Casa Seta, Lima, Perú

This refreshing project designed in 2012 by Martín Dulanto Architect comes across as more of a resort than a house.

"This project is part of a personal exploration where different 2blocks and the void generated between them are the main protagonists. The house was conceived as a large white box which was excavated to generate habitable spaces within. It."

The first level houses the social areas (kitchen, living room and dining room) as well as the main bedroom with a private bathroom and three other bedrooms with their own private bathrooms too. The terrace level is used for the BBQ, bar, pool, resting areas and another living room and dining room.

Source: Arch Daily

Afumati House, Romania

This beautifully carved white house in Afumati, Romania, is a 2012 project designed by Manadelucru Architects.

"The carvings in the volume create a diversity of intermediate places – open and covered terraces, loggias and patios – and, consequently, a more complex and less abrupt relation to the exterior. Another effect on the spatial structure of the house is the increase of the natural light effect: for example, the terrace carved out in the middle of the volume brings light to the attic level by means of a window located under the terrace bench and all the way to the entrance hallway, on the ground floor."

Source: Arch Daily | Photography: Cosmin Dragomir

Modern Home in Venice, California

Incredible, incredible, incredible!! When I came across this house, I automatically fell in love. The rigid structure, white walls and plotted greenery immediately caught my eye. Designed in 2012 by Dennis Gibbens Architects, this modern family home is a two-storey 5,000-sq-ft project that uses materials such as white stucco, glass and metal panelling to create an exterior that I am obsessed with.

The first floor is shaped in a long bar manner and houses the living room, dining room, family room and kitchen as well as the garage. The dining room leads to the patio and a further storage unit. The double height living room opens up and leads to the pool area. Other exterior elements such as the concrete deck areas, sports court and spa are also accessible via various glass doors.

The second floor is T-shaped and contains a large master bedroom with an ensuite bathroom, two children's bedrooms, a laundry room, an office and a media/ entertainment room.

South Yarra Residence

Great remodelling project by Nixon Tulloch Fortey Architects in Australia in which the front looks like an average and traditional brick house but the back has been transformed into a modern extension!

Source: Home Adore

House Zochental, Germany

This 2010 project in Aalen, Germany, is located on a slope and is almost built in way that isolates itself from the outside world.

"The client requested a harmonious interconnection of living space and garden. Especially creating a synergy of kitchen and nature. A challenging topographic feature developed into a unique and personal living space and a fitting architecture: the split-level-house. This grand design of varying rooms on a half storey split level – thus creating an exciting mix of transparency, a panoramic view and allowing a friendly look inside. Large seating steps playfully join up the different areas in the house. The perfect invitation for guests to be and enjoy the cooking host’s company and feasts."

The first floor houses the parent's and children's bedrooms. The ground level was built for social gatherings, guests and work. Bathrooms on the first and ground floors are accessible from the outside.

Source: Arch Daily | Photography: Michael Schnell

Concrete House, Buenos Aires

This beautiful 502sqm project in Argentina demonstrates how a concrete structure can encompass spaciousness and sophisticated luxury. The house includes nine rooms with the lower floor being used for social areas such as the living room, kitchen and dining room. The upper floor houses a master bedroom, private dressing room and an en suite bathroom on one side and the other side is dedicated to two secondary suites, connected by a glass corridor. Tough materials such as glass, steel and wood are used throughout the house but this is broken up by the softness and brightness of some of the walls and furnishings. 

Source: Freshome | Photography: Luis Abregu