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Luxury Cherry Tree Cottage, England
Cherry Tree Cottage is a striking contemporary house with exceptional panoramic southerly views across the Weald sitting in an acre of grounds. Completed in 2009, the contemporary home can be found in Edenbridge, Kent, England. The contemporary English cottage is a stylishly presented contemporary property which was built in 2009 and is ‘Eco friendly’ with environmentally sustainable features. The house has been designed to make the most of the exceptional views over the Weald of Kent, with full height windows and doors along the southern elevation. Internally the house has been finished to a high specification and offers light and airy, open plan accommodation arranged over two floors. The open plan living … Continue reading Luxury Cherry Tree Cottage, England
Luxurious Piper Building Apartment, London, England
London-based design led architectural practice Seth Stein Architects have re-designed the Piper Building. The contemporary building can be found in upmarket area of Parson’s Green, London, England. Originally built in the 1950s by the North Thames Gas Board, it was converted into apartments in 1997 by Lifschutz Davidson, an architecture practice specialising in renovated buildings. Commissioned to decorate the exterior of the conference room wing was John Piper, a leading artist in the 50s and now building’s namesake. He produced 76 metres of fibreglass mural panels, providing a truly distinguished example of public art. The 2,000 sq. ft interior of the apartment itself was re-designed by Seth Stein in 1999, well known … Continue reading Luxurious Piper Building Apartment, London, England
Luxury Casa Albanese, Italy
Italian architects ASA Studio Albanese have designed the Casa Albanese project. Completed in 1998, this traditional Mediterranean dammuso house can be found on the Island of Pantelleria, Italy. According to the architects: “A pouring of lava, on the continental shelf of Africa, in the middle of the Sicilian Channel. Thirty miles from Tunisia. An agricultural complex containing a number of dammusi, the typical construction of the local agricultural population, built with double dry-masonry walls in lavic stone and obsidian, interspaces filled with rubble ‘casciata’: the internal wall supports the vault, the external wall functions as a buttress; a rugged landscape, with severe level variations, each marked by e wall; Mediterranean vegetation (grapevines, olives, holm … Continue reading Luxury Casa Albanese, Italy
Contemporary H House, Salt Lake City
Utah-based design studio Axis Architects has designed the H-House project. Completed in 2008, the luxury hilltop residence overlooks Salt Lake City in Utah. According to the architects: “The H House is a modern residence located high on Salt Lake City’s East Bench on Devonshire. The living spaces of the house are oriented towards the expansive views of the valley and the Great Salt Lake. “One of the challenges of this project was to allow for the views to the west, while protecting the contemporary Salt Lake City house from the afternoon sun. A large overhanging shading device provides shade and gives a distinctive character to the house. “The volumes of the contemporary Utah house follow the slope of the terrain … Continue reading Contemporary H House, Salt Lake City
Luxury Voelklip Beach House, South Africa
The Voelklip project is another dream property designed by Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects (SAOTA), a Cape Town-based studio. This contemporary residence is a plush, luxurious home and is located in Voelklip, Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa. According to the architects: “The brief called for a beach house suitable for a family of four, on a vacant site in Voelklip. The site is a long thin rectangular subdivision stretching from the sun facing street and mountain side to the undulating tree tops of the milkwoods and fynbos and the coastline on the south. “The gently sloping site presented the opportunity for a split-level living space allowing lounge, dining to be placed above the … Continue reading Luxury Voelklip Beach House, South Africa
