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Court & Corten House is Inspired by the Simple Shapes of 1920’s Bungalows

October 27, 2015 / Contemporary Houses

Court & Corten House is a single-family home recently completed by Charles Di Piazza Architecture. The house is located in Austin, Texas, USA.

Graaf Jansdijk House / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

October 27, 2015 / Contemporary Houses, Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Graaf Jansdijk House is a single-family residence designed by Brugge-based Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects. Description by Govaert & Vanhoutte: In the 9th century, the Graafjansdijk (dike) protected parts of France and Belgium against the storm tides from the North Sea and the Western part of the river Schelde. Currently only a short strip of this dike

Grandview House in Manhattan Beach / ras-a studio

October 23, 2015 / Contemporary Houses, ras-a studio

Project: Grandview House Architects: ras-a studio Structural Engineering: Eric McCullum General Contractor: Dave Valenzuela Location: Manhattan Beach, California Photography: Chang Kyun Kim Grandview House is a family home designed by ras-a studio, located in Manhattan Beach. Description by Ras-A: The Grandview House is located in the Los Angeles coastal city of Manhattan Beach, California. Having

Kawagoe House is a Spacious Room Under a Large Gabled Roof

October 21, 2015 / Contemporary Houses

Tokyo-based Tailored Design Lab. have designed Kawagoe house, a wood frame house. An active family, who loves gardening and playing outdoors, encountered a plot of land in a rural landscape located 20 minutes away from the city-center by car.

Stately House with Traditional Architectural Forms and Modern Interiors

October 19, 2015 / Contemporary Houses, Searl Lamaster Howe Architects

This just finished house for a newlywed couple represents a melding of cultures, time periods, materials and ideas about defining space. Housed within a historic district bordering Evanston’s city center, the stucco clad house presents a spare yet stately street face which is contrasted with the more informal and private courtyard that the house wraps around.

CASK House Celebrates the “Imperfect” Qualities of Handmade Structures

October 19, 2015 / Atmosphere Design Build, Renovation Projects

The CASK house opens to the south and sits close to grade minimizing the inside-outside transition. Covered terraces and porches provide the appropriate solar shading and expand the living area for the modest house during the many seasonable Northern California months.