Useless Bay in Washington is a beautiful location for waterfront cabins and seasonal retreats but it’s also an area that presents certain particular challenges. It’s here that the architects at Hoedemaker Pfeiffer were commissioned to build a family home to take the place of an old cabin that had been passed from generation to generation....
Harrison Residence Inspired By European Architecture
Harrison Residence is in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, was remodeled by Alabama practice Jeffrey Dungan Architects on a range of architectural styles. This is a house for clients who enjoy travelling but who also wanted a beach home to relax in. The house is placed next to a nature preserve and a coastal dune lake,...
Minimalist Light-Filled Lake Cabin In Quebec
Cabins, cabins, cabins! Mountain, forest, lake, any other ones, they got extremely popular and we and many other blogs are posting a lot of them because people today are striving for nature, for connection with this beauty and for a feeling of freedom outside. Today we are sharing one more cabin: spanning a compact 915-square-feet,...
Modern Thai Villa That Captures Sea Views
The stunning villa we are sharing today is 180 Samui by Sicart & Smith Architects, a horizontal villa with low roof-lines and a simple material palette that was built on a massive rock. The villa is organized around an impressive pool overlooking the view, set perpendicular to the main rock and offering a dramatic feel....
Stone Wall House With Pacific Ocean Views
Taipei-based Creat+Think Design Studio used stone excavated from the site to build this house on a slope in Taiwan overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The architects dug out the hillside to create a stepped terrain for the house, located on the eastern seaboard of Taiwan facing the sea. It is named A’tolan House, meaning “a place...
White Beachside Villa With Amazing Sea Views
Feeling like going on holiday? If you can’t do it now but still want to feel the sea breeze, I have an eye-candy for you that will let you feel the breeze for sure. This beautiful beach front home is stylish yet easy going with stunning water views. White was chosen as the main décor...
Cozy Lakeside House With Peaceful Modern Decor
Backwater by London-based Platform 5 Architects sits on a small promontory in a secluded lagoon in the Norfolk Broads and offers a contemporary counterpoint to more traditionally designed neighboring houses, while respecting the peaceful natural setting. The house consists of several volumes with gable roofs, they are all connected in one and remind more of...
Modern Coastal Cabin With A Lot Of Wood In Decor
Located along the coast of Norway, Asante Architecture & Design created this custom home to blend into its surroundings. The client, a chef, wanted a home that could be completely at peace with the natural surroundings, while providing a retreat away from the rest of the world. The facade is weather treated with a Japanese...
Sustainable Oceanfront Cabin On Volcanic Mountainside
Seascape Retreat is located within a small cove on the northern shore of two Miocene Shield volcanoes in New Zealand. Designed by Pattersons Associates, the small oceanfront cabin is built using locally quarried stone, cast in place concrete floors and ceilings and has a thick roof covered in the surrounding vegetation which makes it all...
Floating Watervilla Weesperzijde In Amstel River
Half of this floating house by +31 Architects is submerged below the waterline of Amsterdam’s river Amstel, while the other opens out to a buoyant terrace. Watervilla Weesperzijde is connected to the quay by a wooden bridge, which flexes as the residence rises and falls with the tide. Sliding glass doors added to the lounge...