This week, we bring you the work of Israeli Architect, Ando-Studio, with their penthouse masterpiece in Tel Aviv, Israel. Note the brick floor finish, the very understated colors (mostly beige, brown and white), and the use of plush in some furniture and rugs. Also not to be ignored are the magnificent glass-paneled doors of the . . .
Category: House Tours
The posts in this section give a complete round up of great homes and try to include imagery from every possible room in the home.
Beautiful Architecture: House with Pool in Johannesburg
This modern, stunning house, almost virtually built into the ground below it and the trees around it, is located in beautiful Johannesburg, South Africa, and was rendered by Nico van der Meulen Architects . The interiors were designed by M Square Lifestyle Design.
Basketball Court Converted to Fantastic Home
The very first YMCA in the U.S. got a face-lift, after “The Apartment” designers completely converted its 7,000 square foot, basketball court and running track into a 5-bedroom luxury apartment. The result is a behemoth-sized, minimalist, but colorfully-decorated residence, that still retains some of the elements of a basketball court (such as the court floors . . .
The World’s Narrowest House [is 60 inches wide]
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Architect Jakub Szczesny has laid out design concepts to fill in a small crack between an old tenement building and tower building in Warsaw, Poland with plans to erect the world’s narrowest house, which will be 60 inches in width. Talented Israeli writer Etgar Keret is a symbolic patron of the project and he will . . .
Loft Design
The idea of loft living has become appealing and desirable to increasing numbers of young people, worldwide. To begin with, what really is a loft? The standard English dictionary defines it as “a large, usually un-partitioned floor over a factory, warehouse, or other industrial space.” It is indeed like a large studio, with no separation . . .
A Peninsula House on Lake Austin, Texas
What do you get when you combine a contemporary design studio like Bercy Chen Studio with a traditional, 1980’s lakehouse right on Lake Austin? A spectacular vacation home with breathtaking views, that includes the best of both worlds–that is the comforts of a traditional lakehouse with the relaxing powers of modern design. The original home . . .
Futuristic Black and White Apartment
This unique black and white apartment, from company Geometrix may be a design option for some who love the futuristic style and may bring to mind spaceships. The apartment, with its overwhelming white glossy finishes (not only on the floors, but also the ceilings and walls), is like a protective cocoon, airtight, sealed, and compactly . . .
Wooden Interior Design
It is not the first time we are featuring the work of designer Marc Canut. Generous wood accents are what define this particular series and here, Canut shows us how versatile and beautiful wood can be. Wood has always been one of our most oft used materials both in architecture and interior design. It is . . .
Victor Canas’ Costa Rican Getaway House
Listen to the waves break below as you sit on your pool deck from this amazing, 4,500 square foot house. “I’ve rarely worked with a site as dramatic as this,” said Victor Cañas of the site of this stunning house, set inside a cliff overlooking the Costa Rican waters of the Guanacaste province. “The location . . .
Inspiring Interior Designs by P&M Studio
P&M Studios mesh quaint and modern elements in their designs to create striking yet welcoming interior spaces. By combining beautiful wooden touches with largely white furniture and walls, P&M Studio is, if we may, the Alexander McQueen of interior visualization.
A Beautiful High-Tech Home
Are fully automated high-tech homes our future? Builder and CEO Frank VaFaee’s team of engineers and architects collaborated to create a truly innovative, modern house that is not only eco-friendly but also has a leg up on traditional houses in terms of spaciousness, life span, maintenance level, and ability to upgrade. Much of the appliances . . .
“Limitless” Movie Villa
You may remember Bradley Cooper partying it up in this serenely beautiful villa in a scene from “Limitless.” That perception is not too far off, for this villa has become a popular staple for a truly romantic and dramatic, Mexican beach wedding. Located in beautiful Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Casa China Blanca, with its modern and . . .
A Stunning House That Blurs the Interior-Exterior Divide
Designer and architect Fernanda Marques describes, in a nutshell, her inspiration for this very unique, 1-story, 250 square meter house: “Being inside feeling like one is outside. I believe that to be a key issue in understanding the interior design being produced today. In times when environmental awareness is growing, and, of course, also the . . .
Portuguese House Reveals Multiple Meanings
This vacation home came about as a result of a competition between three offices. Its official designer was Pedro Reis. This subtle two-story centers around the kitchen, in concurrence with the trend all over the West. Its program is divided into two, intersecting spaces: half is reserved for service and private areas; the other is . . .
Stunning Home in Hollywood Hills
Its asking price of $10 million holds a bit of contention amongst Hollywood area real estate junkies, but a few photos of this listed West Hollywood house offer a clue as to why. Savor the vast great room plan, three bedrooms, airiness and walkability. It also features a media room for those screening their own . . .
Rainbow House: House of Fun in London
Among some people, the inner child screams for release. Such people might live in London’s Rainbow Home, designed by Ab Rogers Design in collaboration with DA Studio. The project presents an other worldly cartoon-like feel made for those young at heart. Bibulous colors and designs compete with oversized furniture and an indoor playground for attention . . .
Unconventional House: VMX’s Minimalism Marries Ruralism
It’s not warm. It’s not inviting. And to a novice its aesthetics wouldn’t likely be considered attractive. The Sodae house by VMX Architects bears a vast floor plan that opens more like an urban loft than an island house. Some might see the Eastern European or Russian Communist austerity in its facade. The house was . . .
Japanese House in the Forest (Visualized)
Here is a neat little structure rendered by Israel based designers Ando Studio for TNA Architecture. The house set in a forest environment looks like the perfect kind of place to move in if you are planning to escape the noisy city life. We at Home Designing are big fans of these type of houses . . .
Vastu House
Bangalore-based Indian architecture firm Khosla Associates possesses an uncanny ability to forge high-contemporary composition with traditional Indian methods. One such recently completed project incorporates the 5000-year-old Indian design practice called Vastu. Vastu might be likened to feng shui. This design theory is no trend, however. It originated from sacred Hindu texts known as the Vedas . . .
Scandinavian Houses: Video Walkthroughs
We have all seen them. Those pretty little houses from Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway & Sweden in case you didn’t know) with milky white interiors that always seem to look awesome in images. We ourselves have been guilty of featuring them here over and over again and still continue to do so! But what makes this . . .
Safe House: The Brilliant ‘Transformer’ House That Can Become a Fort
If you have always been a fan of open house layouts and the security issue was the only thing holding you back have a look at this concept from architects KWK Promes. With the mere press of a button the open architecture transforms the house into an impenetrable concrete cube designed keep its inhabitants safe. . . .