CEI Architecture have designed a modern house situated on the shores of Osoyoos Lake in British Columbia, Canada. This single-family residence was designed to suit the owner’s recreational lifestyle amid the natural setting of the Okanagan region. The house is set on a narrow lot limited by setbacks to a 30’ by 50’ area. The building incorporates minimal openings on the west side and is mostly transparent on the east, taking full advantage of the light bouncing off the lake. A flat roof provides opportunities to sit outside on an …

Brazilian architects Marcio Kogan presents  BR House, a minimalist summer retreat located in Brazil Jungle. The landscape—rife with ferns and high, thin trunks—resembles Rio’s site when it was still wild and undeveloped. Given the lushness and the privacy it affords, it’s best to let jungle be jungle: Build a terrarium in reverse—a viewing platform raised on stilts and nestled into the tree canopy’s green shadows. This house steel skeleton already stood on a long, narrow strip of cleared and graded land, with a heavy steel entrance bridge leading over the …

Designed by Robert Mills Architects (RMA), this project house reflects RMA’s unfaltering commitment to marrying purity of form with function, and the belief that a precise balance of architecture, interior design and landscape will always create a truly great home. The project philosophy from the outset was to create a luxurious contemporary family home. The interior and exterior living and entertaining spaces sit side by side on the ground level, separated by floor to ceiling glass walls and sliding doors. Energy-efficient features include a smart lighting system and motorized oversize …

This modern kitchen designed by Marc Sadler for Italian kitchen manufacture Ernestomeda, called Carré Kitchen collection. It’s combines eclecticism and avant-garde design, responding to the observer’s imagination to pay homage to the kitchen as a place for sharing, the centre of the home’s daily life. The design project arose from the desire to produce a kitchen with versatility and breadth of assortment as its major benefits – and here it is important to underline the connotations of craftsmanship, supported by the potential of industrial production but clearly reflected in the …