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Contemporary Funnel House, Cyprus
Paphos-based design studio Lambrianou Koutsolambros Architects have designed the Funnel House project. The contemporary property can be found in Paphos, Cyprus. According to the architects: “The contemporary Cyprian property was built on a flat plot in the village of Agia Marinouda. The shape was determined by the views and climatic factors such as the sun movement and prevailing winds. The internal sides of the L shape plan face a generous orchard under development on the east side that will further enhance, in combination with the swimming pool, the coolness of the courtyard. The pool has a vanishing edge to further emphasise the coexistence of greenery and water as seen from all parts of the house. A … Continue reading Contemporary Funnel House, Cyprus
Contemporary Shakin Stevens House, Melbourne
Melbourne-based design studio Matt Gibson Architecture + Design have completed the Shakin Stevens House project. The stunning contemporary property can be found in Melbourne, Australia. According to the architects: “The conceptual drive for the interior of this house is largely in response to a brief which crystallised into a need to be connected with ‘green’ space. Beyond the heritage front the project wanted to not necessarily increase floor area but to increase amenity. To make spaces feel bigger, more functional, to be light filled, and to visually extend and borrow from within and beyond the site. “The contemporary Melbourne property is not only about a coloured front door but the experience of what’s beyond … Continue reading Contemporary Shakin Stevens House, Melbourne
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
