The modern farm house

Stunning, I especially love the hovering wing over the garage…

This beautiful 4564-square-foot house reminds me of Magneto’s base in Secret Wars, with its second floor almost fully suspended over the air. At night it looks like the Jawas’ Sandcrawler. It’s actually a farm house on the Minija Valley, Lithuania.

The owner of the Utriai Residence, who is dedicated to the production of chicken eggs and pigs, and his wife, an art college student interested in furniture design, wanted a house that looked like a place “made from huge logs”. Like Noah’s Ark, “where the family with all their belongings and animals moved from the city.”

via Gizmodo

Black, White & Red

I love how this home — first featured in Vogue Living and photographed by Mikkel Vang — really reflects the personality of its owner. Stylish but very liveable.

via automatism

Casa Areia

At the Venice Architecture Biennale 2010 Lisbon firm Aires Mateus Architects are exhibiting these houses with sandy floors called Casa Areia. The project comprises seaside accommodation made of wooden frames covered in natural fibres. Sand covers the floor in the kitchen and living space, connecting them to the beach and landscape outside.

via style-files.com

Slaughterhouse Beach House, Maui, Hawaii

Amazing location, and walls that fold away like garage doors. An outstanding piece of design…

Located close to a well-known surfing spot, Slaughterhouse Beach House expands the concept of a traditional surfing hut with three connected huts – general living quarters, guest suites, and a main sleeping area. The structure’s walls are constructed from rammed earth. In this process, different local earth-based mixtures are packed together, and the resulting striated layers are visible both inside and outside the building. The walls blend in with the surroundings, are low maintenance, virtually fireproof, and a strong barrier to sound.

via Olson Kundig Architects

Ross Street by Robert Mills Architects, Melbourne, Australia

I’ve always wanted a moat…

Australian studio Robert Mills Architects have completed a house surrounded by a pool of water in Melbourne, Australia. Called Ross Street, the front facade has no windows at all to shut out noise from the street, while the ground floor at the back of the house is glazed floor to ceiling.

via Dezeen

Summer House, Vestfold, Norway

Of course they do only get about 4 weeks of summer in Norway (kidding!)…

The Summer house is located on the coast of Vestfold in the southern part of Norway. The house replaces an older building at the site. To get the planning permit, the project had to be well adjusted to the terrain, both in terms of shape, scale, material and color.

via ArchDaily.

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