Are you willing to shell out $25,000,000 for a house? If so, this is what you could gun for. Sprawled on 11,000 square feet, the Razor house commands mind-boggling views of sea and nature. Designed by Wallace E. Cunningham, (one of AD top 100), the house sports 4 bedrooms, 6 baths, a fabulous two level . . .
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.
Ashton Kutcher lists his first Hollywood Hills Home
Hollywood celebrity Ashton Kutcher is selling the home he bought during ‘That 70’s show’. Originally acquired at $1 Million, the home has undergone some extensive expansion and renovation since then and is listed at $2.6 Million (Rs.11.7 crores). The 3255 sq feet house includes 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths and a beautiful hot tub spa + . . .
The Stunning ‘Glass Pavilion’ by Architect Steve Hermann
This just hit our inbox. The format of the email was quite familiar – ‘Home of <insert favorite celebrity name here>’. Yes, we have had our share of these before and it didn’t take us too long to find the original whereabouts of this home either. This modern marvel is the magnum opus of California . . .
Small Space Living
We have a thing for small spaces. Having featured small space solutions for houses (remember the 344 sqft & 480 sqft ones?) which can barely boast of any area to play around with, we are back again with a new gem from Portugal which puts its 474 sqft area to maximum use. Designed by Consexto . . .
A Super Stylish Small Space Apartment
‘The Inhabited Fold” is what its makers would like to call it. We would call it a peek into a new way of life. Made to showcase a vision of what the future might hold, Whirlpool gives the onlookers several chances to gasp for comfort. But the nonconformist design wont let you. A white geometrical structure runs . . .
House with stunning views in Cape Town, South Africa
Unusual architecture:check; Seemingly impossible location:check; Rim flow swimming pools: double check. If this stunning 7 bedroom villa commanding a 270 degree view of mountain, downtown and ocean doesn’t generate E-N-V-Y from you we don’t know what would. Designed and furnished by Stefan Antoni Architects this little gem in Cape Town comes with Poggenpohl kitchens, top . . .
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Movie Home
This property, made famous by the movie ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’, was designed by architects A. James Speyer and David Haid in 1953, and has recently been put on the market for $1.65 million. If storing your cars in style is high on your list of priorities then this may be the house for you. . . .
Luxury Italian Villa for Rental
Law of attraction believers, you might want to pin this up. This palace of a luxury villa is located at the heart of a 2700 acre private estate on Tuscany border in Italy. The owner, Count Antonio Bolza, specializes in refurbishing isolated buildings spread across the estate which he then markets them to premier clients. . . .
An Art Enthusiast’s Home
Russian artist and art theorist, Vasily Kandinsky once described the color white as “a great silence that shrouds its life from our understanding…not a dead silence but one pregnant with possibilities”. He lived generations ago, but we feel that this contemporary villa by Beel and Achtergael Architects would have befitted a true art enthusiast like . . .
A Modern Eclectic House Tour
Who doesn’t like touring a cool house? Check out these fabulous images of a beautiful eclectic home in London photographed by 1st Option agency. Aside from the lovely job they did photographing this delightful space, its pretty clear that this is not your typical cookie cutter home! The family has personalized every space with a . . .
3D Interior Design Inspiration
We came across an Israel based studio that visualizes and renders fabulous images of interiors and exteriors using 3d rendering software. One of the challenges put before the firm was to visualize this Eco-Golf House that blurs the borders between its interiors and exteriors. The project brief also required them to create the dense vegetation . . .
Super Thin Apartment in Tokyo
This Japanese architectural firm did wonders for the views of this single family home in the outskirts of Tokyo’s metropolis. Now the exterior of this home may look like a flat screen television on steroids but the intent was to set the house back from being too close to the street on its very small . . .
Fairy Tale Cottages
Okay here is something different. Cottages houses like what we feature today have been romanticized since the early fairy tales of Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel and have a way of infinitely reminding us of gingerbread houses, and cookies, and sugar! What makes a cottage so distinctive from other small homes is . . .
Glass Facade Reveals Architecturally Sculpted Home
This urban modern house was designed by Bassam el Okeily and Karla Menten in Bilzen, Belgium. The architects did an amazing job bringing a transparent mysteriousness to the facade of this home which is made entirely of glass and behind it layered and protruding angles, cut outs for the two balconies. Their philosophy is rooted . . .
A Shadow Box of a Green Home
Don’t we all just love serene homes within forests? This very small green home was designed by Mutsue Hayakusa who specializes in green architecture by creating beautiful “cell spaces” and making very small homes comfortably functional and efficient. This project was quite interesting for its desolate location and design concept with it’s architectural play on . . .
Carriage House takes on a Marvelous Renovation
New York City’s prime real estate brings us a newly renovated Carriage House in downtown Manhattan that is now on the market for your drooling pleasure. It took 2 years to complete the major overhaul and now the entire rear wall of this building is dressed in glass walls and provides marvelous views from each . . .
A Massive Vacation Home in the Jungles of Costa Rica
Private luxury resorts are no longer a thing exclusive to the rich and famous. Now it’s not uncommon for families to go on retreats and host destination reunions in the middle of these remotely enchanting locations. On the outskirts of this Costa Rican jungle, sits a 6,500 sq. foot 5-star luxury vacation home with a . . .
The World’s Most Expensive Home Is Ready for its Owner
‘Mansion’ is not the word but perhaps there shouldn’t be one to describe an entire high-rise building designed as a single family home. The owner Mukesh Ambani is the richest man in India and chairman to the country’s largest private sector company. His 1 billion dollar home took 7 years to complete and now stands . . .
Paradise in Germany: A Modern Minimalist Dream House
This minimalist white home is indeed a reflection of clean, pure and serene environment, but what makes it luxurious are the materials and technology with which each edifice is constructed. Apparently, splashes of abstract color sparsely strewn here and there are enough to satisfy a modern palette. The clean-lined architecture and simple landscape at this . . .
Amazing House Built Across a River
This rustic retreat was built right in the heart of Three Rivers, California near the entrance to Sequoia National Park where the enchantment of wildlife sightings runs wild. What also happens to run wild is the river that flows under this home, something that has never been done before or ever since! Kaweah Falls was . . .
The World’s Most Expensive Penthouse ($305 Million)
There’s word going around that the world’s most expensive penthouse has just been snapped up by an unnamed Arab Sheik for a whooping $305 million. This 2 story penthouse, which is located in Monaco, includes a full height library, infinity pool, secure panic room with surveillance cameras, cinema rooms and every other conceivable symbol of . . .