Casa Finisterra - Luxory Beach Villa on The Rock by Steven Harris Architects - Modern luxus Villa sziklákra ültetve

New York city-based studio Steven Harris Architects has designed the Casa Finisterra project.
This 9,000 square foot, five bedroom, seven bath contemporary home Sits upon a breathtaking promontory in the exclusive gated resort-community of Pedregal in Cabo San Lucas, a city at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur.

Geometrical Concrete House in Shanghai by Archi-Union Architects - Geometrikus beton ház koncepció Kínából

Shangai-based design studio Archi-Union Architects has designed this Tea House and Library. Completed in 2011, this contemporary tea house is located in the backyard of their office, in Yangpu District, Shanghai, China.
According tot he architects: “The Tea House is constructed from salvaged parts of a  collapsed warehouse roof. The site was extremely constricted with walls on three sides, with only one side facing towards a nopen space that contains a pool. The space was further restricted by a mature tree.The design tries to embody harmony by integrating enclosure and openness, delightful space and logical construction and other complicated relations.
This contemporary Chinese property reacts to the site’s environment; the plan layout is a logically obscure quadrilateral, thus maximising the amount of space. It is divided into three parts. A covered public area is formed towards the open space with the pool, with an enclosed tea house at ground level and library on the first floor where a small triangular balcony extends around the existing tree. Other more private spaces exist such as a lounge, reading room and service room which are arranged towards the rear of the building; a delightful transitional space was created to connect the public space and the private spaces.” Images courtesy of  Zhonghai Shen.

NaCi House - Interesting and Creative Family Residence in Bethesda, Maryland - Kreatív többszintes családi ház minimalista elemekkel

NaCi House has been designed by Virginia-based David Jameson Architect Inc. The contemporary home is located in Bethesda, Maryland.
According to the architects: “Breaking the prescriptive mold of horizontally layered homes, NaCl House aspires to render unclear the spatial organisation of the project and explore an architecture of ambiguous scale.  The resultant massing reveals an imperfect, rough-hewn form recalling the natural isometric formation of mineral rock salt.
“The exterior composition is read as a single object that reflects a dynamic fluid interior. Uncorrelated to the buildings structure, glazing panels are detailed flush to the exterior surface, eliminating shadows which further inhibit a reading of the buildings scale.”
The contemporary Maryland property appears like a childs building blocks but with a white-wash facade. However, once inside this is no child’s play – the chic home is a true reflection of a modern 21st century home.  What do you think of this contemporary property in Maryland? Images courtesy of Paul Warchol.

Beautiful Contemporary House, Granada, Spain by Susanna Cots Interior Design - Gyönyörű kortárs villa Spanyolországból

Susanna Cots Interior Design a Barcelona-based design studio  have renovated the interiors of this spectacular home in Granada, Spain.  Susanna focuses on sensitivity and transparency for the interior design of this beautiful Spanish property.
Named ʻPure whiteʼ the project was named where white is the star. White as the sum of all the colours of the light is the starting point of this amazing project: a house by the sea on the top of a cliff blessed with natural light. The owners wished for white and comfort to reign throughout the entire property.
The contemporary Spanish house is divided into five areas. The service area is projected to house up to five people and the decoration and furniture are all designed in white. The kidsʼ wing that includes the childrenʼs rooms and a sitting room is the only part of the house with brushstrokes of colour.
The daytime zone that includes the dining room and living room areas was projected in a way that the exterior seems to spill into the house so when relaxing on the sofa one is invaded by the intense blue of the sea, which embraces the whole living area as well as the kitchen.
The upper part of the building houses a cube that locates the main suite. The room is decorated totally in white except for the bathroom, which is designed in a deep dark basalt stone, and a black carpet that crosses the room. Several objects in distressed silver such as a mannequin and decorative frames on top of the boudoir also provide minimal touches of colour to the contemporary Spanish property.
Finally, the guest area on the ground floor next to the swimming pool is floored with the same material as the outdoor to integrate both areas even more, so that fuse in one essence. Images courtesy of Mauricio Fuertes.