Design of modern wooden Japanese house

 Design of modern wooden Japanese house use locally grown cedar and cypress. Big glass-walls floods the house with lots of natural light, which illuminate the main living area including the dining and kitchen area.

Architects: Yoshinobu Kagiyama, Seiichi Kubo, Mine Muratsuji, Archivi Architects & Associates
Photo: Yutaka Kinumaki

Design of modern wooden Japanese house

Unusual concrete home, Germany

This unusual concrete home (Germany) is undoubtedly out of this world. Living spaces spreads across four levels, providing privacy but are open to one another.

Architects: Architects Brauning

Unusual concrete home, Germany

Lake house in Holland

This contemporary lake house in Holland designed by architect Paul de Ruiter for an art-collecting couple. Situated on Lake Westeinderplas, the house has glass-enclosed ground level and contrasting wood facade top level.

photo: Pieter Kers

Lake house in Holland

Rustic house design on Lake Como, Italy

This amazing countryside house on Lake Como built into a slope, grounded in a stone, heavy design. This stone house has very warm qualities, which incorporate exposed limestone and concrete with exposed ceiling beams and natural wood for a rustic look.

Architect: Arturo Montanelli

Rustic house design on Lake Como, Italy

Luxury penthouse apartment interior, San Francisco, California, USA

This luxury penthouse apartment in San Francisco, USA, designed by California architect Craig Steely has a stunning interior. Open-concept space provides privacy, but lets you appreciate its thoughtful and impeccable detail. We love eco-friendly natural materials in the ultra-modern elements, in the urban chic environment. From the delicious bathroom and wood kitchen, the richly finished walnut floors, and to the floor-to-ceiling glass the flood every place in the luxury penthouse apartment with natural light.

Architect: Craig Steely

Luxury penthouse apartment interior, San Francisco, California, USA

Eco-friendly house with solar panels, Madrid, Spain

Energy producing eco-friendly houses are growing in numbers, with concerns for the environment and rising energy prices, we can see why. Fab Lab House blends sustainable features with extraordinary aesthetics and comforts. This off-the-grid home produces more energy than consumes – a house using readily accessible building materials that was designed to be applied almost anywhere in the world. The timber house plan is made using laser-cut plywood, is prefabricated and assembled on location, that minimizing site impact. Solar panels adhere to the structure’s curved roof to maximize the sun’s potential.

Architects: IAAC

Eco-friendly house with solar panels, Madrid, Spain