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.

Minimalist Modern House in The Park by Splendid Architecture - Modern minimalista ház egy Hamburgi park közepén

Hamburg-based splendid_architecture recently won two awards for their design of "House at the Park" on the outskirts of the same German city. The BDA (Alliance of German Architects) awarded the house an "award for the most beautiful new built house," and it received a public vote for the same. Architects Nina and Stephan Schmid explain that "due to pre-conditions the house was built partly on piles, in order to integrate it into an old tree population."
Seen from the road, the house sits at the far end of an expanse of grass, tucked by the trees as if for protection and views out. Getting closer the S-shaped ribbon that meanders from roof to wall to floor to roof to wall and floor again (in two directions) acts like podium, raising the house above the landscape that it also integrates itself into. The U-shaped plan on the first floor locates living spaces up front and bedrooms with more privacy in the rear; between is dining. The bar above houses the master bedroom.
Of course, the most striking area where the house makes concessions to the trees is the small court near the front of the house. Here the tree rises from a gravel pit flush with the stone floor and pokes through a square opening in the roof above. Oddly this situation replaces the tree's canopy with the architectural one, meaning that those sitting in the court experience only the trees trunk, not its foliage. Instead one connects with the leaves from the house's interior and its roof terraces.
Built for a family of six, the house's generous living spaces are focused towards the central courtyard that is also marked by another mature tree. The varying levels of solidity and transparency, achieved through the use layers of stone and wood in front of glass walls, works towards issues of privacy in a house that is basically on display. With the expansive lawn fronting the house, an introverted focus with more transparency facing the courtyard makes sense. It also reinforces the importance of the trees that the architects worked so hard to preserve.

Beautifully Designed White Home by Andres Remy Arquitectos - Minimál családi ház design Argentínából

Amazing Carrara House, Andres Remy Arquitectos company developed Carrara House in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spacious House 660 m2. and is characterized by many large panoramic Windows and light marble trim. However, with high ceilings developers achieve absolute transparency. Water is becoming an important element of both designs. Outside we see swimming pool and a small pond, while waterfall meets us at the entrance. Some details of the lights in the Interior of the White majority, to make the House more friendly and comfortable. 


Andres Remy építész irodája tervezte a Buenos Aires-ben található Carrara-házat. Ezt a 660 m2 területű minimalista hangvételben tervezett tágas épületet sok, panorámás ablak és csillogó világos márvány jellemzi. Mindamellett magas mennyezeti kialakításokkal teljes átláthatóságot valósítottak meg. A konstrukció fontos elemévé vált a víz a házon kívül egy úszómedencét és egy kis tavacskát láthatunk, míg a bejáratnál egy vízeséssel találkozhatunk. A házat még barátságosabbá és élvezhetőbbé teszi a belső tér megvilágítása ill a kivételes gonddal kiválasztott design mobiliák , valamint az itt ott felbukkanó rakott kőfalak.

The Geometrical Minimalist Concrete Architecture in Girona, Spain- Egyedi minimalista beton architektúra , puritán minimál belsőépítészet

The four concrete wings of this house in Girona, Spain, appear to hover in the air above an underground entrance.
Completed in 2010 by Barcelona studio Hidalgo Hartmann, the single-storey Casa Pocafarina has a cross-shaped plan that sits on four pillars and hovers a metre above the lawn.
The house is situated on a corner plot with some good views over the distant landscape. In order to enjoy these views and avoid the neighboring buildings, the ideal configuration for the house was to create a compact form of cross which is placed at the center of gravity of the plot. The four wings are oriented in a way that ensures the selected views from inside the house.
The whole volume is supported by four pillars and cantilevers out over the garden level at a hight of one meter. The pillars itself are based on the lower ground floor of 8x8m that contains access to housing, the porch, garage and laundry. On the top floor, the cross-shaped plan organizes the four wings around a central space, an exterior courtyard, that provides sunlight Into the heart of the house.
The four wings contain the different functions of the house with the living room area and the kitchen-dining area connected with each other through the transparency of the courtyard. Distributed on both sides of this main space there is the master bedroom with it’s own bathroom and the two children's bedrooms also with a bathroom hidden by a concrete wall. The use of concrete in its natural colour and made with wood slats all over the house reveals visibly the powerfull construction that is needed to realise the idea in a coherent way.