Casa Flutuante

Um projeto com muito charme mesmo partindo de uma forma básica. Abusou dos elementos vazados e madeira no exterior.

Located where Georgian Bay meets Lake Huron, this floating house by Michael Meredith of Toronto-based MOS combines country-cottage flair and a wonderful watery appeal for the swimmers, boaters and fishermen out there. This floating house sits on the water among windswept trees and the characteristic, rocky Canadian Shield terrain – not an easy spot to built, but definitely worth the effort. This picturesque spot, a 20-minute boat ride from the mainland, provides the perfect backdrop for this island house, which has been described as a “necklace” of buildings strung around the island – a main cottage with an integrated boathouse and dock, and a series of separate cottages to accommodate the many overnight guests that clamber to spend summers here. The timber cottage blends with its surroundings, which appear untouched, providing the perfect getaway. The interior, just 1,250 sq. ft., is also wood-clad – walls, ceilings, floors, and even the bathroom fixtures.








fonte:
http://www.trendir.com/house-design/floating-cottage-prefab-on-lake-huron-canada.html

Casa Ilha

Residência histórica localizada em terreno singular com vista privilegiada. Com móveis e revestimentos antigos é também equipada com tecnologias de ponta: painéis solares no telhado, turbina eólica, sistema de aproveitamento de agua da chuva e filtragem de agua marinha, etc.

Nestled on an island on Narragansett Bay, this beautiful house design has a story to tell from the outside in. The Clingstone House (probably named because it “clings” to a little rocky island) designed by J.S. Lovering Wharton and artist William Trost Richards stands out against its surroundings of water and the distant city shore. This 100-per-cent timber house certainly feels solitary, looks to be from another place, another era – and, in fact, it is! The 103-year-old mansion has a certain history, and is today owned by architect Henry Wood and his family. The wonderfully worn, weathered look and enjoys 360-degree views of the ocean through its many windows. The interior is drenched in honey-colored wood, warm to the look and touch. This three-storey house features a total of 23 rooms. Although the look and feel of the wood-clad house is antique, it's equipped with modern technology such as the roof-mounted solar panels and wind turbine to generate electricity, rainwater-recycling and seawater-filtration systems, and composting toilets that help lower operating costs while making an eco-sustainable statement.
via The New York Times, via Freshome
Photos: Erik Jacobs
Also see these beautiful high dynamic range panoramic photos of the interior taken by Tom Sharpless last summer.







fonte:
http://www.trendir.com/house-design/beautiful-house-design-historic-look-modern-technology.html#more

Ousadia Chinesa - Interiores

Mais uma mostra de design moderno, formas arredondadas em arquitetura de interiores. Desta vez o Taranta Creations trabalharam o seu próprio estudio de criação. Workstations enterradas no piso mescladas com espaços de lazer e uma escada bem ousada.

Shanghai based practice taranta creations has designed their own studio located in shanghai, china. reflecting their ongoing
creative process, the intervention seeks to provide an adaptable space that supports a range of informal functions.

the ground floor contains individual workstations, while the upper level, accessed via a sculptural staircase, is used as a
communal meeting area. the floor itself is intended to be used as one continuous desk, while four recessed stations provide
a more traditional workspace. the large 'work floor' invites the designers to use the open space for thinking, sketching,
meeting, drafting, modeling, sitting and relaxing. this informal setting encourages cross pollination between different
disciplines and projects occurring within the office.


informal and contoured, the central staircase is reminiscent of a large droplet of water ready to fall from the ceiling.
upon entering the stairway, a highly saturated environment of bright red engulf and surrounds the individual,
starkly marking the transition between the contrasting office areas. the color is repeated on the second floor as an
accent to highlight the recessed work areas.




fonte:
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/15212/taranta-studio-by-taranta-creations.html