Designed by Johnston Architects, the house offered a smart composition between wooden house and beautiful surroundings. The architect could blend the design and the surroundings element, such as the site contour and trees. The Architect let the trees at the site grow, and change them become a part of the design. Its beautiful wood house located on the Oregon Coast where the Coquille river meets the ocean. The house was built on a 2,500 square feet area and it has an amazing natural views. The two wings of the L-shaped plan reach out to the ocean and river views, which are framed by enormous cypress trees. The house provides shelter while opening to the expansive sky, ocean and dunes beyond. Equipped with large geometrical glass opening, this house could received the huge amount of natural light. Read more

Designed by Eldorado Stone, the project offered a new idea of stone interior decoration. This stone veneer was made from custom molds of hand-selected natural stone, and crafted by the expert who experienced more than 30 years. These veneer stone collection is perfect for any rooms, kitchens, living rooms, bathrooms, bedrooms or another rooms who would like to add some cozy natural touch decoration. The Stone texture avoid your room become so monotonous. Combination between natural exposed stone and amazing artificial lighting create a cozy interior atmosphere. Read more

“Embedded” in the exotic Antiparos lands in Greece, this stunning home comes to demonstrate, once again, that stone homes are a real trend of the 21st Century. The amazing architecture plans belong to Deca, a company based in Athens. This place literally fusions with the environment, and its design “is a dual response to the particular topography of the site and to the rural domestication techniques that in the past shaped the raw ‘Cycladic island’ landscape”. The architects took advantage of the meeting between two slopes in order to build the “Aloni” residence, which seems naturally camouflaged in its environment. Read more

Designed by Calgary-based Sturgess Architecture, this wood country home on Bowen Island faces north on a steep cliff overlooking Howe Sound, surrounded by nature with water at its feet 100m below. This timber home design was made for a couple and their two children, visitors and extended family, divided as a primary residence and guest house which are linked under one roof. But, things that stand out from this house is the open Veranda design, which can maximize the surrounding landscape and make the building blend with its surroundings. An elongated bowtie plan maximizes the aperture of glazing and view to the North, while on approach from the South, only the roof marks its presence in the landscape. Naturally finished slate, cedar shingles and copper coloured roof denote a building that challenges with form yet eases itself into the coastal context. Read more

Designed by Christensen & Co Arkitekter, Green Lighthouse, Denmark’s first CO2 neutral public building, demonstrates that sustainable design is not a question of stuffing the building with brazen, expensive high-tech gadgets, but that it starts with good old fashioned common sense. In fact, 75% of the reduction of the energy consumption is the direct consequence of architectural design. Read more

Designed by Rockefeller Partners, the project which was located in Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, CA, USA, was called Banyan Treehouse. Perched atop steel pylons that abstractly emulate natural branches, the project is not literally a tree house (maybe it look like a tower house), but rather a modern interpretation of one. The design pays the ultimate respect to the pre-existing tree, literally shaping itself around the contours of the trunk. Inside, a single glass cut out in the floor reconnects the tree house inhabitant to the tree itself, a respectful and subtle nod to Mother Nature. Every surface of the tree house is appointed with wood, creating an unparalleled level of warmth. The exterior is clad with high-grade cedar while the underside of the eaves and the structure itself are clad with rich palope. Inside, the walnut floors are complemented by walnut paneled walls. Outside, a quick walk down the stairs leads to a protected and private outdoor shower. Read more