House

Explore 53 award-winning designs tagged House on Cool Design News.

Brand: Alexandru Zingaliuc Project Type: House Tag: Architecture

Miorita

Miorita is a three storey residential building located in Chisinau. The ground level holds commercial spaces, while the two upper levels host three apartment units. An underground parking area is placed below the building. Each level has a different polygonal shape, which gives the building a stacked and rotated appearance. The facade combines dark ceramic granite tiles with bright warm timber cladding on a ventilated system. Sharp angles and cantilevered terraces create a dynamic form within the urban setting.

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Brand: Ryuji Yamashita Project Type: House Tag: Architecture

With Four Children

A house for a couple and their four children. There is a playroom in the center of the house, and four children's rooms are located facing each other. There are steps and windows between them. When the children open the window, the floor becomes a big desk where they study face to face. The four children's rooms become an integrated space and are connected to the first floor because the desks are made of glass. It is a space that connects the family at various distances.

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Brand: Joy Alexandre Harb Project Type: house Tag: Architecture

Villa Olympea

The Residential Villa in the mountains of Lebanon is integrated with its surrounding nature. Its design consists of 2 L-shaped structures on the ground floor, which interact together to create an internal green patio, visible from all spaces in the house. This concept was thought of in order to avoid having corridors in the house, for aesthetic reasons as well as for avoiding loss of space. A cedar tree was planted in the internal patio,it being the emblem of the country found on the national flag , becoming the heart of the house.

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Brand: Francisco Eduardo Sá and Felipe Savassi Project Type: House Tag: Architecture

Zen Mood

Zen Mood is a conceptual project centered in 3 key drivers: Minimalism, adaptability, and aesthetics. Individual segments are attached creating a variety of shapes and uses: homes, offices or showrooms can be generated making use of two formats. Each module has been designed with 3.20 x 6.00m arranged in 19m² within 01 or 02 floors. The transportation is mainly made by trucks, also it can be delivered and installed in just one day. It is a unique, contemporary design that creates simple, lively and creative spaces made possible through a clean and industrialized constructive method.

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Brand: Aamer Qaisiyah Project Type: House Tag: Architecture

Basalt

Built for comfort as well as being elegant. This design is truly eye-catching and remarkable inside and out. Features include oak wood, windows made to bring in plenty of sunlight, and it is soothing to the eyes. It is mesmerizing by its beauty and the technique. Once you are in this house, you can't but notice the serenity and the oasis feeling that takes over you. The breeze of the trees and the surrounding with the sun rays makes this house a unique place to live in away from the busy city life. The Basalt house is built to please and accommodate a variety of people.

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Brand: Toshiaki Tanaka Project Type: House Tag: Architecture

Morimachi

House in Morimachi is a single storey house designed in a minimal form. The house is clad in metal sheets and kept low to respect the surrounding scenery. Steel framing forms the main structure, with dimensions standardized to the module of the traditional Japanese timber house to keep a familiar sense of scale. Wood sliding doors add depth, continuity and openness to the interior. The garden combines water scenery with gently undulating ground, creating a different view from each room along the south facade. Traditional carpentry and plaster techniques were used throughout.

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Brand: Niroop Kumar Reddy Nallari Project Type: House Tag: Architecture

H2O

H2O House is a private residence in an urban residential area of Hyderabad. The house is designed for a family of four and covers an area of 12500 square feet. Indoor and outdoor water bodies support passive cooling and lower indoor temperatures during the day. Light weight fly ash bricks and thermal insulation sheets are used as masonry to limit heat transfer. Large openings on opposite walls allow cross ventilation, and solar panels are placed on the terrace. Spaces are zoned vertically according to privacy, with shared rooms below and bedrooms above.

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Brand: Fatemeh Fooladi Project Type: House Tag: Architecture

Alina

Alina is a two-story private house with a total built area of 480 square meters. Several styles are combined, and the forms, colors and materials are chosen to reflect the emotions and personality of the client. Industrial metal, glass, concrete, stone and wood are the main materials. A glazed corridor placed before the entrance limits the entry of cold and heat. A smart system controls the electronic devices and the lighting through a simple application. A smart water supply system eases irrigation across the whole house.

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Brand: Christos Pavlou Project Type: House Tag: Architecture

Garden

The proposal highlights nature's beauty in our urban lives, as a result, it creates a new standard of lifestyle in the city as well as introducing a breath of tranquillity into the neighborhood. The internal courtyard becomes an intermediate space functioning both as an important temperature regulator but also as a means of communicating and unifying the interior spaces. Inspired by the environmental effects that cities have on CO2 emissions and global warming, the designers tried to emphasize that the implementation of urban gardens into the home design is welcoming and achievable.

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Brand: Fernando Abelleyro Project Type: House Tag: Architecture

Santos

Using wood as the main constructive element, the house displaces its two levels in section, generating a glazed roof to integrate with the context and allow natural light to enter. The double height space articulates that relationship between the ground floor, the upper floor and the landscape. A metal roof over the skylight flies, protecting it from the incidence of the western sun and formally rebuilding the volume, framing the vision of the natural environment. The program is articulated by locating public uses on the ground floor and private uses on the upper floor.

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Brand: William Price Project Type: House Tag: Architecture

Stair

This project challenges the residential design status quo, emphasizing the incorporation of environmental and cultural sustainability into its core principles. Through the reinterpretation of an existing typology, it expands the boundaries of what is possible within a narrow urban infill lot. The use of sustainable materials, deep planter guard rails, and covered outdoor patios encourage a connection with nature and cross-ventilation. The house is a reflection of how the relationship with nature and one another is evolving in the context of urban living.

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Brand: Hatsuo Morimoto Project Type: House Tag: Architecture

Ike

Ike is a three-story house with a penthouse, built in a densely populated urban area of Nagoya, Japan. The reinforced concrete building has a site area of 365 square meters and a floor area of 602 square meters. The outer walls are finished in wood grained concrete, made by lining the formwork with cedar boards before the concrete is poured. Wood garage doors, curtain wall glass and stone fence blocks complete the exterior. Three pocket gardens bring indirect light, air and greenery into the rooms. The upper floors are offset so that sunlight still reaches the neighboring houses.

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