Beautiful Água Verde Apartment by Leandro Garcia

Água Verde Apartment is a home located in Curitiba, Brazil.
It was designed by Leandro Garcia and covers an area of 323 square feet.

Água Verde Apartment by Leandro Garcia:
“The proposal developed for this 30 square meter (323 square foot) studio, whose owner and only resident is an ex ballerina, was to enlarge and maximize the social area and get the most out of each space. Thus, the living and dining areas occupy exactly the same place.
This is possible in part thanks to the table Camelo (1998), from Ovo (Luciana Martins and Gerson de Oliveira), which has adjustable heights and can be used both as a coffee table as a dining table.
The kitchen is restricted to just a countertop and cabinets located inside a niche in the side of the social area, next to the wet areas (laundry and bathroom). An amber mirror over the counter generates a feeling of spaciousness, emphasized by the striped rug and also by the sofa without side arms, designed by the architect.
One of the sides of the couch rests against the large white bookcase that surrounds much of the apartment and hides the access to the bedroom through a sliding door.”

Modern Home in Goes by grassodenridder_architecten

Home in Goes is a private residence designed in 2014 by grassodenridder_architecten.
The contemporary home is located in Goes, The Netherlands.

Modern TMR Residence by Catlin Stothers Design

TMR Residence is a private home located on Mont Royal, Montreal, Canada.
It was designed by Catlin Stothers Design.

Modern Alphington House by InForm

Alphington House is a private residence located in Alphington, Victoria, Australia.
It was designed by InForm.


Alphington House by InForm:

“A house of two halves, the two-storey ‘Quad’ inspired front portion takes advantage of park views from the first floor master bedroom and lounge.

A single storey pavilion-like structure accommodates the kitchen, meals and living area at the rear. A double sided fireplace separates the meals and living space, where exposed concrete blocks mimic the external piers.Generous outdoor living includes a large loggia and kitchen overlooking the rear garden and pool. “

Beautiful Alphington House by InForm

Alphington House is a private residence located in Alphington, Victoria, Australia.

It was designed by InForm.

Alphington House by InForm:

“A house of two halves, the two-storey ‘Quad’ inspired front portion takes advantage of park views from the first floor master bedroom and lounge.A single storey pavilion-like structure accommodates the kitchen, meals and living area at the rear. A double sided fireplace separates the meals and living space, where exposed concrete blocks mimic the external piers.Generous outdoor living includes a large loggia and kitchen overlooking the rear garden and pool. “

Unique Villa Π by Oliver Grigić

Villa Π (Pi) is a private home located in Čepin, Croatia.

The 14,994-square-foot home was designed by Oliver Grigić.

Villa Π by Oliver Grigić:

“Villa π is situated on a plot of approx. 4 ha, located on the southern edge of the village Čepin near Osijek. Within the plot, it is positioned at the turn of the natural woods and the new landscape design. On the south side of the villa is a newly formed lake whose water quality is maintained by biological purifiers. There are two gates at the parcel, one for the owner, close daily visitors, delivery and service staff and the other one for external users of the pool and other multi-day guests.

The villa has been concieved according to the wishes and needs of the owner. His lifestyle is one of socializing and entertaining the numerous members of the immediate and extended family, business partners, associates and friends on a daily basis. For this reason, the villa has got three entrances and three levels of accessibility. The third level comprises of the southern entrance to the pool area and the guest’s wing on the first floor, which are accessible to the widest circle of the owner’s friends, business partners, associates and guests. The second level, with the western entrance, includes, beside the above mentioned, recreational and service areas. The first level of accessibility adds garage and, through northern entrance, exclusively private premises of the owner and his immediate family, consisting of wife and three children.

On the ground floor, the villa is “L” shaped, with two wings. There are three separate storey volumes on top of main ground volume, two of which are perpendicular to it, and the third is situated at the intersection of wings (with a bit of translation). Storey volumes emphasize and cover entrances and, functionally, gather similar content. Basement, which extends under the fragment of the ground floor, contains the engine room and technology of the pool. The southwestern wing of the ground floor contains service facilities, pool area, locker rooms and entrance for guests and external visitors. The southeastern wing contains the owners’ living quarters that may be, optionally, separated or integrated through large sliding doors. The southern storey volume is a guest unit with two bedrooms and a suite. The northern storey volume is recreational, with fitness, sauna and relaxation area and the eastern storey volume is the family’s sleeping tract.

The villa is integrated with a park landscape through large glass curtains that allow spatial orientation and transparency, inviting the users to constant interaction with the nature. The landscape design provides a constant variety of visual attractiveness and sensational volatility through the seasons. Materials used in the external and interior design are traditional, natural, of predominantly warm brown tones, with minimal final treatment, ensuring a feeling of warmth and connection with the nature for the owner and all other users.

In contrast to that, a “smart home” system represents highly sophisticated technology, providing maximum comfort with minimum energy consumption. Geothermal energy from twelve wells is used for heating and cooling, including the heating of the pool water and sanitary water. All premises are being heated and cooled through the concrete structures of the ceilings and the floors, that radiate through it’s entire surface. The “Smart home” infrastructure takes care about security, maintenance, user comfort, consumption, keeping record and sustainability of the entire system, the interior space and the environment itself.”

Awesome Can Pep de Sa Guaita by Ivan Torres Arquitectos

Can Pep de Sa Guaita is a private home located in Ibiza, Spain.

Surrounded by the lush vegetation of the Balearic Island, it was designed by Ivan Torres Arquitectos.

Beautiful Mount Pleasant House by Roundabout Studio

Mount Pleasant House is a private residence located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

It was designed by Roundabout Studio in 2014, and covers an area of 5,480 square feet.

Mount Pleasant House by Roundabout Studio:

“For more than half a century this site was home to Cruickshank’s, a neighbourhood fixture and much-loved flower bulb distributor. Sadly, Cruickshank’s closed in 2001 and vacated the building. A few owners later, a local music enthusiast purchased it, seeing it as an opportunity to revive the site, creating an exciting house with a meaningful presence on the street. In 2012 he commissioned Roundabout Studio to convert the two connected yet disparate buildings into a single cohesive new home with a focus on music and entertainment.

Located directly on a busy Toronto thoroughfare, the house provides shelter from the street, with only a few, carefully placed windows. A long hallway leads to the protected interior foyer, where the home opens up to the sky with a quiet, light-filled interior that belies the building’s location. The main spaces are organized around an interior courtyard and a series of large-scale skylights that help to stream sun into the depths of the building, while retaining a great amount of privacy.To accommodate large-scale events, the public zone consists of an open plan kitchen and dining room, living room, interior courtyard and a double height performance area, located in the heart of the building. The individual spaces all look upon each other in multiple ways, offering the building a reflexive quality. Depending on how these spaces are utilized, the home feels equally suited for one person or one hundred.

Located above the former cold storage room, the interior courtyard contains a 16′ tall Cor-ten steel light feature that references the building’s former life as a bulb warehouse. The back-lit perforations reveal a group of super sized tulips, a nod to Cruickshank’s reputation for high-quality and interesting tulip bulbs. Facing the street, the perforated window screens are all small sections of the larger pattern, offering an abstract, fragmented glimpse of the feature inside.Restored to prominence in the neighbourhood, the revitalizing overhaul ensures that the building will remain a proud part of the Toronto streetscape for many years to come.”