Gorgeous World Homes That Invite The Outdoor In

Pavilions flanking patios, glass partitions giving approach to gardens, verandas amid treetops—properties in Europe and Asia absolutely synchronize with the pure world.

Explore Residential Designs That Prioritize Connection With Nature

Villa by Twobo Arquitectura

Although situated alongside the Costa Brava, north of Barcelona, this villa in Empordà, Spain, by Twobo Arquitectura hints on the Case Study homes of Los Angeles, because the consumer couple hung out working in California and appreciated Richard Neutra’s experimental imaginative and prescient of contemporary dwelling. But the collection of three pavilions and corresponding courtyards, every set dedicated to socializing, sleeping, or contemplation, nods to a close-by affect, too: Catalonia’s historical Empúries, its ruins now a set of vestiges and voids. The décor skews native as properly; ceramic latticework and tile are by Ceràmica Ferrés, its workshop a number of miles away. Passive vitality options—pure cross air flow, insulating partitions, grey water tanks, photo voltaic arrays—are equally considerate. 

Family Home by Paulíny Hovorka Architects

Thanks to an ingenious Y-shape plan, this single-story household dwelling in Banka, Slovakia, by Paulíny Hovorka Architects concurrently separates private and non-private areas whereas absolutely connecting with and sustaining the mature panorama; in truth, preserving each present tree was a part of the temporary, which was achieved by having the three wings prolong outward at 120-degree angles, accommodating all flora and dividing the ½-acre plot into smaller backyard segments. Then, home windows with ultra-slim frames that retract into pockets and huge glazed partitions that slide open to a coated terrace merge in and out, as does the pure materials palette, comprising uncovered concrete, engineered oak, and thermally modified pine.

Home by Iroje Khm Architects

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One might assume the interiors of this four-bedroom dwelling by Iroje Khm Architects capped by a conventional numaru, or gazebo, roofline to be darkish—simply two small home windows punctuate its exposed-concrete facade. But, courtesy of a virtually absolutely glazed reverse elevation and a two-story internal madang (courtyard), this dwelling in Jeonju, South Korea, is the epitome of sunshine and brilliant and affords unobstructed water views. The catwalk results in the primary entrance and public areas on the second flooring, its fluid living-dining-kitchen space furnished with Eero Saarinen Tulip chairs and desk. Hovering above like a cloud—the venture is named ho-un, Korean for cloud on the lake—is the household room, contained in a vinyl-finished quantity.

Cottage by Noke Architects

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Farmhouse, however make it trendy. That may very well be the slogan for the country but refined two-bedroom cottage nestled within the postcard-perfect Masurian area of Pasym, Poland, a part of a 6½-acre residential growth additionally deliberate by Noke. Utilizing prefabricated-timber know-how, conventional components like steady, cowshed, and barn had been reimagined as interconnected, cohesive volumes with modern aptitude. Glazed corridors, expansive home windows, and upper-level verandas immerse the house within the panorama, whereas interiors, collaborated on with Paulina Cziba, function Polish linen curtains on rods cast by an area blacksmith, customized oak furnishings, and items by such space designers as Maja Ganszyniec, Malwina Konopacka, and Ola Niepsuj, additional tying venture to web site. 

Home by Minarc

With its snow-white higher facade of StoVentec engineered rainscreen cladding, this energy-efficient, four-bedroom dwelling is sort of a Tetris-inspired igloo. But its tinted cement base is darkish like lava. That’s as a result of Minarc‘s founders, native Icelanders now based in Santa Monica, drew from their country’s elemental palette when conceiving the outside. The similar goes for the interiors, the place such woods as oak and maple recall the area’s golden summer time solar and floor-to-ceiling expanses of glass body picturesque vistas of the verdant surrounding panorama— significantly seen when perched on the second-floor dwelling space’s customized Dropi chair, its sling in pine-green Sunbrella.