Oak Pass Main House

Located in California, this spectacular house was inspired by 130 majestic oak trees dotted around it. Designed by Los Angeles–based firm Walker Workshop, the property is hidden in a hillside and covered with a blanket of edible herbs. The Oak Pass Main House has 8,000 square feet but appears much smaller thanks to being carefully integrated into the terrain. Encased in glazing, the entire house looks out to panoramic canyon views, and opens up to a spectacular seventy five foot infinity swimming pool that sits below one of the largest Oaks on the property.

LeJeune Residence

Designed by Architecture Open Forum, LeJeune Residence is a beautiful house located in the heart of the Plateau-Mont-Royal Borough of Montreal, Canada, one of the city’s most creative neighborhoods. Originally built back in 1890, the house was recently restored to perfection with a unique and contemporary minimalist style. The duplex house was transformed  into a single-family residence with open living spaces, flexibility in the use of rooms and an inter...
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SUMMER RETREAT | BY AVANTO ARCHITECTS

Looking for a place to escape hectic city life and reconnect with nature? So was Finnish designer Linda Bergroth, so she commissioned Avanto Architects this magical getaway, a unique combination of garden shed and greenhouse, with lighting, wood floors and solar panels to create her own private retreat located on a remote island in eastern Finland. Automatic glass openers were installed to control the temperature inside, and salvaged bricks were used to create the s...
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This Cabin Opens Completely to the River

Set along the Sazava River, in the Czech Republic, the Riverside Cabin by Mimosa Architekti is a compact retreat shaped as much by what remains as by what was rebuilt. After a fire reduced the original structure to its stone base, the new design builds directly on that plinth, using it as both foundation and protection against flooding. The contrast between old and new defines the project. A lightweight timber structure sits above the heavy stone base, creati...
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