258 Contemporary Home Design Photos
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ipe deck, outdoor fireplace, teak furniture, planters, container garden, steel windows, roof deck, roof terrace
Westfall Design Studio
Visitors to the home travel to the front door through a staggered walk of overlapping rectangular concrete walks. The linear windows in the home look out onto the entry courtyard space. A mock water feature with silver ornamental grasses and gravel follows the entry walk to the front door.
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LaRue Architects
Attempting to capture a Hill Country view, this contemporary house surrounds a cluster of trees in a generous courtyard. Water elements, photovoltaics, lighting controls, and ‘smart home’ features are essential components of this high-tech, yet warm and inviting home.
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Bathroom Trends, Volume 30, Number 1
Austin Home, Winter 2012
Photo Credit: Coles Hairston
CLB Architects
The Peaks View residence is sited near Wilson, Wyoming, in a grassy meadow, adjacent to the Teton mountain range. The design solution for the project had to satisfy two conflicting goals: the finished project must fit seamlessly into a neighborhood with distinctly conservative design guidelines while satisfying the owners desire to create a unique home with roots in the modern idiom.
Within these constraints, the architect created an assemblage of building volumes to break down the scale of the 6,500 square foot program. A pair of two-story gabled structures present a traditional face to the neighborhood, while the single-story living pavilion, with its expansive shed roof, tilts up to recognize views and capture daylight for the primary living spaces. This trio of buildings wrap around a south-facing courtyard, a warm refuge for outdoor living during the short summer season in Wyoming. Broad overhangs, articulated in wood, taper to thin steel “brim” that protects the buildings from harsh western weather. The roof of the living pavilion extends to create a covered outdoor extension for the main living space. The cast-in-place concrete chimney and site walls anchor the composition of forms to the flat site. The exterior is clad primarily in cedar siding; two types were used to create pattern, texture and depth in the elevations.
While the building forms and exterior materials conform to the design guidelines and fit within the context of the neighborhood, the interiors depart to explore a well-lit, refined and warm character. Wood, plaster and a reductive approach to detailing and materials complete the interior expression. Display for a Kimono was deliberately incorporated into the entry sequence. Its influence on the interior can be seen in the delicate stair screen and the language for the millwork which is conceived as simple wood containers within spaces. Ample glazing provides excellent daylight and a connection to the site.
Photos: Matthew Millman
Cathy Schwabe Architecture
View of rear of house from terrace.
Cathy Schwabe, AIA. Photograph by David Wakely.
Winder Gibson Architects
This home is in Noe Valley, a highly desirable and growing neighborhood of San Francisco. As young highly-educated families move into the area, we are remodeling and adding on to the aging homes found there. This project remodeled the entire existing two story house and added a third level, capturing the incredible views toward downtown. The design features integral color stucco, zinc roofing, an International Orange staircase, eco-teak cabinets and concrete counters. A flowing sequence of spaces were choreographed from the entry through to the family room.
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Michele Scotto Trani of Sequined Asphault Studio Photography shot for client Beinfield Architecture PC
Elliott Architects
Inspired by local fishing shacks and wharf buildings dotting the coast of Maine, this re-imagined summer cottage interweaves large glazed openings with simple taut-skinned New England shingled cottage forms.
Photos by Tome Crane, c 2010.
Green Scene Landscaping & Pools
Contemporary outdoor kitchen adjacent to outdoor patio, swimming pool with water feature, and outdoor fireplace. Photo by Paul Jonason
258 Contemporary Home Design Photos
Hobin Architecture Incorporated
This addition replaced a 2-car garage and pool house with a lavish spa, guest house and 4-car garage, accompanied by a new landscaped terrace with pool, hot tub and outdoor dining area. A covered walk-way was replaced with a fully enclosed glass link that provides year-round access between the addition and main house, and provides a secondary entrance to the home.
The ground floor of the addition has the feel of a Scandinavian spa, featuring fitness equipment, massage room, steam room and a versatile gathering room with amenities for food preparation and indoor lounging. With the patio doors open, the west facing rooms each expand onto the pool terrace.
Award: 2012 GOHBA Award of Excellence: Renovation/Addition Over $500,000
Completed in 2012 / 4,800 sq.ft (addition only)
Photos by www.doublespacephoto.com
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