Designed as a comfortable retreat from stressful daily life, the Calistoga Residence is an old residential building redesigned by Strening Architects… and made to fit the needs and wishes of a Washington DC couple who wanted to relocate. This 25 acre property is located in Calistoga, California, a delightful place with wonderful weather. Californian studio Strening Architects revamped the original
By Ada Teicu
Feldman Architecture… – a talented team of architects with offices in San Francisco – designed and constructed the Open Box 2 residential project. The existing volumetric 1940s stucco house featuring small, dark rooms, was transformed into an elegant two story contemporary home. This involved a team that knew how to combine materials, textures and patterns to shape an outstanding modern
By Ada Teicu
Found on Sotheby…‘s, this modern, imposing and elegant building shows how Bay Front modern living should look like. With its impressive 25 rooms, 4 of which are bedrooms and pampering the inhabitants with 5 and a half en suite bathrooms, the dream property is located in Mill Valley, California. On the market for $6,875,000, the property overlooking San Francisco’s
By Ada Teicu
Resting on half an acre of hillside property, this Seaside Escape… we present today displays a contemporary architecture built to help a small group of people relax. Suited for maximum two couples or a small family, the Seaside Escape features great amenities. The wood cladding looks old and beautifully integrated with the surrounding colors, but the angular roofs and geometric
By Ada Teicu
Featuring a decorative crack adorning half the table, from one corner deep into the center, the Grand Canyon Table captures an organic shape into a well-designed piece of modern furniture. Amit Apel Design… , the creators of this wonderfully different table, offer residential and interior design and planning services from a boutique, custom design firm based in Woodland Hills, California.
Erasing the boundaries that created between the inside and the surrounding nature, is an art. An art that is being constantly enhanced by vision of modern architects like Janna Levenstein… and structures like her remodeled West Hollywood home— the Rising Glen Residence. It’s a lavish four-bedroom home spread over a hilly half acre region and exudes as much green on
By Alex Ion
On a two-acre plateau in Belair, California, the contemporary Belair Residence… by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects is a great mix of rounded shapes, amazing lighting and colors. Promoting open spaces, featuring wooden furniture in perfectly chosen places and an inverted cone that creates a contemporary focal point, we’re looking at an exquisite and tranquil home that many of us
By Alex Ion
Apart from looking great, what should a house in California have, in order to be worth millions? How about sea-view? Designer Brett Barrett… worked his skills on a contemporary California hacienda, that captures every little detail of a vibrant Los Angeles and at the same time, offering astonishing views from Downtown to the Pacific (especially at night).
Located at the
By Alex Ion
There are times when words are not necessary to make a point and that’s one of them. But I’m still going to give you a few details on L.A.’s Beverly Crest neighborhood and the house (the Campbell Divertimento) that has a 5,000 square foot swimming pool with a towering stone fountain.
Thought to be designed by the famous Mexican architectural…
By Alex Ion
For some reason I’ve always dreamed of having a beach house, unfortunately, in my country it may not be suited. But take Malibu, California, for an example, and you’ll know what I mean. With one of the finest weather and some of the best beaches on Earth, this must be the perfect place to build a beach house – or…
By Alex Ion
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