Despite its thoroughly modern looks, this mountainside home in Brazil, designed by Ulisses Morato, was constructed using primarily local materials and traditional, manual construction. According to Morato, the contemporary aesthetic stems from his desire that “the ‘natural order’ and ‘cultural order’ are mutually distinguished.” The home uses strict geometric forms and bright splashes of primary color to contrast its natural surroundings. Living space is spread over three levels. A glass encased lower level opens onto a patio and pool, while an upper level cantilevers dramatically over the pool toward the valley below, supported on skewed columns. The home was awarded honors in the Single House category of the 10th Architecture Awards, an event promoted by Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil.

This is an example of modern architecture hillside house designed by Sweden architects WRB. This modern architecture hillside house built on rocky place between pines. as modern contemporary Swedish house plan features a flat roof and a minimalist black exterior framing its massive windows.The main part of the house is concealed underground within the steep hillside, where large horizontal platform creates a nice living and entertaining area. Half of this space is occupied by an upper living level, while the other half is open to the outdoors and connects to the kitchen.

The same issues at work in designing a space are equally fascinating in designing objects for that space. The real excitement comes from pushing materials to their fullest expression,” said architect and designer Ryan Grey Smith of Grey Design Studio and the creative mind behind this gorgeous, modern and luxury waterfront home on Fox Island. [...]

The design infuses a forgotten industrial site with new life through thoughtful renovation and an engaging programmatic approach.Located on the scenic Mohawk River,the new Arkell Museum tells the multifaceted story of the intersection between local manufaturing, art and culture through the lens of the arts patronage of industrialist Bartlett Arkell, founder of Beech-Nut foods.The Arkell collection of the late 19th and early 20th century American art boasts works by Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth, Edward Hopper,Thomas Hart Benton, and Childe Hassam, which are further enriched by interactive exhibits showing artifacts from the Mohawk River Valley’s storied past.

Accordion launched new flexible kitchen table will make your cooking more easily was designed by Russian designer Olga Kalugin.as a winner in International Design Award 2009 more making people pay attention toward this flexible kitchen table an innovative kitchen furniture.Integrating food drawers on the right and left sides, the folding table turns the drawer covers [...]