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Modern Zen House Design in Madrid, Spain

By Ty Wenzel • Mar 15th, 2010 • Category: Architecture
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A winding maze of sculptural granite and glass, this modern zen house by Spanish architects A-cero makes a unique statement within its lush surroundings. Located in Pozuelo de Alarcon in Madrid, Spain, this futuristic home design features a facade of curved walls of stone dark granite and marble travertine, providing privacy as well as a [...]



Raised Home Design – Renovated Guest Homes at Russian Resort

By Ty Wenzel • Mar 15th, 2010 • Category: Architecture, Featured
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As part of a total resort reconstruction, which invited some of Russia’s top architects to flex their muscles, so to speak, most of the buildings here are designed by architect Totan Kuzembaev – including Red Guest Houses. Located in Moskovskaya Oblast, Russia, this unusual raised home design took center stage and even picked up a [...]



Laminated Pinewood House by Nordicasa Design & Construction. We love it!

By Ty Wenzel • Mar 15th, 2010 • Category: Architecture
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Architect Jaak Kangro of Nordicasa Design & Construction sent us some amazing photos of his latest architectural endeavor – a gorgeous timber home design located in the Valdelineares ski resort in Spain. Built almost entirely from 165 mm laminated pinewood, this wood clad house boasts a rustic mountain cottage feel both inside and out. But [...]



Progressive Architecture – Timber and Stone Two-homes-in-one Design

By Ty Wenzel • Mar 15th, 2010 • Category: Architecture, Featured
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Slovenian architecture firm Superform, known for their progressive architecture, furniture and interior design, has delivered on all these expectations (and then some!) with a progressive timber home design in the town of Ljubno ob Savinji, about 70 kilometers from Slovenia’s capital of Ljubljana. A combination of two houses, this unusual house separates the living and [...]



Built In Book Cases

By Ty Wenzel • Dec 16th, 2009 • Category: DIY Junkies, Featured

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For this project, we needed built-in book cases for a long wall. By using pre-drilled melamine laminated boards and pre-built cabinets from the local home store, we were able to build them with a minimum of tools, and get a perfect fit to the room. Materials The book cases are made [...]



Tiny House Design in the Australian Outback

By Ty Wenzel • Dec 4th, 2009 • Category: Architecture, Featured
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A tiny treasure in the Australian outback, this cool, tiny house design by Australia architects Casey Brown Architecture brings a bit of the unexpected into its natural surroundings. This prefab cottage measures only 10 by 10 ft., clad in copper with a glass-enclosed lower level revealed when the shades are drawn. This rustic house style [...]



Underground Home Designs – Swiss Mountain House Rocks!

By Ty Wenzel • Dec 4th, 2009 • Category: Architecture
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In underground home designs, this unusual house plan is the collaboration between the Netherlands architects at SeARCH and Christian Muller Architects. This underground home, located in the Swiss village of Vals, is set amidst a cluster of mountain houses and if you don’t look carefully you might miss it! The most striking thing about this [...]



Sustainable Urban Architecture in Kansas City

By Ty Wenzel • Dec 4th, 2009 • Category: Architecture, Featured
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Architects Lauren and Eric Wendlandt with Kansas City based Framework Design architecture firm are the brains behind this 6,500-sq.-ft. sustainable home that encompasses residential, commercial and workshop space in one. This Kansas City urban architecture has character, inside and out. The wood clad house combines a natural appeal with industrial-chic elements, artfully blending a home [...]



Wood Country Home with a Centrifugal Layout in New York

By Ty Wenzel • Nov 9th, 2009 • Category: Architecture, Featured
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OBRA Architects had some circular logic for their stunning wood country home design in Southampton, New York. Among the grass and trees of this five-acre property, this wonderful wood clad house features an unusual floor plan with a hollow center, “as if the heart of the house had somehow fallen outside its body,” according to [...]



Innovative Forest Architecture enables constant contact with the forest!

By Ty Wenzel • Nov 9th, 2009 • Category: Architecture, Featured
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When Netherlands architecture firm Grosfeld van der Velde Architecten designed this striking forest home in Teteringen, near Breda, they took into account some important must-haves for the homeowners, namely an eco house design. The move toward sustainable architectural design sets the tone for this project among the trees; a wood clad house that is “green” [...]



Desert House Design hides luxury in Arizona

By Ty Wenzel • Nov 9th, 2009 • Category: Architecture, Interiors Exteriors
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Architect Rick Joy put some juice in Sonoran Desert with this amazing desert house design. The prominent rough red roof of this Arizona house draws attention from miles around, but it is the home’s livable, relaxing characteristics that invite you to stay. The steel house’s humble exterior makes way for modern interiors, with stainless steel, [...]



Circular Concrete Home Plan

By Ty Wenzel • Oct 8th, 2009 • Category: Architecture, Featured, Home & Room Tours
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Designed by Toyo Ito & Associates, this concrete home in Marbella, Chile makes for a marvelous weekend retreat. Named for its unusual floor plan and crisp, stand-out color, this contemporary home dubbed “White O House” takes the form of a huge O, with a central circular courtyard at its heart. This modern concrete home plan [...]



My new obsession: Shipping container Homes (Cargotechture)

By Ty Wenzel • Sep 9th, 2009 • Category: Architecture, Featured, Interiors Exteriors

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This latest container home is designed by Christopher Robertson and built by Numan Construction and is a 1,858 square-foot home with three bedrooms and three bathrooms. In addition to many green features, apparently the construction waste was able to be contained within ten contractor trash bags.

This latest container home is designed by Christopher Robertson [...]



My Bedroom Tour!

By Ty Wenzel • Nov 1st, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Videos

I was bored, so here’s a tour of my bedroom. Check out my diy decor and thrift shop finds!

QUEEN SIZE BED HEADBOARD UPHOLSTERED HAND TUFTED BUTTON

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The NEW Mid-Century Craze at Affordable Prices

By Ty Wenzel • May 26th, 2008 • Category: Featured, Interiors Exteriors, Product & Merch, Retro Modern, Sales & More Sales, Style Trend Forcasting, Style for Less Dough
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I have waited for this trend to happen for a long time. And finally it’s here! Mid-Century is IN again and we have the line-up ready for you. From Walmart to Ikea to Target to Urban Outfitters, everyone is getting in on this wonderful (and now, affordable) trend.
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