5 Room-in-a-Box Designs Form 100% Modular Home Interior
For the space-saving fanatic who hates to leave even one square inch unused, or the minimalist who wants everything to work smoothly and simply, this collection may be the ultimate(albeit ...
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Modern Design Meets Tradition in 12 Japanese Homes
Modern architects preserve the traditions of Japanese residential architecture while meeting 21st century needs in these 12 strikingly well-balanced homes. Adaptable rooms that can change size or ...
Crafty Modernist Birdhouses Sing Mid-Century Melodies
Modern architecture is the height of contemporary living - so why are we still putting out dowdy old birdhouses for our feathered neighbors? These gorgeous modern birdhouses are a step forward ...
Brick Farmhouse Facade Illusion via Photo-Printed Glass
For decades, no one could quite agree on what should go in this critical location between the town hall and central church in war-damaged Schijndel, Holland ... until MVDRV showed up with a ...
Shell-Shaped Shoffice: Backyard Shed/Office Combo
Part backyard office, part storage space, part sculpture: the 'Shoffice' by Platform 5 Architects is a multi-functional pavilion that curls over itself like a shell. The architects created this ...
Stripped to Skeleton, Old Building Becomes Bright Art Lab
An unused building at the Monterrey Institute of Technology's León Campus in Mexico was stripped to its frame and re-imagined as a dynamic 'creative laboratory' with transparent walls and an ...
Architecture Gets Graphic: 13 Ornamental Building Designs
Modern architecture is not exactly known for being ornamental, but some architecture firms are beginning to pick away at the close association of modernism and minimalism. Led by Herzog & De ...
Ruined Renaissance Palace Gets Rusted Steel Addition
A rusted, L-shaped Corten steel volume replaces the missing corner of a crumbling Renaissance palace in the renovation of an ancient site in Pécs, Hungary. The contrast between the historic ...
Striking Gravel-Covered Japanese House is a Study in Contrasts
Monolithic and dramatic, the two-story Ginan House by Keitaro Muto Architects is a wedge-shaped residence with a dark gravel-covered exterior that contrasts beautifully with a stark white ...
Flat-Pack Furniture: 3 Modern Designs from Noon Studio
Simple doesn't mean boring. Take the designs of Noon Studio, which, as design duo Gautier Pelegrin and Taïani Vincent explain, "celebrate simplicity while demonstrating a certain complexity of ...
