This really luxury and impressive glass house in Johannesburg, South Africa design by Johannesburg-based studio Nico Van Der Meulen Architects. This spectacular two story house with 4000 sq.m site and total floor area of 26,000 sq.m.The owner requested a modern, glamorous, open plan, light-filled house with views from all rooms into the garden. Now look the Impressive Glass House in Johannesburg, South Africa with picture below: Impressive Glass House by Nico Van Der Meulen Architects: “The house is situated on a 4000 sq.m site, with a total floor area of 2500sq.m. The owner requested a modern, glamorous, open plan, light-filled house with views from all rooms into the garden. The shape on the south side is a half circle, forming a horseshoe on the north side. Approaching the house form the gate the driveway is elevated to allow glimpses thru’ the house to the garden and raised water feature on the other side of the house. The porte cochere is a suspended glass and stainless steel structure, with view into the house and a stainless steel and glass staircase, suspended over a heated pond, (which in summer acts as a temperature stabilizer, and in winter as a giant heater) with a circular,

Here is the cool summer houses on Sao Paulo’s Coast in Iporanga, Brasil. This iporanga house by Nitsche Arquitetos Associados building combination steel, concrete and wooden. The house comfortable way to live inside a forest. Definitely the right place to use huge windows. Also liked the atypical decision to paint the steel beams turquoise. now look the Summer Houses with picture below: Summer houses project summaries: Architects: Nitsche Arquitetos Associados – Lua Nitsche, Pedro Nitsche, Renata Cupini, Suzana Barboza, Mariana Simas Location: Iporanga, Guarujá, SP, Brazil Award: young architects award, IAB – SP, 2007 Total Area (including terraces): 554 sqm Building area: 364m² Project: 2005 Completion of the project: 2006 Photographs: Nelson Kon Summer Houses Project description: Iporanga House is located in Iporanga, a condominium for summer houses on Sao Paulo’s coast, approximately 120km east from the capital. This condo is inside a very well preserved and protected area of the original Atlantic Rainforest. The exuberance of this native forest has taken the client to demand a house that occupied the minimum as possible of the ground (lot) surface. But at the same time he wanted it to be large and comfortable, and asked for 5 suites, one for the

Here is the awesome vacation home for your own paradise in Costa Rica Jungle. This charming tropical house for vacation is located on the outskirts of this Costa Rican jungle; This expansive 6,500 square foot home, with 4,000′ under roof and 2,500′ of open-air living space, sits on the crest of a natural coastal canyon. Generous interior and exterior living areas flow seamlessly together making this the perfect spot to entertain family and friends. Visit Peninsula Papagayo for awesome vacation home! Awesome vacation home features include: A large infinity lap pool gives way to a grand exterior lounge area, and a built-in barbeque, dining area create an ideal setting for entertaining or an intimate relaxing hideaway.  Awesome vacation home accommodates 5-bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms include a master suite, junior suite, two guest bedrooms and a caretaker’s quarters. Private master suite and junior suite are comfortably secluded. Guest bedrooms can be found via Zen-like interior walkways or exterior terraces accented with a Coralina waterfall or ocean views. Master suite offers a king size bed, ocean view, wrap around deck and walk-in closet. Master bath includes a large soaking tub, an interior and exterior full body shower, dual vanities, and ocean views. Junior

Here is the Modern Gubbins House Design by Cape Town-based Antonio Zaninovic Architecture Studio and collaboration with Rees Roberts & Partners. This house is located at the base of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. Gubbins House building element and feature: Concrete outdoor living space, natural swimming pool, regeneration zone, concrete outdoor dining area, wood lounge deck, lower garden walking path, master bedroom terrace, outdoor screening area, entrance courtyard, courtyard reflection pool, interior to exterior reflection pool, dining room courtyard and pool The Gubbins House won a 2010 Honor Award from the American Society and Landscape Architects for its many sustainable features and its amazing local flora garden. Gubbins House Project Summaries: Architect: Antonio Zaninovic Architecture Studio Location: Cape Town, South Africa Project Architect: Antonio Zaninovic Interior Design: Rees Roberts + Partners LLC Landscape Design: Rees Roberts + Partners LLC Project Area: 4,500 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs:  Antonio Zaninovic, Nikolas Michael, Scott Frances Gubbins House by Antonio Zaninovic Architecture Studio, Story and Description : “Surrounded by protected natural parklands on three sides, the house was built on an exceptional plot at the base of Table Mountain with sweeping views down to the city and harbor below. The site lies alongside a

