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Interior Design, Architecture & Interior Decorating eMagazine
Agua House in Buenos Aires, Argentina is a beautiful modern home designed based on two stone walls as the central element. Water is another major feature of the house. A large rectangular swimming runs along side the house. Linear ponds of water also surrounds the house.
Inspired by post-war real estate developer Joseph Eichler, who built more than 11,000 affordable modern homes in California during the 1950s and 1960s, Simpatico Homes’ founder Seth Krubiner envisioned a plan for 21st-century modernist homes.
Spa House is part of a residential compound with recreational and spa facilities as well as a guest accommodation block. Located in Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, the building was designed by Metropolis Design.
This multi-functional building also acts as a windbreak, protecting the pool from the south-easterly winds raking down the mountainside in summer.
This unique timber elliptical shell is a lightweight “Shoffice” (shed + office) located in the backyard of a 1950’s terraced house in St John’s Wood, London, England.
Designed by Platform 5 Architects, the structure formed with two steel ring beams, timber ribs and a stressed plywood skin, sits on minimal pad foundations.
This Manhattan townhouse in New York City sited on a narrow infill plot has been radically reconfigured by architectural firm GLUCK+. Loft-like spaces run fluidly the entire length of the 38-foot-deep building, rather than being compartmentalized into small front and back rooms.
Barcode House located in Washington D.C. is modern row house designed by David Jameson Architect.
A new freestanding structure has been added to the existing masonry walls of the row house. The narrow site dictated a vertically oriented spatial solution.
Located at 314 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights, New York, this beautiful home with Brownstone architecture was newly constructed in keeping with the traditional style. The elegant contemporary interior decor makes the home a modern but traditionally detailed space.
This elegant home on a tree-lined street in Willowtown is a perfect blend of 19th century architecture and 21st century construction and interior design.
The estate of entertainer Bob Hope in Palm Springs, California is a contemporary castle with a dramatic design by Modernist architect John Lautner. The property enjoys panoramic views of the Coachella Valley, including the city of Palm Springs and the San Jacinto Mountains.
The structure was built to resemble a volcano, or a giant mushroom, with three visor like arches and concrete roof with copper top. At the center there is an open semi-circle which serves as an open courtyard to the sky.
