Lately, the architecture and interior design industries have been leaning more and more towards sustainable and eco-friendly materials, with bamboo being a prime candidate. Even though technically bamboo is a form of grass, it’s a very strong, durable and highly flexible material. Initially, it was a popular flooring material and later started being used as...

This beautiful beachfront property in Costa Rica features not just one but two amazing houses. They were designed and built in 2018 by studio LSD Architects and they’re surrounded by trees and lush vegetation. One of the houses called Casa Sare has a V-shaped floor plan and sits on the flattest section of the site...

With all the contemporary houses that feature these minimalistic, almost austere designs it’s actually refreshing to come across one of the most beautiful mediterranean-style homes out there. This Spanish coastal style home is a project created by studio Tomaro Design Group in collaboration with Norman Design Group and is located in Los Angeles, California. It’s...

Aptly named the Origami House, this residence is wonderfully light and airy, featuring a thin concrete frame, a flat roof and wooden brise-soleils which together manage to complement each other just right. The concrete house is located in Brazil and was designed by studio Bernardez Arquitetura in 2017. It’s a single-story building shaped by the...

Located in Santo Domingo, Chile this weekend house has a very simple design directly shaped by the land surrounding it, the climate as well as other elements including the small budget allocated for this project. The Aglae House as it is called was designed and built by studio AFARQ Arquitectos. They avoided adding any unnecessary...

Bricks are one of the oldest building materials known to man but that doesn’t mean that they are any less popular for today’s homes and buildings. Their eco-friendly nature makes them a great option because they don’t have to be brought in from far-flung locales and don’t require all sorts of toxic chemicals for production....

Balwyn, located in Australia is a quiet and beautiful place with an eclectic combination of houses which don’t follow a singular architectural style but rather each have their own character and are inspired by different periods and different concepts. Here, architecture studio K2Ld built a modern multi-generational home in 2015. The house takes advantage of...

The world is full of beautiful buildings and really inspiring designs and with so many wonderful options it’s impossible to pick a favorite so we didn’t. Instead we gathered here 35 modern houses that we find interesting and while this can be only the start of a really long list, we hope it’s enough to...