Here are the single-story home Caretakers Residence was designed by Aidlin Darling Design. residences sited on the forest’s edge at the base of Sonoma Mountain, this 3,200 square foot home overlooks a rolling vineyard and the valley beyond. According the Aidlin Darling Design: Placed between a forested mountain and rolling vineyard, a rammed-earth wall demarcates the primary spaces of this single-story house. Built of native earth and woven among existing trees, this monolithic wall anchors the building structurally, ecologically, and experientially. Floor-to-ceiling glass completes the building envelope and captures panoramic valley views. The glass and earth walls work together to orchestrate indoor-outdoor living and to provide passive heating and cooling. Photography by J.D. Peterson, John Sutton

This spectacular and luxury home design in Hawaii by Arri Lecron Architects. Jewel of Kahana rests on approximately 1/2 acre of prime oceanfront land in West Maui. Perfectly located between Kaanapali and Kapalua, this oceanfront estate has no equal in the islands of Hawaii. A pool surrounds the homes patio on two sides, edged with irregular stonework for a natural look, with mini waterfalls cascading over the rocks at one end, and a spa.When you have had enough of the pool and the sun is setting, an extensive games room with pool, games tables and even a home sports bar awaits you inside the property. According the mauisold listing: Completed in late 2009, this spectacular home of approximately 9,000 sq. Ft. Epitomizes pacific rim architecture. Walls of glass disappear, sliding into rock walls bordering the spacious greatroom which includes a grand living & dining area as well as a fabulous open kitchen with separate enclosed butler’s kitchen. A floating mezzanine soars above the great room featuring a phenomenal sports bar with pool & game tables. The house floats in an ocean front pool complete with spa and waterfalls. There are seven oceanfront master suites, each with a luxurious bath and wet

Here is the vineyard house design sited at the base of Sonoma Mountain, affording expansive views across the vineyards and valley to the east. It stands on the edge of the vineyard but close enough to the vines offering beautiful views that can be enjoyed from inside the residence thanks to large glass windows. According the Aidlin Darling: Carefully sited on the edge of a sixty-acre vineyard, this monastic stone structure establishes a temporal frame of reference for mapping its physical environment. It is organized around a long reflecting pool, which provides a reorientation among undulating horizons, enhancing the relationship of indoor and outdoor space. The design poetically layers a complex program including agricultural operations, utility infrastructure, auxiliary structures, sculpture, orchards, gardens, follies, and domestic life. A long reflecting pool, its water level in measured contrast to the rolling ground plane, runs from an intimate southerly forest, through the house to panoramic northern views. The monolithic pool functions as an abstract reference datum; it structures the arrival sequence and daily routines. Domestic spaces are organized along its length, and a parallel loggia provides a meditative walk between the different phases and activities of the day. Perpendicular to the pool is

Twentyfourseven has designed the a Contemporary three level AE House project in Lomas de Chapultepec, a residential district in Mexico City, Mexico. Twentyfourseven is an emergent practice in Mexico City, working in the fields of architecture and landscape urbanism AE House by twentyfourseven AE house is an exploration on privacy and materiality, the house is situated in Lomas de Chapultepec, in Mexico City, and consists of three levels placed on a 800 m2 / 8611 sq ft site. The house uses the restrictions in the urban plan to its advantage in the placement of the internal spaces, challenging the typical configurations of similar plots in the area. The project offers an alternative to the centralized volumes that are closed and devoid of interaction to their sites and looking outwards through wall enclosed patios. The proposal of the project changes this interaction by displacing a thick volume to the back of the site while a thin volume is pulled forward, creating by such an action a cross diagram that allows for patios to emerge with views, illumination and natural ventilation of the spaces. The intersection of both volumes creates a central void where the connection between the different volumes opens up

