WebUrbanist

Architecture, Art, Design & Built Environments

Category: Houses & Residential

Waking, sleeping, recreating, loving and living, we spend so much time at home it seems a shame not to make your place of residence both functional and radical – the dwelling designs featured here will shock, amaze, intrigue and inspire you to rethink your housing situation and improve the spaces you inhabit.

All Aboard! 15 Modern Houseboats, Boatels & More Floating Architecture

Often designed with potential climate-change-induced flooding in mind, these houseboats, floating hotels and other water-based structures prove you don't need land to live a life of luxury. The ...

Raised in a Barn & Proud: 15 Farm Buildings Converted to Modern Homes

They could be so dilapidated they're practically ruins, but old barns have both historical value and rural charm, and when architects dramatically rescue them, they become incredible modern ...

Brutalist Style Lightens Up with Lots of Glass at Japan’s Oriel Window House

Brutalist buildings are known for their heft, often described as 'monstrosities,' demonized for their apparently intrinsic inability to relate to us on a human scale. They’re blocky and ...

Artists in Residence: 18 Stunning Studios Designed for Cultivating Creativity

Shouldn't the settings of temporary artist residencies be just as creative as the art produced there? These structures include communal houses, remote huts, mobile studios, inhabitable ...

Mirrored Minimalism: Glass Retreat Reflects Surrounding Forest Landscape

Cozy on the inside and virtually invisible on the outside, this Modernist home has a reflective facade allowing it to blend in with the natural environment. Meanwhile, residents can enjoy views ...

Next-Level Backyard Office: ‘Butterfly Studio’ is Like a Giant Lawn Ornament

Inspired by the shape of a butterfly when it closes its wings, Valerie Schweitzer Architects’ ‘Butterfly Studio’ is a sculptural detached office full of cleverly placed windows that target ...

Modern Elder Care: 15 Architectural & Tech Solutions for Aging Communities

With millions of discerning Baby Boomers approaching elderhood, the need for a variety of personalized approaches to senior care is more pressing than ever. Let’s be real - none of us really ...

Steely Look: Weathering Metal Forest Retreat Uses Mesh to Foster Greenery

Reddish-brown corten steel compliments surrounding dark browns and lush greens in this Ukrainian forest retreat, its horizontal planes pushing the building out to meet the surrounding ...

Stoned in Scotland: Modern Home Shrouded in 17th Century Ruins

Without touching a single stone in the ruins of a 17th century farmhouse in Scotland, two architects managed to incorporate it exactly as it is into a modern, ultra-efficient, solar-powered ...

Adaptive Architecture: Curved House Wraps Old Well, Reuses Stone Cistern

A contemporary home in Spain was designed to wrap a surface well and sits on the associated subterranean cistern, creatively converting it into the solid foundation and habitable basement of ...

  • Prev
  • 1
  • ...
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6 (current)
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • Next

More Articles

Modern Design Meets Tradition in 12 Japanese Homes

Step On It: Life-Size LEGO Teardrop Trailer Travels Well

World’s Smallest Park: 2-Foot Circle in the Middle of a Street

Up in Flames: Dubai ‘Torch’ Tower Catches Fire, Extinguished

Follow us on Facebook

Architecture
  • Abandoned Places
  • Cities & Urbanism
  • Houses & Residential
  • Offices & Commercial
  • Public & Institutional
Art
  • Drawing & Digital
  • Installation & Sound
  • Photography & Video
  • Sculpture & Craft
  • Street Art & Graffiti
Design
  • Fixtures & Interiors
  • Furniture & Decor
  • Graphics & Branding
  • Guerilla Ads & Marketing
  • Products & Packaging
Technology
  • Conceptual & Futuristic
  • Gadgets & Geekery
  • Gaming & Computing
  • Vehicles & Mods
  • Vintage & Retro
Travel
  • 7 Wonders Series
  • Boutique & Art Hotels
  • Culture & History
  • Destinations & Sights
  • Urban Exploration

© 2007-2023 Webist Media

  • About
  • Archives
  • Categories
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy