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Flawless Modern Design and Spiritual Simplicity

designgid team — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:08:54 +0000

Matryoshka House was designed by Architect David Jameson and is located in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Obeying the unwritten rules of the Matryoshka concept, the house is comprised of series of volumes situated one inside of the other. According to the architects’ description, “at the core, a suspended meditation chamber acts as the physical and spiritual center of the project. The internal energy of the meditation chamber is encapsulated within an open glowing frame. An alternating tread stair engages the participant to deliberately ascend the threshold to the meditation chamber. The meditation chamber is surrounded by a wooden container which encases the living areas of the house. This shell is in turn cradled by stucco walls serving as a protective layer and grounding the house to the earth. The in-between spaces of the nested volumes are strategically sliced to allow the sun to protect lines of light withing.” It is great to see a residence that amazes due to its simplicity and flawless design rather than its impressive dimensions.

The AE House in Mexico

designgid team — Mon, 09 May 2011 08:16:34 +0000

The AE House in Mexico City is an unique building, created in a way that integrates the garden into the house. Designed by Architects from twentyfourseven, this house combines privacy with materiality. Siting on a 8,661 sqf site, this home is a tribute to beauty and offers an alternative to the centralized volumes that are closed and, also, astounding views to the lush vegetation outside. Moreover the house presents itself as a multitude of boxes with enclosed patios. The architects had to keep in mind the importance of natural light and they found the perfect solution, which is floor to ceiling windows. The house is mainly one big, open space that hosts several family rooms, living and dining areas, office, a couple of bedrooms and bathrooms. You can see contemporary furnishings throughout the entire house and lots of wooden sliding doors, which allow a filtering of spatial qualities. With a garden that seems to be inside, this splendid home is a wonderful retreat.

Real Life Up House

designgid team — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:42:39 +0000

Flying house from Pixar’s animated movie “Up” was recreated in real life. Team of engineers constructed basic structure of a house and used 300 balloons to make it fly. The entire experimental aircraft was more than 10 stories high, reached an altitude of over 10,000 feet, and flew for approximately one hour. The project was commissioned by the National Geographic Channel for the “How Hard Can It Be?” TV show.

Majestic Six Bedroom Albatross Residence

designgid team — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 06:42:05 +0000

The Albatross Residence was designed by Bayden Goddard Design Architects and is located in Queensland, Australia. Here is a description from the architects: "The residence successfully achieves its own oasis, by capturing beach-front vista and access whilst maintaining a private yet expansive pool and entertaining core. Entry to the residence is via a recycled timber colonnade and gatehouse that grants covered access to both wings of the house. A glazed hallway wraps the central courtyard on both the ground and first floor giving scenic circulation past the main amenities whilst providing aesthetic flow, traveling the timber stair. Privacy is ensured and natural light is made abundant as the open tread stair is back light entirely by opaque glazing. Louvered glazing has been utilized throughout the home to control ventilation by natural breezes. The internal and external palette of finishes of natural timbers and stone cohesively create a tropical, modern and comfortable ambience's. External finishes of recycled timber, natural stone, and copper allow the property to further develop character over time."
The property was bought in 2009 by poker player Bruce Mathieson, who paid no less than $18 million for the crib.

Water Tower House

designgid team — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:07:07 +0000

It looks anything but modern on the exterior: a tall, dark tower made of stone with slots that look constructed for medieval archers and a turret-like top from which one can picture ancient defenders pouring boiling oil on would-be invaders. The inside of this 1930s water tower-turned-house, however, gleams white and smooth all around – quintessentially modern despite the non-linear walls and minimalist metal spiral staircases, curves that dominate each space within this completely remodeled cylinder. Steel, concrete and glass form the basic material palette used by Zecc in this incredible contemporary home conversion – and these choices do help to transition from the aged rustic style of the preserved facade to the modern interior spaces, but they are nonetheless almost as different as can be.

Modern Pentagonal House

designgid team — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:30:00 +0000

Did you ever thinking about a house with pentagonal landscape? We think this unique house design can make your environment looks different with the others. It is designed by Kazuya Morita Architecture and the site is within a calm village near Nagoya, Japan. Mean while, this pentagonal house concept is focus on the roof and walls so as to form five main structural walls, this five sides will be seen from above and this is the major attraction for the surrounding space. The idea of the roof use a different kind of technology integration, which called as “meta-technology” architecture because it provides a chance at other technologies to improve the design of the roof so that the landscape is even better. This Pentagonal House idea is suitable for anyone, especially for young couples who are looking for a modern house but not leave a classic impression which there is an old Japanese style house their parent lives. Kazuya Morita has offered traditional hipped roof as many neighboring houses has in order to respect for and harmonize with neighboring environment. This characteristic pentagonal geometry of plan was delivered to have the maximum space in this site and adequate open space around it.

Modern Bayview House in Australia

designgid team — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:09:48 +0000

This house designed by Gartner Trovato Architects. Located in Bayview Sydney, Australia. The site is 1.200 sqm with a significant fall from the street. The Bayview House allows for cross ventilation and solar access to all rooms. The upper floor consist of main living spaces. The master suite was built on the middle floor along with some guest rooms and an artists studio, while the lower floor is where all the home entertainment stuff happens. The home interior is largely influenced by the style of modernism. It luxurious in some way with selected furniture. The clean lines and the amazing views of the surrounding landscape is the excellence from the house.

The Raye Street House by Ryan Rhodes Designs

designgid team — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 09:39:17 +0000

Raye Street House is momentarily the name of the imposing house you see in the pictures below. But its construction came with a giant challenge. Ryan Rhodes Designs and Jason Rhodes (Attorney/Principal – JMR Law Group) were the ones to notice the land’s potential and made it so that the home took advantage of its natural surrounding. Located on the top of Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, Washington, this residence was initially a warn-down building before the Rhodes took over in 2006. A large yard is located to the South part of the construction site and the large windows of the house ensure a panoramic view. The Raye Street House is said to be a combination of modern and traditional in matters of architecture.

The Courtyard House by Ripple Design

designgid team — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 09:43:35 +0000

Ripple Design projected a courtyard in the middle of the house that reveals itself as a kind of plaza on a micro-urban scale ideal for relaxing or entertaining. The outside becomes the inside of the house when you open the courtyard doors, that regulate comfort via breezes and heat gain as well as diverse social interactions. The building reduces the ecological footprint thanks to the way in which the house is nestled into the hillside, the thickening of specific walls and ceilings, the exploitation of dense or reflective materials, the solar cells that heat water and create electrical energy, etc. In fact, the house creates all of its own power.

Contemporary Wall House in Seattle by Adams Mohler Ghillino

designgid team — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:43:17 +0000

What do you do if one day you see that the home you’re living in, no longer suits your family’s needs? Most people would probably sell and buy something bigger. But not if you’re architect Adams Mohler Ghillino and if it’s the 810 SF, single-story house in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. Previously a single-story environment, Ghillino has decided to expand the space by adding another level to the house and creating two distinct areas defined by a cedar-clad wood wall. As for the connection between the interior and the exterior, it fades away by using slide-fold doors. Lots of painted cement fiber siding, tight knot cedar plank feature wall, plywood soffits, aluminum windows and a Zincalume sheet metal roofing, have lead to a real piece of art.