Evan Williams and Biz Stone, co-founders of Twitter, the fashionable microblogging site that is creating quite a buzz of late, have recently listed their homes for sale. Biz had some success with the sale while Evan’s home is still on the market. Biz Stone’s two bedroom house was listed at $600,000 and Evan William’s penthouse . . .
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.
Sensational White Modern Home
The home is from Sao Paulo, Brazil and is designed by Marcio Kogan on a 1700 square meter area that encloses 700 square meters of living space on its two floors. Italian windows help maintain transparency, giving a magnificent view of the pool and the garden while doubling up as walls as well. Having been . . .
Beachside villa with a stunning view
Situated in the Bukit Peninsula on the southern cliff of Bali, Indonesia, this beachside villa is built as an ecologically sustainable edifice. With locally available materials like coconut and bamboo timbers, this lodge was constructed keeping the topography of the area in mind, to avoid drastic construction procedures. Rainwater harvesting, recycling water, naturally vented public . . .
Bomb shelter house designs!
You may have thought of living in luxurious homes that cost millions, but never in your worst nightmare would you have imagined staying in the houses shown below! You were probably told when you were young as to what was to be done in case a natural disaster struck your area. But did anyone ever . . .
Luxury Villa Overlooking the Ocean
Luxury comes at a price but when it comes with astounding, breathtaking view on all sides, it becomes hard to resist. Designed by architect Julia Palmer, this villa in Mallorca has a 180 degree view of the bay outside and a Mediterranean theme to go with it. Built on land that receives plenty of natural . . .
Live in Falling Water, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Masterpiece
Recognized as ‘the greatest American architect of all times’, Frank Lloyd Wright was an acclaimed writer, educator, interior designer and an architect. While he worked on various designs for schools, hotels, museums, churches and offices, he also promoted organic architecture and was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture. An architect who worked . . .
Clingstone House: A Home On an Island!
This house on an island looks straight out of a fairy tale. And 79 year old Boston Architect Henry Wood gets to call it his home. In 1961, Wood and his then wife, Joan bought the island home for a mere $3,600. Situated on Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay in US, the house was built by . . .
Stunning 3D House Render
My first (and only) reaction after seeing this photorealistic house render by Alessandro Prodan is of sheer reverence. For anyone who has tried his hand at Maya and MentalRay would know how tough it is to get things right. But *this* is beyond getting it right, Alessandro’s render of this surreal house in the woods . . .
More 3D House Walkthroughs
I thought I would share with you a few interesting 3D walkthroughs I found on YouTube today. For those of you who are reading this through email, you would need to visit the following link for viewing it: https://www.home-designing.com/2009/09/more-3d-house-walkthroughs
House That Looks Like Hobbit’s Home from LOTR
Bearing a striking resemblance to Bilbo Baggins’ house from The Lord of the Rings, here is a low impact, woodland house built in perfect harmony with nature and the environment. Simon, the owner of this house, moved in four months after the first brick was laid. Having put in a modest investment of about Rs.2.5 . . .
Sachin Tendulkar’s New (Snail Shaped) Shell House Email Hoax
An email forward is doing the rounds in India claiming to carry with it pictures of the residence of the country’s most beloved cricket star, Sachin Tendulkar. However, a quick search on the topic has proven the email to be a farce. The house is not in India but is actually, on the other side . . .
Cute Space Saving House In Tokyo
‘Less is more’ and that is the new mantra! For those who need proof, here is ‘Reflection of the Mineral’, a house built in downtown Nakano, a ward in Tokyo which is roughly just 480 square foot in size. What stands out in this house designed by Yasuhiro Yamashita, is the successful usage of modern . . .
House on a Cliff!
Imagine waking up to a tender blue sky with sunshine radiating through the clouds and the smell of fresh grass and tress wafting through your windows. The need for a masseuse evaporates into thin air as the senses in your body are caressed and rejuvenated. Every tensed muscle goes back in shape and every sore . . .
Nightfox’s Villa in Ocean’s Twelve
I recently got to see Ocean’s Twelve again and this time I seriously decided to pursue an aspect of the movie that intrigued me so much the first time I saw it. Remember the Francois Toulour’s (aka Nightfox, the ace french thief) stunning residence they show somewhere in the middle of the movie? I have . . .
Julianne Moore’s Home in New York
American actress Julianne Moore (remember movies like The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Far From Heaven, The Hours ? ) has won many accolades throughout her career for her superb acting skills which include nominations for the Oscar, Golden Globe, and the Screen Actors Guild Award. But it seems acting is just one of her talents. . . .
Beautiful Scandinavian Home
White is often preferred by people for its clean, fresh and crisp ambiance. Though it is often difficult to find furniture pieces that totally go with the color, Daniel Bergman and his partner Niklas Hansen have done a wonderful job on this beautiful scandinavian home. By having personally decorated the house with accessories of warm . . .
Stunning Beach House by Pete Bossley
The Okitu House designed by Pete Bossley is resides in a location that people dream about. This beach beauty is located on a ridge above the east coast with spectacular views from Poverty Bay right round to Tatapouri Point in New Zealand. It’s not just the balcony, it is really quite hard to find a . . .
Serene Home in the Forest
The city of Turin is a nerve center for culture and business in Italy. It houses the headquarters of automotive giants like Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo and is even referred to as the automobile capital of the country. Our story today is about a home here, but it is far away from the city’s busy . . .
Spectacular Home in Hollywood: Nightingale House
How would it feel to lie in a pool overlooking the cityscape in Hollywood, while enjoying your favorite movie projected on the walls of your house? Have about 86 crore rupees ($18 Million) ready, drop a mail here and you will get to know. :) Though this is not the first time that we have . . .
Klein Bottle House, Australia
It is easier than ever to ‘think outside the box’ for architects these days. With the use of technology (CAD), it is now easier to efficiently describe more complex shapes and spaces and communicate these to the build. In mathematics, the Klein bottle is a certain non-orientable surface, i.e., a surface (a two-dimensional manifold) with . . .
Beautiful Cliffside Villa
There may have been times when we have drove past luxurious bungalows and beautiful villas and wished our dream homes to be similar or close to it. Here we take you through a tour of one such beautiful, modernist cliff side villa designed by Foster+Partners.The villa is situated on a steep site overlooking the Mediterranean . . .