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Designed as a private sanctuary, Ventana House is a place to retreat and reflect. Located on a steep hillside overlooking the urban sprawl, the residence feels worlds away from the city below. Its cast-in-place concrete walls anchor the structure into the rugged terrain, grounding the architecture within the landscape. This mass is contrasted by a delicate scrim that appears to float above the living spaces, all tucked safely beneath the deep shadows of a large cowboy hat roof—an essential shield against the desert sun.

Engineered specifically for its site, this home uses large roof overhangs to manage coastal weather, doubling as a visual statement rather than a purely functional feature. Its rooflines sit low, blending into the natural landscape as an organic extension of the surrounding terrain.

Welcome to The Lakeside Serenity, a breathtaking modern contemporary home that perfectly blends sleek design with natural beauty. Nestled in an elevated terrain, this two-story residence offers an open and airy feel with its clean lines, large windows, and flat roof. The extensive use of glass not only floods the interior with natural light but also provides stunning views of the surrounding greenery and landscaped gardens.

Welcome to The Lakeside Serenity, a breathtaking modern contemporary home that perfectly blends sleek design with natural beauty. Nestled in an elevated terrain, this two-story residence offers an open and airy feel with its clean lines, large windows, and flat roof. The extensive use of glass not only floods the interior with natural light but also provides stunning views of the surrounding greenery and landscaped gardens.

The interesting landscape serves as a major inspiration for this villa in Jordan. Earthy tones, soft edges and simple form makes it camoflage in the dry terrain. We loved creating these 3D renders for our client.

Designed and built with a premium capped composite decking material, this project has a hardwood appearance, durable rich color, and is resistant to scratches and stains. Contrasting bright white rails with built-in lights add style and functionality too. Project by Archadeck located in West County and serving the entire Greater St. Louis region.

In an uneven terrain both in form and slope, with a pre-existing construction, a house is built integrated in the land whose main access, both car and pedestrian is located north of the land, aiming to provide privacy to the housing due to its surroundings . Developing in an L-shaped, it makes a clear separation between the technical and social areas and the more private areas. Having, the client, aimed at a "non-cubic" but still contemporary home, the sloped cover promotes a set of volumes. One of the requirements for the development of the project relies on the low maintenance of the house resulting in the choice of materials and tones less subject to temporal degradation.

VanBrouck & Associates: Inspired by the classical architecture of Palladio, this Italian villa was designed with a procession of beautifully proportioned, ordered spaces, with strong axial sightlines, to draw the eye through the spaces and beckon the individual to explore. Beautifully sited on acreage, the interior and exterior spaces are thoughtfully orchestrated to interact together, and to connect to the land. Stone loggias, at the entry, rear, and side of the residence, visually and literally extend the interior living spaces. View-lines extend through the house from the open courtyard and infinite landscape vistas of the front to the wooded terrain of the rear. Gentle cross-breezes flow and natural light streams into the rooms from a series of French doors lyrically arranged throughout the spaces.

Rodwin Architecture and Skycastle Homes Location: Boulder, CO, United States A 2000 sf. contemporary mountain home with detached garage-studio. This cozy green design includes passive and active solar, high efficiency windows, an ultra-efficient boiler with radiant heating, and timber and stone harvested on-site. House was carefully sited to nestle in among existing exposed rocks, feature trees, and steep terrain, with the great room and large deck oriented to capture sweeping mountain views.

The front façade unfolds from the hillside, with cantilevered rooflines and cedar cladding emerging from native plantings and low-maintenance grasses—blurring the boundary between built form and mountain terrain.

VanBrouck & Associates: Inspired by the classical architecture of Palladio, this Italian villa was designed with a procession of beautifully proportioned, ordered spaces, with strong axial sightlines, to draw the eye through the spaces and beckon the individual to explore. Beautifully sited on acreage, the interior and exterior spaces are thoughtfully orchestrated to interact together, and to connect to the land. Stone loggias, at the entry, rear, and side of the residence, visually and literally extend the interior living spaces. View-lines extend through the house from the open courtyard and infinite landscape vistas of the front to the wooded terrain of the rear. Gentle cross-breezes flow and natural light streams into the rooms from a series of French doors lyrically arranged throughout the spaces.

VanBrouck & Associates: Inspired by the classical architecture of Palladio, this Italian villa was designed with a procession of beautifully proportioned, ordered spaces, with strong axial sightlines, to draw the eye through the spaces and beckon the individual to explore. Beautifully sited on acreage, the interior and exterior spaces are thoughtfully orchestrated to interact together, and to connect to the land. Stone loggias, at the entry, rear, and side of the residence, visually and literally extend the interior living spaces. View-lines extend through the house from the open courtyard and infinite landscape vistas of the front to the wooded terrain of the rear. Gentle cross-breezes flow and natural light streams into the rooms from a series of French doors lyrically arranged throughout the spaces.

VanBrouck & Associates: Inspired by the classical architecture of Palladio, this Italian villa was designed with a procession of beautifully proportioned, ordered spaces, with strong axial sightlines, to draw the eye through the spaces and beckon the individual to explore. Beautifully sited on acreage, the interior and exterior spaces are thoughtfully orchestrated to interact together, and to connect to the land. Stone loggias, at the entry, rear, and side of the residence, visually and literally extend the interior living spaces. View-lines extend through the house from the open courtyard and infinite landscape vistas of the front to the wooded terrain of the rear. Gentle cross-breezes flow and natural light streams into the rooms from a series of French doors lyrically arranged throughout the spaces.

Inspiration for a mid-sized transitional gray one-story stucco house exterior remodel in Seattle with a hip roof and a shingle roof

Architect: Cheryl Hughes, Seattle | Location: Leschi neighborhood | 6400 SF | Steep terrain, landslide area Technical Features: Complex 60’ deep concrete pile foundation; Imported cement board siding installed on a rain screen system; Lindal windows executed at an unusually large scale, pushing the manufacturer’s abilities to new levels; Oil-finished end-grain fir floors. Simple and precise execution of the details create a warm nurturing environment.

Inspiration for a large open concept medium tone wood floor and coffered ceiling living room remodel in New York with a standard fireplace