Created for a young family with a small child, this compact apartment features all the basic elements required to live fully and more. Â Russian design firm, Design Cafe, set about the project to utilize every inch possible for living space without sacrificing a hip, young aesthetic. It features a large fully equipped modern kitchen, dining . . .
Category: House Tours
The posts in this section give a complete round up of great homes and try to include imagery from every possible room in the home.
Modern Townhome in Bangkok’s Fashion District
Located in Bangkok’s Fashion District in the new Siamese Blossom residential complex, this breathtaking open plan townhome was envisioned to allow tenants to coexist with the natural surroundings highlighted with beautifully landscaped gardens. To facilitate this interaction with nature, the townhome is designed with walls of windows opening to the outdoors. The main area of . . .
Modern Victorian Home Goes Eclectic
This truly stunning home in Wandsworth, England (image courtesy:JJ Locations) mixes a semi-Victorian facade with an updated modern interior with eclectic vibe. The main living space is one wide open room running the width of the home, it boasts a sleek modern kitchen, full dining area for six plus and a larger living area. The . . .
Stunning Modern Family Residence in Thiva, Greece
Situated on the outskirts of  Thiva, Greece, this single story residence with basement was built for a family of four by Takis Exarchopoulos Architects. Accessible by a single, countryside road, one of the home’s most attractive characteristics is its panoramic views of the surrounding farmland and woodlands. The architect created a U-shape design by connecting . . .
Serene Sun House
On a roadside corner plot within an established bungalow area in Singapore, sits an attractive dwelling named the Sun House, designed by Guz Architects. Via Contemporist
Swedish White Heirloom Apartment
A quiet, peaceful farm within the city of Linnestaden, Sweden provides the setting for this charming last century apartment set in a 18 unit condominium. It’s been recreated with a cheery open-plan living space, throw-back heirloom styling and modern convenience. The apartment solely occupies a single level opening onto a shared courtyard. The entire interior . . .
Asian Apartment With Neutral Decor
This is another beautiful home design, created by WCH Interior, that demonstrates ways in which to make a neutral, understated palette convey a sophisticated and sleek image, with the original intent being to “reduce excessive decoration materials, and decorated in soft to render the user’s lifestyle” and the basic tones restricted to three colors of . . .
A Modern Concrete House in the Himalayas
This stunning modern mountain retreat, perched on a hill within the Himalayan ranges, offers a breathtaking panoramic vista from both the outdoors and indoors as well. Rajiv Saini & Associates built the private weekend residence for clients wanting to escape from the hustle and bustle of their Delhi lifestyle. It boasts two stories, two wings . . .
Contemporary Classic Home
This exquisite home interior, created by designer Raymond Chen for IS design, displays traditional elegance in chic high end materials, which cover more than a dozen kinds of natural stone, and a collection of textures and colors that dapple the rooms with unique taste and style.
Swedish Apartment Boasts Exciting Mix of Old and New
In the harbor city of Linnestaden, Sweden, a turn of the century building with stunning interior and exterior architectural elements plays host to a renovated apartment home. The fully modernized apartment was thoughtfully designed in keeping with its history and remains filled with heirloom details such as tiled floors, mirrored doors, stucco, foot rails, ornate . . .
A Tiny Taiwanese Apartment
This Tai apartment design, by WCH Interior, is extremely chic and uncluttered despite its small scale; using a cohesive color palette throughout, and unobtrusive storage designs, the dwelling manages to maintain a light and airy appearance. Recommended Reading: Playful Modern Taiwanese Homes With Slides Inside
Odenplan’s Stunning Modern Stockholm Apartment
Off Odenplan Sqaure in Stockholm, Sweden, this spacious urban apartment features an airy open floor plan filled with hip, modern furnishings in bold colors of red, white and black with accents of orange. Â The cool pad is being offered for $1.65 million with 1,500 total square feet, a gourmet kitchen, Â three bedrooms and two bathrooms. . . .
Contemporary Home Style by B&B Italia
This chic home walkthrough was created by B&B Italia to showcase catalog pieces in situ. The neutral setting is given depth with black base notes throughout, in the furniture and accessories, to bring weight to the airy white interior.
Modern Semi-Minimilist Design
This modern example of an interior layout designed by a Taiwan company, WCH Interior Design, could be described as semi-minimalist decor, but with a feeling of warmth and welcoming. The strong linear lines of this home soften immediately with the neutral palette of blue-grey walls and the complementary textures of the floor and furnishings.
The Berge Winter Retreat
The ‘Berge’ manager-and furniture manufacturer-Nils Holger describes the getaway as “a place to find peace. There’s everything you need to feel comfortable, but it’s not a fancy spa parlor. The feeling of well-being comes from the inside.†So lets take a wintry stroll around the property to find out exactly what it has to offer. . . .
Toblerone House, Brazil
Designed by Sao Paulo based Studio MK27, the Toblerone House in Brazil has been shortlisted in the ‘villas’ category of the 2012 world architecture festival, and it’s easy to see why. With a ground floor surrounded by retractable glass walls, and the upstairs encased in a cocoon of wood slat screens, this great example of . . .
Modern Minimalist Decor with a Homey Flow
This stylish yet homey apartment design comes to us courtesy of Taiwan based Fertility Design, filling us with ideas on how to make a modest sized space appear roomy and high spec. Take a tour through bedroom, living room and dining spaces with a connected, cohesive atmosphere providing a perfect feeling of decor flow.
Sparkling Port Melbourne Apartment
This shiny home, designed by David Hicks, is located on the 10th floor of an apartment complex that juts out through surrounding ocean, under sunny skies, at Port Melbourne, Australia.
Small Spaces: A 40 square meter (430 square feet) Apartment [Visualization]
This interior visualization, by Polish firm Pressenter Design, depicts the challenge of decorating a forty square meter (430 sq ft) flat, with the intended use of a mother with a 6-year-old daughter. The home was designed with particular attention to the growing needs of a child at the very beginning their school life who would . . .
A Light, Bright and Beautiful Home
This airy open plan living, kitchen and dining area is the visualization work of Triple D, and we love the bright white décor accented by an earthy run of clay gray along one side of the space. The accent wall illustrates how gray can be used to add depth and even unexpected warmth to a . . .
World’s Longest House – 150 meter (492 ft)
On top of a hill in Thailand sits the world’s longest house, by architects Shinichi Ogawa & Associates, spanning a project area of 1592,41 sqm the 150 meter long home looks like it goes on forever! See more of this amazing house: Via Archdaily