to create a home building in climate zone.

Swimming pool patio / braai area defined by a horizontal slatted wooden wall features a wrap to the bottom of the ceiling, beautiful light and deliberately reflect back into the pool of black painted wood decking surround which creates the illusion of space to attach it. Furniture was chosen to compliment the architecture and interior design, and a brief by the client of minimalist luxury, provided mainly by Molteni and C, Floss, Kundalini and the Royal Britana. Paint colors are chosen carefully to complement each other and rusted corten steel that adds creative interest.

[Nico van der Meulen Architects]

Photography by Peter Burgstaller. Atelier Heiss Architects

Homeowners are a young couple, who wanted a house they look casual, can be barefoot everywhere, so it felt like a vacation every day. The combination of beautiful design of the home with natural beauty so real, it looks like a vacation destination that is built on 2.8 acres. Taking advantage of the landscape, the house stood gentle slope leading to the southern landscape, so that all sides get a beautiful landscape. The house was built by the L-shaped plan, with two wings joined at the two story great room. As a means of relaxation and entertainment, they complement this house with a swimming pool. Overall, they get the results of a contemporary house that looks casual as desired.

[Swatt Miers Architects, Photography by Tim Griffith]

Buildings with simple textures and shapes, made to be more oriented to the site, and involve the surrounding environment. Constructed consisting of three discrete box structures that create three sides of a personal page. Form the largest box used as a place that is more common, such as entertainment areas, living room and kitchen space. In this box has a glass façade and a roof that opens itself up entirely to the environment. The opposite is done by making small boxes flanking the sides to create the page, including personal domain for bedrooms and bathrooms, as well as in a side room used as a film. The building consists of brick walls, then roof using a thick concrete. The orientation of the three buildings is the perimeter to a page that creates a special relationship with the mountain environment. With the quality of structural and building materials that are emphasized by the line of the main roof structure rose into the sky, is in direct dialogue with the “Window of God”, as if the earth were communicating with the sky.

[GASS]

Located on Lake Travis with beautiful scenery, the advantage is also taken to the house with views towards the lake, to further maximize the view, which leads to the lake lined with clear glass, it also blurs the boundary between interior and exterior. The roof and large windows capturing butterflies broad view and embrace the surrounding vista. The materials are used more naturally leads such as wood, stone stacked and cement ledge that is used for landscape. The use of materials that provide a natural appearance of the house is visible from the interior and exterior, it is also combined with the use of furniture and modern spatial planning.

Photography by Lars Frazer. Hsu Office of Architecture

One axis of the guest house includes a bedroom all family members, then the other axis is used as a public entry and living room. There is a main road used to go into these two volumes, namely through the buildings on the diagonal line. Beautiful part of this house is utilized in the direction of view is limited by a transparent glass towards the lake outside, residents can enjoy a wide view out over the living room. In the design of two volumes of the houses are connected by a glass enclosure, which employs tectonic expression of the module.

Overall shape of the house is a square that looks apart, with other forms of square modules which opens out through a variety of glass and walls. The simple design also in the mix with the use of simple materials, and easy to obtain. Interior use of light wood, as well as premises exterior color that blends with the natural environment and surroundings. This guest house is done by Garrison Architects, which created a cottage building look simple, comfortable and functional.

The bottom of the home is a cement cast, so the house looks as a volume that is placed on top, this building is a device that creates a new way of seeing the landscape as a natural vertical slices of the volume was brought in to the house. The use of transparent glass in almost half of this house gives a blurred boundary between interior and exterior. Equipped with an open roof deck using, also creates a direct relationship with the outdoors, thus providing a sense of openness.

[Garrison Architects]

Home construction is done by arrangement and two volumes separated by gardens and associated bridges. Parking and services also provide access level settings, see a staircase that leads to the main access. In the first volume, on the ground floor used as living room, dining room and kitchen, while bedrooms occupy the second level of the house. The next volume is used as a working studio, which faces towards the inner court. In each room is made to have the proportions and characteristics of the relationship with the adjacent space, and have a relationship with the beautiful scenery there.

This house was built facing towards the environment that combines landscape, making life more harmonious outer space, by reconstructing a dynamic perception of space, this is done by giving emphasis on the emotional bond between subjects with nature. This is a contemporary house of fun, looks natural both exterior and interior and have a good relationship with nature, so as to create a pleasant atmosphere all the time.

Photography by Paul Rivera/ArchPhoto. Parque Humano, via

Their client wanted a house with three bedrooms, equipped with a bird living on the lowest level best to take advantage of outdoor garden space. Site unusual force architects to design buildings with an unusual sequence of entries. The main view is moving towards the north and east, so the whole house tilted plan that allows the bedroom and living room have views of aspects, and to further turn the shape of the building. The site is a vertical drop makes the place look bigger neighbors living on both sides, this gives the effect of light that are only available from the east side or top. The story of four vacancies collect light from the north and down to the lowest level of the house.

In addition to light another obstacle is the flow of air enters the house, so that void space is designed to give effect to the ventilation stack all of the home. To ensure a dwelling house with thermal comfort, low-E glass is used in all parts of the east, the glass is also protected by an external blinds. They make use of rain water is collected and used for landscaping and toilets. In addition there are also solar panels mounted with the driving gas to provide heating swimming pools, hot water and hydronic heating trenches designed as the primary method of heating for the residence.

Photography by Kraig Carlstrom. POPOVbass Architects, via

Geometry websites also give effect to the design of the house, by following the geometry that you, the house built by dividing itself into two parts. In the middle of the volume, is an area that contains cladded spiral staircase made of wood, creating contemporary artistic forms, with a curved shape corresponding to the orthogonal system of the house, with a gentle manner that extraordinary. This ladder is also a central element in the interior. Section with an interior volume of the larger and open, used as living space, while the smaller used as an additional utilisable. On the exterior the house is seen in a minimalist design, which is dominant in white with a black list. Smooth white facade contrasts with the dark openings create a dynamic and elegance of the facade. In this house used glass fence that allows, the views out over open unhindered.

[DVA Arhitekta]

Photography by Marion Brenner. Todd Verwers Architects, via