Monday, January 9, 2012

Modern House - A Forest Surrounded Wimberley House

A house surrounded by a forest will certainly become a wonderful living space since we can enjoy the awesome view and qualified oxygen every day. The 5,000 square feet Wimberley House designed by Cunningham Architects is a sample of a well designed architecture project in an area surrounded by forest of Juniper trees and native oak on the Texas hill country.

The house architecture is designed in ‘L’ plan with one wing for private area such as bedrooms and social area such as living room, dining room, and kitchen in another wing. The architecture is designed to be two boxes; glass pavilion and stained cement fiber board that are connected by glass hallway that gives the views of lush forest.

The house design is also completed by a rooftop patio where the family can gathering while enjoying the nature view surround the house. The patio is also made as a rain harvesting surface connected to water tank with 40,000 gallon capacity, so that it can fulfill the water needs of the house. Besides, the house design is also energy efficient so that balance the nature surrounds it.








White House - Contemporary Moliner House Design

This exclusive design of Moliner House was finished by the architect Alberto Campo Baeza for a poet. The house that is mostly finished in white was built in Avda. IlustraciĆ³n, UrbanizaciĆ³n Montecanal, Zaragoza, Spain in year 2008.

As a house that specially designed for a poet, the architect should imagine the most right design of home where the poet can get much inspiration to write and enjoying books reading. The house is surrounded by high walls and a beautiful garden is built inside the walled area with some leafy tress planted on the ground.

The Moliner House was constructed in three levels. The highest level was specially designed as the area where the poet can work, thinking, and finding inspiration. The level was designed rightly as workplace with transparent glass for natural lighting from the north. The ground floor was designed for living room with garden view that can be enjoyed through the transparent glass. Meanwhile, the bedrooms were designed in the lower ground floor for a tight sleep. 







Wooden House - Traditional White Wood House in Scandinavian Style

Traditional design of house still becomes favorite one of some people in the middle of modern era today. Then this white wood house in the traditional Scandinavian style may inspire much. It is a warm, bright, and comfortable house made of wood with whole white finishing and red brick walls in some parts.

Owned by a family with children, the house is designed in the simplicity of traditional and classic house. Some glass windows are applied in each room to allow natural light entering the whole room and giving landscape view. White furnishings in some rooms improve the brightness of the house with its white interior and they are all designed in traditional style.

A loft bedroom also becomes one of the characters of the traditional style house. Still finished in white wood and featured with glass windows, the loft becomes a bright and warm bedroom and study for a child of the family. Perfectly, all small details in the house are also in the traditional look including the indoor planters with some flowers planted on it, washbasins and the faucets, clocks, ceiling lamps, and everything.