Secret House Here is the contemporary single-family home design in Shuwaikh B, Kuwait. The House named is secret house designed by Kuwait-based studio AGi Architects. This context of urban housing, as well as restrictions on local climate and privacy. The house is clearly distinct from the street due to its contemporary shapes. Secret House Project Summaries Architects: AGi Architects Location: Shuwaikh B, Kuwait Project Year: 2010 Project Area: 2600 sqm Photographs: Nelson Garrido Client: Private Consultants: AMJT Size: 2,600 sqm Project Team: Nasser Abulhasan, Joaquin Perez-Goicoechea,Bruno Gomes, Raquel Soeiro, Naseeba Shaji, Babu Ibrahim, Robert Varguese, Abdul Hafiz Mohammed, Walead Fawzy El Demdash Secret House by AGi Architects: “Kuwait’s urban fabric mostly consists of detached single-family homes highlighting a clear example of city-sprawl. To adapt to the desert climate, the distances between the built volumes are minimal, resulting in shaded spaces between houses. These spaces that work well as temperature regulators result in facades with little privacy and limited views. This creates an added challenge to create projects with personality that are not based purely on an exercise in façade design. Given these circumstances, our focus was to design a home that expresses the clients’ needs, clearly marking the buffers and

Belgian studio Beel & Achtergael Architects has designed the Villa V in T in Flanders This is a nice house, very discreet and private from the front and open in the back. The sculpture is a Marc Quinn kate moss sculpture.we like it overall. we like the structure of the building, it’s wide open spaces and it’s whiteness although sometimes it becomes too much,the pool area and the furnishings Villa V in T Project description: The client wanted a house where he could relax in calm and privacy among his family and friends and enjoy his extensive art collection. The site for the building is on a mixed vernacular residential / light industrial street close to the clients companies offices. While the general surroundings at the rear of the plot are agricultural and offer a quiet perspective, there is considerable traffic at the front. In this project we therefore tried to create “a little world on its own” by arranging all dwelling quarters on the ground floor in a U-shape around an open air courtyard. On the inside of this shape a continuous glass wall opens the generous circulation and living rooms to this “heart”, the social core of the

Here is the charming east mount house interior by Pal Pang of Hong Kong-based studio Another Design International.  East Mount House is luxury residential unit located in Hong Kong island, China. Mount East Flat by Another Design International: “It took a year to create special residential units – Mount East, for Hong Kong real estate developer, Pal Pang deliberately give new meaning to luxury. Does not require any retro classic or modern stylish design approach to luxury packaging, high definition is the unique design and quality, because only the principle of unique design, with the quality of construction, in order to constitute such extraordinary works of art as units. Time (Clock of the Heart) Only the use of wood, glass and several kinds of cloth material, no frills, no time limit has become aesthetics, elegance is as light and shadow, proportion is the design of the spirit, the two families, Mr Pang focus on the release of a sense of space and artistic, a free atmosphere. About Pal Pang: Pal Pang studied interior design at University of the Creative Arts, UK, received honorary bachelors degree, returned to Hong Kong after graduation. Initially, he was mainly engaged in retail and commercial brand

Los Altos Hills Family House The modern home with second floor bedroom wing: Los Altos Hills Family House by CCS Architecture. This home with 6,00 square foot two story contemporary home is located in Los Altos Hills, California, USA. According the Architect: “CCS Architecture designed this modern home for a family of five in Los Altos Hills, California. The clients, both working parents, wanted a warm and casual, family-friendly dwelling with interiors that would merge with the outdoors. The goal of sustainability was met through the home’s building methods, materials, and energy systems. Carefully positioned on its one-acre site, the 6,000 square foot residence is broken into three parts separated by two breezeways. The result is a contemporary compound with well-defined outdoor spaces that are comfortable during hot summer days. An L-shaped main level plan houses the primary living areas and garage. The second floor bedroom wing, clad in cedar, is a long bar that is rotated in relation to the first floor. It creates sheltered zones below as well as a pair of roof decks for the four bedrooms. The second floor meets the ground at its north end, forming the pool house. Between the pool house and the family