Discover contemporary houses that epitomize modern design, innovative architecture, and sustainable living. This category showcases a wide range of stylish homes with cutting-edge features and aesthetic appeal, perfect for architects, designers, and homeowners looking for the latest trends in contemporary residential design.
Situated on the edge of a heavily forested park in West Vancouver, this house from the early 80s was stripped to the studs and renovated. The existing structure of the home remained largely intact — old windows were replaced with thermally efficient ones — but openings remained as they were.
The FGMF office signs the architecture and interior design of Colina House, a residence located at Fazenda Boa Vista, in Porto Feliz, in the interior of São Paulo. The result is a format resembling the letter “c”, which allows visual contact with all the ground floor environments of the residence.
Located in Vancouver’s westside on an east-west oriented site, the Yield House was designed for a family and their desire for hosting multiple family guests throughout the year.
The MJE House is located on a steep slope, dialoguing with the spectacular view of the horizon, lake, and surrounding mountain landscape. Seeking to occupy the land horizontally, we started from the creation of an architecture with only one floor, which subtly interacted with the existing landscape.
Project: Turramurra Threads House Architects: Benn & Penna Architecture Team: Andrew Benn, Rachel Allsop, Tyla Venish Landscape Architect: Landart Builder: Corvus Primesite Structural Engineer: SDA Structures Location: Turramurra, Australia Area: 310 m² Year: 2022 Photo credits: Katherine Lu, Tom Ferguson Text by Benn & Penna Architecture Located in Turramurra NSW, amidst a plethora of existing
The Northern Exposure House overlooks the Hula Valley views and a breathtaking view of the Naftali and Hermon mountains is exposed in all its glory from the balcony.
This 45-ft-wide property on Vancouver’s Point Grey Rd already had a 17-ft-wide house on it when the client approached the architects. His request: renovate the complex, existing structure while adding a new extension with simple, open volumes.
The design of the Bernanung House was to rearrange all the user’s activity during the day and cycle it into as a loop within a giant roof hovering above it. Atrium as the center of the houses acted both as a visual direction and wind chimney to ensure a cross and stacked effect for natural ventilation.
