A Cozy Woodland Fairy Tale in a Vermont Cottage

Designed by the architectural firm Designed by the architectural firm HGA Architects and Engineers, this cottage was conceived in order to host musicians spending the summer in rural Marlboro, Vermont, USA. The Marlboro Music Cottages are located on the 500-acre (202-hectare) campus of Marlboro College, tucked into the foothills of Vermont’s Green Mountains. The Marlboro College campus has hosted Marlboro Music, a seven-week summer festival for Young musicians to collaborate..

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A Unique Urban Garden in Kuwait

This residential project was designed by the architectural firm Line Design Architects, based in Kuwait. The most distinctive feature of the project came from the challenge of incorporating an urban garden as part of the exterior into the courtyard within the scheme. The structure, which resembles a perfect cube, has concrete walls. It is built in a small and narrow space, so it is developed with a vertical orientation. In..

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A Unique and Modern Remodeling in Vila Madalena

This innovative project consists of an apartment purchased by two friends and covering only 18 square meters. It is located on the ground floor of a building on Rua Fradique Coutinho, in Vila Madalena, the bohemian neighborhood of São Paulo, Brazil. As a premise, the project included the intention to fulfill all requirements born of mixing a social and private purpose for this interior, and the main goal was to..

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A Luxurious Villa on the Island of Taveuni, in Fiji

With the clear advantage of being located in such a wonderful place, full of beautiful landscapes and spectacular views over the blue and infinite sea, this villa serves as refuge to relieve us of the stress of the day to day. It is located in Taveuni, known as the Garden Island, and it is an eco-tourist’s dream with nearby nature reserves harboring an abundance of native plants and wildlife. Taveuni..

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Adam Kane Architects Complete a Renovation in Trentham, Australia

This renovation of a house that dates to the 1890s and that is located in the region of Trentham, in Australia, was undertaken by the Melbourne-based studio Adam Kane Architects. The original building bore small windows that impeded the entrance of natural light into the house’s interior, thus making these spaces dark and somewhat depressing. This was one of the most important points that were addressed during its renovation. They..

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FGMF Arquitetos Design a Concrete Home in São Paulo, Brazil

This imposing home of concrete walls, a material which, far from making it cold, give its interior an interesting touch, was completed by the architectural firm FGMF Arquitetos in 2015. The home covers an area of almost 359 square meters and is located in São Paulo, Brazil. Its exterior is populated by perfectly manicured gardens, where we’ll find a fabulous pool which brings its residents spaces apt for their enjoyment..

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Cometa Architects Design a Private Residence in the Cyclades

This wonderful structure, made with stones carefully crafted against the horizontal micro-cement surfaces and local materials, was designed by Cometa Architects, who worked with the natural cycladic landscape to establish the relationship of the building with the surrounding land. The home is located specifically on Kea Island, also known as Ceos or Gia. It is an island in the Cyclades archipelago, located in the Aegean Sea, Greece and it is..

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A Rustic Modern Hotel in the Forests of Yelapa, Mexico

If you happen to be a daring person who also likes adventure, this hotel will be completely to your liking. Embedded in thick vegetation, surrounded by mountains, and accompanied by a beautiful lake that rests at its feet, this place is definitely the golden dream for nature lovers. It was built amid the forest canopy of Yelapa, Jalisco, Mexico, in 2007, and its construction took only four weeks. This rustic-modern..

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Nobuo Araki Designs a Concrete Home in the Kanagawa Prefecture

Located on the coast of the Kanagawa prefecture, which is part of the Kantō Region on the island of Honshu, in Japan, and is the most populated prefecture in the country after Tokyo, this two-storey holiday home is embedded on the coastal slope where the ocean and the rocks meet. The scenic location is a calm respite for the owner and his family to retreat to during the weekends and..

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Hazel Baker Designs a Rustic Home on the slopes of the Franklin Mountains

Located on the slopes of the Franklin Mountains in Texas, USA, this wonderful residence was designed by the Tucson-based studio Hazel Baker. Rising 2,500 feet above the Rio Grande River Valley, it has adapted to the site’s undulating and steep topography, with the three-storey home maintaining a direct connection to the outside at each level. The white-cream used on its exterior, perfectly combined with walls lined with beautiful stones, definitely..

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