Vardas House by Vardas Studio in Cyprus

Vardas House by Vardas Studio in Cyprus

This house has characteristic as purity in materials and forms. The idea of this house is nothing to hide, so Vardas Studio produce a ‘brutal’ raw building. it reveals itself to the outside world that it stands bold without any fear. The deliberate use of one material gives a greater imposition to the above concept. [...]

December 23rd, 2009In Home Design Ideas

Paraty House by Studio MK 27 in Brazil

Paraty House by Studio MK 27 in Brazil

In Brazil, there a legend which says that the region of the colonial city of Paraty and Angra dos Reis has 365 islands, , one for each day of the year. Two boxes of reinforced concrete and two modern prisms between the large colossal stones of the Brazilian coast. The house, of [...]

December 23rd, 2009In Home Design Ideas

Osler House by Studio MK2 in Brazil

Osler House by Studio MK2 in Brazil

Studio MK2 has success to complete this residence which is located at the edge of Brasilia’s pilot plan, at the tip of one of Paranoá Lake estuaries. This house is modern architecture and starting from a contemporary re-reading of the building materials and techniques.
The plan of the Osler house is structured by a ground floor [...]

December 23rd, 2009In Home Design Ideas

Shah’s Residence by Sunil Patil and Associates In India

Shah’s Residence by Sunil Patil and Associates In India

Sunil Patil and Associates has designed a home from industrialist couple with a flair for painting  in Solapur India. This residence is home, gallery, and studio rolled into one. Their love for art led to the realisation of the core element of this house, The Wall. The concept of this residence is consisting of wall [...]

December 23rd, 2009In Home Design Ideas

Sustainable Building Blocks Homes by FORT Architect in Canada

Sustainable Building Blocks Homes by FORT Architect in Canada

Building Blocks Homes by FORT Architect inc. that opened to the public on April 22, 2009 is sustainable home designs that was designed to get solution from the challenge to design a new housing prototype to the suburbs. The Building Blocks Homes that located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, consists of 26 modular blocks, from A [...]

December 18th, 2009In Sustainable Home Design

Sustainable Design Sime Darby Idea House by Broadway Malyan in Malaysia

Sustainable Design Sime Darby Idea House by Broadway Malyan in Malaysia

The Sime Darby Idea House is a sustainable home design for the ‘green consumer’. The green consumer’s environmental, social and economic consciousness is manifest in the green buildings that they buy or rent. In adopting a more sustainable approach to design, developers are not only satisfying their own corporate social responsibilities in the preservation of [...]

December 15th, 2009In Home Design Ideas, Sustainable Home Design

Green Building Concept 100K House by Interface Studio Architects in Philadelphia

Green Building Concept 100K House by Interface Studio Architects in Philadelphia

This green building called 100K House, a urban infill houses and LEED for Homes Platinum is located in Philadelphia and was designed by ISA, Interface Studio Architects. Interface Studio Architects has conceived four versions of the 100K House thus far. Three of the quartet are intended to fit a typical 16-foot-wide Philadelphia lot, and they [...]

December 14th, 2009In Green Home, House Award

CO2-Saver Sustainable house by Peter Kuczia in Poland

CO2-Saver Sustainable house by Peter Kuczia in Poland

The CO2-Saver house, a single family house was designed by architect Peter Kuczia is simple, very cost-effective, modern and sustainable house design. Like a chameleon, the CO2-Saver Sustainable house is blends with its surrounding area on Laka Lake in Upper Silesia, Poland. The Colorful planks within the timber exterior facade of the green house reflect [...]

December 8th, 2009In Green Home, Sustainable Home Design

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Bamboo Forest House by ROEWUarchitecuture in Taiwan

February 19th, 2009 - Posted in Home Design Ideas
Bamboo Forest House by ROEWUarchitecuture in Taiwan

The Bamboo Forest House is a vacation house that located in Ilan, Taiwan and was designed by architect ROEWUarchitecuture for an extended family in Eastern Taiwan. In Taiwan, security for the building’s occupants is generally provided by adding metal enclosure to every window. But here is where the ROEWUarchitecuture came up with an interesting concept: [...]