What are the Characteristics of Modern House?
Modern family houses prioritize accommodation, flexibility, sustainability, and multifunctional space. These houses offer a harmonious mixture of contemporary design and functional innovation.
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Horizon Villa Overlooking the Atlantic Seaboard in Bantry Bay, South Africa
Overlooking the Atlantic Seaboard in Bantry Bay, Horizon Villa boasts the perfect balance between luxury and comfort. The property had an existing house, which totally under-utilized the site’s fantastic characteristics.
Stuart Silk Architects Designs Selah Residence, a Modern Stone Farmhouse
This four-bedroom residence, situated high on a plateau in the arid landscape of eastern Washington, offers sweeping views across the agricultural valley to the Cascade Mountains and provides a dramatic backdrop to the apple orchards below.
Enchanted Point Residence, Miami / SDH Studio
Nestled on a magnificent radial lot surrounded by over 200 feet of water, the Enchanted Point Residence was conceived as an iconic, multilayered structure that embraces the water while creating a path through the different spaces of the home.
Family Home and Office on the Banks of Lake Geneva
This family home and office on the banks of Lake Geneva, with architecture by SAOTA and interiors by ARRCC, was designed for a successful Senegalese businessman based in Switzerland. The home draws on the owner’s heritage to advance an emerging African‐inspired aesthetic in its sculptural form, materiality, and textural quality.
Phelps Residence, Huntington Beach / Assembledge+
Located steps from the waterways of Huntington Harbor, California, Phelps Residence is a remodel of a regional mid-century house, developed in the 1960s along with the rest of the Harbor neighborhood.
C House, Kuala Lumpur / Design Collective Architects
The project is built over 2 plots of land located in the affluent and matured residential enclave of Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur. The average residential plot in the area has a lot size of 600m2 with a standard double-storey house built in the 1980s. The houses were of a small built up and generic.
C5 Residence, Brazil / Martin Arquitetura + Engenharia
In the C5 Residence, the users’ choices and preferences configure the personality and functionality of this home. The main residents, a 9-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy, when asked what they would like the new house, were quick to say, “We want a garden to play with!”
Santa Monica Family Home Connected to Gardens and Areas for Contemplation
This modern family practices togetherness, not hanging out in separate rooms. The architects’ assignment was to design an appealing centralized habitat for all members of the household to use and enjoy.
Casa Terrazas, Chihuahua, Mexico / Garza Maya Arquitectos
Casa Terrazas is located west of the city of Chihuahua, in a subdivision on a hill, on a south facing plot. The clients were looking for a concept in which the views of the city would be used to the maximum while at the same time avoiding direct sunlight in summer
Avenues Residence in Salt Lake City / Jacoby Architects
Jacoby Architects designed this remodel and addition of an existing structure for close friends. The modern residential design is perched on the upper ledge of City Creek Canyon with views spanning up the canyon and out to the Great Salt Lake.
Pemberton Place Residence in Old West Austin / Matt Garcia Design
The Pemberton Place residence nestles among large heritage oak trees on a rare one-acre lot in West Austin. Set back from the street along the edge of a bluff, this modern treehouse provides spectacular views across pease district park to the state capitol and downtown.