Palabritas Beach home by Metropolis architect

modern beach home

Completed in December 2009 for a total budget of $250,000, this 2,475 square foot contemporary home is located in the Palabritas Beach, Lima, Peru.

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Modern house architecture | The JustK Project

Some homes you see create a sense of wonder and inspiration. This striking home was conceived with a passive energy system, sustainable building materials, and a limited budget.

LIVE AND WORK LOFT SPACE BY TRIA STUDIO

 Located on the Northern foothills of the hill Golovec, Slovenia this cluster of four houses designed by Tria Studio were originally part of a traditional barn that has been converted to accommodate the needs of an office space as well as spacious loft spaces with an amazing views of the Alps.

Covered with a modern two-story brick house

Formed as two storey family house, this modern house has attractive rooftop design. Thank to the unique rooftop design, so the owner has maximum space for public area. From the street, this house is so captivating, the curved rooftop that made by steel frame construction-dress the building entirely.

Inspired by the Structure of Mineral Rock Salt cube nacl home

NaCl house was designed by Architect David Jameson and is located in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. The massive contemporary residence displays a homogeneous white color palette, contrasting the natural surroundings. Here is a description from the architects: “Breaking the prescriptive mold of horizontally layered homes, NaCl House aspires to render unclear the spatial organization of the project and explore an architecture of ambiguous scale.

XV house by architecture firm RS+

The building is located near the old town of Cracow, in the calm district of detached houses, on the hill with beautiful view of Wawel and the mountains. The investor’s idea was that the house should be as high as possible because of the beautiful view, and preserve spatial relations between all floors with the largest as possible opening of the space.

Modern Architectural Home by Austrian Architecture Firm - unusual folded design

 Created for a couple of professional actors who, apart from wanting a modern architectural work of art, also wanted a home with a connection to its surroundings, Vienna-based architecture firm Xarchitekten designed Folded House in Wienerwald, Austria.

Contemporary Architecture Poliform, New Flagship Store in Bahrain

Italian furniture manufacturer Poliform have recently opened a new flagship store in Bahrain. Poliform has celebrated the recent opening of the new flagship store in Bahrain, giving evidence to the consolidated roots of the brand in the Arabian market.

HOUSE N BY SHARON NEUMAN ARCHITECTS & ODED STERN MEIRAZ

"A tall brick painted wall in a traditional shape of a house, together with an attached outdoor chimney, provide the needed privacy the clients requested towards the front, and contrasting with the rear of the house which is made completely of glass and is open to the back - facing north." Read more [ via : mocoloco ]

cube architecture : La Pallissa

Ready to learn something today?! A Masia is “a type of rural construction common to the Iberian Peninsula, particularly during the ancient Kingdom of Aragon which have their origins in the Roman villas. They are often large but isolated structures, nearly always associated with a family farming or livestock operation (from Wikipedia)” This is a renovation of a masia in Catalonia, Spain by Cubus, Taller d’Arquitectura that is modern, earthy, simple, textural and gorgeous!

Linienstr. 23 by architecture firm BCO Architekten

Below these windows, a narrow strip of glazing reveals a basement-level gallery located beneath the apartments.

The amazing Burj Dubai

Burj Khalifa UAE

Since the birth of the Chicago School in the late nineteenth century, which sought not only to try to reach heaven but solve problems of space, massive structures that have emerged so far had not exceeded 700 meters. 

Burj khalifa location

When we speak of the Burj Dubai (Khalifa) in the UAE, we will associate the word with a height of almost a thousand meters, specifically 828. It has a total floor number of 186, whose highest point is at 768 meters, and it will include more than one thousand luxury apartments and offices, a luxury hotel designed by burj khalifa architect Giorgio Armani, plus spas and restaurants. 

 The Burj Khalifa is only the central part of the development known as the Downtown Burj Khalifa (previously Downtown Burj Dubai, “Burj Dubai Center”in English), which along Sheikh Zayed Road, form a complex of two square kilometers,crossing the complete city in a transversal way. The Chicano (half mexican half north-american) Adrian Smith was the chief architect, who worked with the firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) until 2006. 

Burj khalifa cost

Burj Khalifa had a budget estimated at more than 4,000 million dollars, which were increased to 20,000 million for the full development of the Downtown Burj Khalifa, part of the cost financed by the family of the Emir Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, among which his nephew Fuad bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Alvarez, just 20 years old, supported the idea by giving 25 million dollars. 

Challenging the conditions of workers: 

The project has been criticized by several human rights groups that say workers have been exploited since the beginning of 2004, most of them earning less than 10$ an hour and an average of 468 dirhams per month ($ 169). For the construction of the building it took more than 12,000 workers from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (mostly), many of them taking advantage of the situation by staying overnight in the same building (dormitories), perhaps not wanting to lose more than half an hour to get down to the first floor. Environmentalists for their side have not been happy with the construction of what they think will be a black hole of energy consumption and something that will significantly increase the country’s carbon footprint. With controversy or not, the fact is that this new building of the UAE has become the symbol of the country’s recovery and is now considered a relique for the inhabitants of Dubai, increasingly proud of what is being built in their city.

 

cube House in a Hungarian Town \ Bauer Polla & ZOA architects

The house was built in the recently parcelled suburb area of a provincial town, intersected by vineyards. Designed by Polla Bauer and András Ónodi, this building with its sharp contour and discrete elegance at the same time stands out immediately from the neighbourhood.

eco-PERCH is a Shapely Green Tiny Retreat

UK-based Blue Forest makes inventive tree houses and recently introduced a new design concept called the eco-PERCH, which I think you’ll be interested in seeing.  The four-bed retreat can be delivered, assembled, and commissioned in about five days with things like photovoltaics, a composting toilet, and rainwater harvesting, etc.

Exterior House Design Scheme Sensitive Village Context

A single house with spacious garden scheme is sensitive to the context of the village, drawing on traditional and vernacular detailing of East Lothian. Heights that utilizes traditional colors, materials and details by stating Gables, chimneys, wood roof, dormers, stone threshold and lintols, making subtle colors, slate roof and

Modern Elegant Sleek and Modern White Cube House by A-cero Architecture

 A-cero has one more model from their homes and modern modular presents cool. Houses show opened in Ferrol (La Coruña) for those who want to visit them. New home featured in the facade is a combination of black glass with white aluminum composite panels.