Every so often we club together a collection of excellent exteriors for you to bask in the glory of, so here are our latest picks to give you a little visual holiday away from the city streets and repetitive house fronts.
Author: Hanna
A Spectacular Beverly Hills House
Situated in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, atop three tiers of hillside garden borders that have been carved into the hillside in a sweeping stepped arrangement, 1201 Laurel Way is a vast home in an impressive self-contained enclosure. Downtown Los Angeles, Catalina, and the coastline of California are sprawled out in stunning view from this home, . . .
Dollhouses Designed by Star Architects
When we think about what we can do as a society to help disabled children, research, education, and healthcare all come to mind. But one of the issues that faces all disabled children and their families is finding an affordable and accessible place to live. In the UK, the Kids organization aims to help disabled . . .
Contemporary Bauhaus Style Home in Haifa
Taking a cue from the Bauhaus-heavy styles in the French Carmel neighborhood of Haifa in Israel, architects from pitsou kedem this house is a beautiful example of how styles that were once cutting edge can be updated and remain relevant and beautiful.
Adorable Sleeping Baby Dreamscapes
It might be a stretch to file this under bedroom designs, but we are going to go ahead and do it anyway. California artist and mother Queenie Liao has always found inspiration in her surroundings. With the birth of her first son, Wengenn, she turned even more inward for her art. Rather than go out . . .
Room Dividers & Partitions
Whether you have an open floorplan or just want to create more private, cozy spaces in your home the right room divider can make all the difference. The photos in this post go well beyond a folding screen and instead use everything from shrubbery to curtains to nautical rope to create beautiful, unique spaces.
Calming Modern Interiors
Today, we are featuring some gorgeous interior choices from Russia-based 3d artist Vladimir Bolotkin. With a keen eye for elegant lighting solutions and plush furniture, these interiors are welcoming and clean without skimping on practical concerns like storage and seating.
Nordic Kitchens
It has been said that the kitchen is the heart of the home. It is where people turn in tums of comfort and where families gather throughout the day to eat, and more importantly to spend time together. That’s why a home’s kitchen must be beautiful, comfortable, and above all functional. The kitchens in this . . .
Modern Italian Kitchens From Snaidero
Italian designers Snaidero specialize in kitchens that cater to the needs of home chefs with every detail. Their most recent effort is the Skyline 2.0 collection, specifically intended to work logically with your movements in the kitchen for the ultimate in comfort and efficiency. Of course, we would not be featuring these kitchens on this . . .
Spacious Modern Living Room Interiors
No matter what size a home, the living room is a meeting place. It’s a central location where people can relax, chat, and enjoy each other’s company. The living rooms in this post take that idea to another level but do so in many different ways. From plush furnishings to sleek and simple angles, each . . .
Futuristic Interior Design
Although many designers take great pleasure in drawing on the past, particularly mid-century modern elements and even classical, opulent styles of royalty, it is the designers that reach into the future that are creating the next generation of style. The homes in this post each feature inventive elements that are less science fiction and more . . .
Japanese Minimalist Home Design
We have features Japanese designs on this blog before, but we never cease to be amazed by the way the simplicity of the style can create a calming space. In both of these houses, from the architects at mA-Style, are prime examples of this. Utilizing different levels, angles, and a contrast of open spaces and . . .
Warm Contemporary Interiors
In each of these 3D visualizations, Vietnam-based designed Koj has taken simple elements and put them together to create organized, serene, and beautiful living spaces. From a small, urban apartment to more spacious suburban homes, each reflects a keen eye towards livable, contemporary design.
Small Bedrooms Use Space in a Big Way
While we may all dream of expansive bedrooms with tulle canopies draped over our princess beds and closets the size of houses, modern urban living rarely allows for these kinds of square footage indulgences. Instead, we have to make do with the space we have. Visualized by Artem Lazarev, each of these bedrooms makes up . . .
Bridge House: Home Across A Stream
For some people, the ultimate vacation retreat is a sprawling beach house in a balmy climate. But for true nature lovers, nothing compares to a cabin deep in the mountains where a whole family can relax next to a roaring fire while snow falls outside. This North Carolina cabin, nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains . . .
Transformable Space Saving Kids Rooms
Decorating a kid’s room can always be a challenge. Kids grow up so fast that it is impossible to know what they will like or need next year or even next month. While the rooms in this post can’t predict when your teenager will stop listening to Katy Perry and start dressing like Marilyn Manson, . . .
Stunning 312 square feet (29 sq meter) Micro Apartment
Sometimes it feels a bit like our homes become like fishbowls. The bigger they are, the more stuff we acquire to fill them up. But do we really need all that square footage? The team at 3XA, who designed and built this micro apartment in Wroclaw, Poland would say no. At only 312 square feet . . .
Apartment Design For Pilot & Aviation Enthusiast
Virtually any architect can take an unadorned apartment and create a space that is pretty and modern. But it’s when that designer can draw on the personality and aesthetic preferences of the apartment’s owner that something truly inspired happens. This PoznaÅ„ apartment, from Polish architecture firm mode:lina, took tremendous inspiration from the owner’s love of . . .
Playfully Colorful Interiors
While we love the look of a modern interior with its cool grays and bright whites, it would be difficult to argue that the look is playful. Luckily, designers from Portico Design Group have taken the basic tenets of the mid-century aesthetic and added entirely contemporary blasts of fun color where you would least expect . . .
Beautiful Modern Office Renovation in Stockholm
HSB, which stands for the Swedish translation of “the Savings and Construction Association of the Tenants” is a housing association of tenants and homeowners. The group itself has a large office in Stockholm that houses more than 420 employees, which recently underwent a stunning renovation. The new office, done by pS Arkitektur, is not only . . .
Light and Dark Apartment Design Inspiration
Many modern apartment designs, including those featured on this site, rely on bright neon pops of color to give the rooms a more playful feel. However, there is always something to be said for the more subdued and sophisticated choice of monochromatic design. In the first of these two urban apartments, both photographed by the . . .