Spectacular Swiss Villa By Attilio Panzeri For Sale

August 23, 2010 - Switzerland

Perched on a hillside with stunning views of Lugano Lake, this villa endows airy living spaces with a host of high-tech luxuries.

This modern concrete and glass-encased residence was designed by renowned Italian architect Attilio Panzeri in 2008.

Situated in Lugano, a southern Swiss lake town that borders Italy, the two-story home features 565 sq m of living space, including six bedrooms, five bathrooms, media room and wine cellar.

Fake Hills by MAD architects, China

August 03, 2010 - China

China-based architecture firm MAD Architects has unveiled the designs of their housing development that is located in the coastal city of Beihai.

The building's sculpted undulating outline corresponds with the coastal curves and hills that dominate the region, while cut openings allow views and light to penetrate the structure.

The project includes high rise towers and long, low rise blocks with a total of 4,231 apartments that range in size from 60 to 120 sq m.

Marcus Beach House by Bark Architects

July 29, 2010 - Queensland

Bark Architects have designed the Marcus Beach House, located on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia.

The Marcus Beach house celebrates a natural, coastal setting providing its occupants with an inextricable relationship to the landscape and sensitive surrounding environment.

The dwelling explores lightness, filtering natural breezes, layers of transparency and integrating indoor / outdoor spaces within dynamic patterns of light and shadow, being a simple frame to enable a contemporary sustainable lifestyle to unfold.

Beirut Terraces by Herzog & de Meuron

July 28, 2010 - Lebanon

Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron have designed this apartment tower, seen over at Dezeen, with overhanging floor plates and terraces for Beirut, Lebanon.

Created as part of a wider masterplan to regenerate this area of the city that includes a marina, the building will comprise five different modular floor slabs used in varying combinations to create a mixture of overhangs and terraces.

The residential tower provides the platform for a vertical village where community living and sustainability are key design features.

The Tangga House by Guz Architects

July 26, 2010 - Singapore

The tropical nature of Singapore is one that should be embraced in architecture, with structures that make outdoor living central to their experience.

The Tangga House Singapore by Guz Architects executed brilliantly upon this philosophy, creating a large home with a tiered courtyard as its centerpiece.

The L-shaped plan creates open spaces which encourage natural ventilation and offer resident's views over the courtyard to the verandah, roof gardens and beyond.

Hanoi to get Asia’s second tallest building

July 23, 2010 - Hanoi

The PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC) is planning to build a 528-metre tower, the second tallest building in Asia after the Buri Dubai Tower in the United Arab Emirates.

The 102-storey PVN Tower will sit on an area of 25 hectares in Me Tri commune in Hanoi's outlying district of Tu Liem. It will feature trade centres, offices for lease and apartments.

The Fish House - Guz Architects

July 07, 2010 - Singapore

This home's main concept is to get its owner into a cool environment and the home is located in Sentosa, Singapore.

Singapore is a very hot humid place, but the Fish House by Guz Architects has an open concept that allows for natural ventilation to pass through the space.

Other cool features of this house includes a media room in the basement and the u-shaped window that will give you a spectacular view of the pool.

Designer Loft, Barcelona

June 28, 2010 - Catalonia

This newly remodeled loft, located in a former textile factory in Barcelona’s vibrant El Borne old town, is now on the market for US$2.6 million.

The 370 sq m L-shaped apartment features an open living and dining area, a separate kitchen, three bedrooms and two bathrooms, as well as an adjoining 70 sq m studio.

The building’s renovation was carried out by a prestigious firm of Barcelona architects and preserves original ornate metal pillars and wooden beams, exposed brick, four-metre high vaulted Catalan ceilings and massive picture windows.

House in Canobbio by Davide Macullo Architects

June 11, 2010 - Switzerland

Davide Macullo Architects have completed a house in the hills of Canobbio, Switzerland.

Nestled on the Alpine slopes north of Lugano, this house is characterised by a volumetric architecture that emerges from the terrain and follows the natural contour of the land.

Villa San Valentino by Stephan Unger

June 04, 2010 - Trentino Alto Adige

Austrian architect Stephan Unger designed the Villa San Valentino in Merano-Alto Adige, Italy.

Theme for this villa, was a bi-familiar house on high architectonic level for the cohabitation of 3 generations with common spaces.

The architect, Stephan Unger, create a monolithic house with common spaces, under whose roof two independent habitation units are unified.