Single Family Residence - Kuhlhaus 02 by LeanArch Architects

Single Family Residence - Kuhlhaus 02 by LeanArch Architects

Homes Design

LeanArch Architects designed this series of single family residence "Kuhlhaus 02" located in the Gaslight District of Manhattan Beach. Committed to responsible development – redefining the modern home in response to concerns regarding energy consumption, land-use and the environment – this solar powered home with an open plan and large glass sliding doors create both visual and physical continuity between the interior and exterior.

Flexible use spaces including the multiple outdoor patio and deck areas and a nod to “industrial chic” through use of building materials demonstrate why Kuhlhaus 02 is Build It Green rated.

The MetroShip Contemporary Luxury Houseboat

The MetroShip Contemporary Luxury Houseboat

Homes Design

The MetroShip Contemporary Luxury Houseboat

This Contemporary luxury Houseboat Design is brought to you by MetroShip. The company launches this contemporary houseboat to the public, re-inventing the houseboat with modern New York City loft style interior and modern exterior that’s never been seen before in the boating industry.

MetroShed prefab pioneer and product designer, David Ballinger set out to buy a modern houseboat 7 years ago. Ballinger found nothing and set about asking the largest houseboat builders in America to build something for his personal use.

The MetroShip Contemporary Luxury Houseboat

After several years of meetings and conference calls he realized that if he was going to get a truly modern houseboat and not ‘RV of the Sea’ he would have to design and build it from scratch. The result is a modern boating masterpiece in full production just north of Atlanta, GA under the management of master boat builder, Ray Davenport.

The MetroShip Contemporary Luxury Houseboat


The MetroShip Contemporary Luxury Houseboat


The MetroShip Contemporary Luxury Houseboat


The MetroShip Contemporary Luxury Houseboat

Pixel House - Korea Modern Architecture - Mass Studies

Pixel House - Korea Modern Architecture - Mass Studies

Homes Design

This modern korean architecture homes design "Pixel House" is designed by Mass Studies for a young family in Paju City, Kyonggido, Korea. The Pixel House has unique facade that comes together one brick at a time, each brick representing a pixel as part of a whole image – the picture of innovation in Korean modern architecture.



The staggered bricks form a curved front face and a three-dimensional profile. Inside, the contemporary design takes the form of its exterior, only with a much more refined, polished finish to the clean walls and cool curves of the space. But apart from its look, this unusual house design continues to surprise with its functions: by day this community center and public space is buzzing with activity of kids, while in the evening hours and on weekends it becomes a private abode. So, back to the question of how many pixels, the answer is 9,675.

House M by Marc Koehler Architects

House M by Marc Koehler Architects

Homes Design

The House M is located in Almere, the Netherlands was built in 2005 and designed by Marc Koehler Architects. The House M is a contemporary response to a changing cultural environment in the Netherlands which is characterized by a growing demand for monumentality, solidity and enclosure as dominant aesthetic values to be expressed in the architecture of the private house. In response to this, we positioned the house as it were a wall between front and back garden, separating the introverted street facade from an extroverted garden facade.






















The kitchen, dining room, living room and office space are located on the ground floor in a continuous space which opens-up towards the sunny back garden. On the street side, the house appears rather closed and monolithic.





















Two volumes reach out from this mass in an expressive way, providing the entrance and the garage space, defining the sculptural monumental image of the house as seen from the street, creating an interesting visual dialogue with the neighbouring houses built in neo-classical style.