Here is the contemporary hillside house nestled on the hills of Mill Valley, a city in Marin County, California, USA, located about 14 miles (23 km) north of San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge. this contemporary house Interior space: 2,116 square foot  and Decks and Balconies 1,567 square foot, with four story design by San Francisco-based studio SB Architects.  This coustom home is the first LEED for homes platinum certified house in Marin country and one of only a handful in the state of California . Now look the contemporary hillside house with picture below: Contemporary Hillside House by SB Architects “Nestled in the hills of Mill Valley, California, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, Hillside House has just received certification as the first LEED for Homes Platinum custom home in Marin County, and one of only a handful in Northern California. Designed by San Francisco-based SB Architects, an international firm well-known for the design of site-sensitive resort and mixed-use projects around the world, and built by well-known green builder McDonald Construction & Development, this home is a statement of what is possible combining “high design with high sustainability.” The four-story home – clad with beautiful, sustainable

Here is the Modern Hill House design – Mecano in Osa Peninsula, a peninsula located in the Puntarenas Province in southwestern Costa Rica by Robles Arquitectos. House Mecano is a body composed of a structure, a skin and a mechanism to adapt to their environment. The Concept of the residence arises in the use of passive strategies through bioclimatic design in synergy with an automation system that controls the appropriate levels of natural ventilation through open window systems and a pulley system that alter the position and inclination of the eaves manually, promoting thermal comfort and indoor air quality. The goal will be to maximize function in the smallest space possible. Now look the modern hill house design – mecano house with picture below: Modern Hill House Design materials: the main project goal is to minimize the amount of construction materials needed. The steel structural system is modular, allowing the reduction of construction debris. The roof panels allow the reduction of roof supports as they have a great structural capacity. The materials chosen are low maintenance Environment goals for Modern hill house design: Use of low emitting products, Thermal comfort acheived with the use of passive strategies, Natural ventilation, Natural

This cool modern large-house with low energy consumption in Luxembourg design by Steinmetz De Meyer Architects. This four storey house completed 2008. during the day, this house uses less energy because nearly all the room to get the light from the sun, so the room remains light and air circulation in the room also became more cool and fresh. The Modern Large-House use white color enhances the abstract nature of this building; bays windows and dark wood panels contrast with the whiteness (brightness) of the solid volumes and give full expression to this composition very daring among the neighboring houses in a row. Similarly, the interior spaces also overlap between them, here are the areas of movement and life stages and among them who are concerned. The stay on the ground floor and is open on two levels to allow interaction with the desktop and the parents of first floor rooms. These Modern Large-House interactions of the facades and interior spaces are complemented by side garden generous openings formed very large glass walls: green space with the pool become a natural extension of living spaces.An outdoor courtyard on the ground floor, fitted between the dining room and living room, generates a

Here is the modern beam house in Arbel Israel design by Uri Cohen Architects. This house design with cozy and beautiful angular columns and beams meet the rounded concrete wall. According description from the architects:  This home has been designed for a client who wished to build his home next to his farm.  The design combines some of the utilitarian images of the agriculture buildings in that area with the fascination to the ‘beams’ construction of a ‘country home’. Now look the Modern Beam House in Arbel Israel with picture below: The Modern Beam House is divided in three parallel strips: private, semi private and public. By doing so, the possibility exists to have the one (living) part with the (northern) light open to the yard and the view.  The pirvate (southern) part is closed by concrete walls. Between the public and semi public spaces stands a thick wall which contains the utilities such as the air conditioning system, storage spaces, toilets, etc. The Modern Beam House of the roof rests on that ‘central concrete wall’ and candeliver to the living area. This keeps the northern glass façade free of columns.  The area between the private and public area of