When designing a spacious home in the suburbs of Sao Paulo, the Brazilian architect from the architectural office Studio MK27 remained faithful to refined minimalism and a refined play of natural materials.
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If you've always wanted to put yourself in the shoes of lovely Holly Golightly, the heroine of Breakfast at Tiffany's, now you can. A house on the Upper East Side, where one of the greatest film classics was filmed, is for sale for a dizzying 8 million dollars.
We have selected 5 of the most beautiful small winter cottages, which, to our surprise and perhaps yours, offer a surprising amount of comfort. For the whole family! So check where you will spend your winter holidays this year...
On the Croatian island of Krk, the local architectural office Turato Architecture completed the upgrade of the modern summer residence Gumno, which, as an exceptional vantage point, is perfect for observing the beautiful surrounding nature.
In September, Swedish programmer Markus "Notch" Persson became obscenely rich. His computer game Minecraft was bought by Microsoft for 1.93 billion. In December, however, he became the owner of a megavilla in Beverly Hills, California, which Beyoncé and Jay Z were able to view. Among the rappers, only Dr. could compete with the Swede. Dre, who, like Persson, made an outrageous fortune selling Beats by Dr Dre headphones.
Living in a houseboat on the water can be quite elegant. And also "sexy". We can get that incomparable feeling of freedom, away from the hustle and bustle of the city. We've put together a selection of twelve houses on the water that you certainly wouldn't want to miss.
The desert, unrelenting and harsh, is certainly not the place you imagine your dream home to be. Bev Doolittle and her husband imagine it differently, who decided to buy four acres of dry land and rock outside California's Joshua Tree National Park and build The Desert House, one of the most stunning and unique pieces of residential architecture we've ever seen. It was for sale a few days ago, today it is sold.
While winter is relentlessly knocking on our doors, the presence of the sun's rays is becoming an increasingly valuable commodity and an even more important factor for our good mood. Although the power of sunlight on mood has been documented, not much time has been devoted to research on home design that maximizes the power of natural light, especially for health benefits. The Photon Space is a modular construction of residential architecture, designed specifically to allow more access to natural light, while providing instant privacy at the touch of a switch.
Close to the Spanish Valencia stands the minimalistic designed Casa Balint - a house that hides a game of geometry, light and shadow in its design. With this project, the architectural studio Fran Silvestre Arquitectos wanted to bring some urban art to the green surroundings of the golf course.
A luxury holiday home in Australia, which seems to "float" above the sea, is the architectural child of the Australian bureau F2 Architecture. The luxury residence, which can also be rented, is characterized by an exceptional play of perspective and unconditional elegance.
Dom'Up is a portable tree house. Yes, you read that right and yes, your childhood dream of living among the treetops has come true. Forget about frantically searching for a place in the campsite, there will always be plenty of space a few meters above the ground. All you need is a few stronger trees and around 25 thousand euros to afford it.
At the interior design fair Design Show 2015, the innovative and above all functional concept Cubitat stood out among the houses - a house that is essentially a cube. The house-cube with integrated elements that meet all the needs of modern living was created according to the idea of the Urban Capital architecture office and the Italian designer Luca Nichetta.