MODERN FACADE - SUSTAINABLE HOUSES

Modern home facade with an affordable concept.

This is one of the most beautiful house facades that has a number of custom projects including sustainability, flexibility and, of course, purpose of achieve affordability concept of architecture. For sustainability, it was given a hybrid construction, the heavy mass for living rooms and light weight for the bedrooms. Dual cavity system, concrete slabs and brick walls with cavity insulation are examples of materials used.
The exterior is designed with beautiful simplicity, flexibility and a compact form, shaped like a box. Inside, there is a small terrace with a garden that has a multifunction purpose. The modern kitchen overlooks a small courtyard and the dining room is next to it. Other fields of interior design life is also looking for simplicity and light in contemporary form. In practice, this house can be repositioned according to any other site. This great work was made by Environ Studio architects.

Sources: environastudio.com
Via: http://house-facades.blogspot.com/

Beautiful Home Garden

Beautiful home garden

Like Photo | Alexander Girard : Restless Eye

From The Mid-20th Century Designer's Personal Photography Collection

via Nowness

Inside a Shack in Langa - Cape Town

Took these photos in 2008 on a site visit to Langa

in Cape Town. 

( photos : renee rossouw 2008 )

Home Garden

home garden

Southern Comfort!

I remember the day I turned 18 (legal drinking age back in the day) quite well.  The pint of Southern Comfort I was provided as a birthday gift led to a turn of events that my old friends will never let me forget.  The day started out normal enough.......Oops - this is a blog about home design.  Let me start over.

A few weeks ago I received a call from a wonderful couple in Alabama.  Two years ago a tornado had ripped through their property and destroyed their lake home. Since then they have been working on a new home design.  They had become pretty happy with the floor plans, but just could not get comfortable with the building exterior.  They came to the conclusion they needed some design assistance, and asked if I could help.  I said, "Absolutely!"

The original lake front elevation.  A good beginning but too tall for a  two story house (main level and lower level).  The elevation also needed a logical scheme for patterns, materials, etc.

The new lake front elevation.  I brought the roof line down and lowered the dormers to a more reasonable height.  Other changes included:  creating a dramatic window pattern at the central gable, reconfiguring the porches, developing new column and beam details and adding a material / color palette appropriate for a lake cabin.

WOW!!!  was the response when I sent the sketches to them.  That's the greatest reaction I could possibly hope to receive.  

The moral of this story is... don't be afraid to seek the help of a professional.  With their assistance you can create a design that you will be proud to call home for years to come.  Now this is what I call real Alabama Southern Comfort!

Home And Garden: Garden

Home And Garden: Garden