The Contemporary Hillside House by SB Architects | Luxury Furniture, Property, Travel & Interior Design The Contemporary Hillside House by SB Architects Designed by San Francisco-based SB Architects, an international firm well-known for the design of site-sensitive resort and mixed-use projects around the world, and built by well-known green builder McDonald Construction & Development, this home is a statement of what is possible combining “high design with high sustainability.” Nestled in the hills of Mill Valley, California, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, Hillside House has just received certification as the first LEED for Homes Platinum custom home in Marin County, and one of only a handful in Northern California. Photograpghy by Mariko Reed. The four-story home – clad with beautiful, sustainable Western Red Cedar siding – is set on a steep hillside site that provides for a very vertical design with living and private zones situated on multiple separate floors. About Richard Barker Adelto Love Interior Design & Exotic Travel?
For The Love of Wood Wood is both universal and unique. No other material is as deeply embedded in the history, culture and life of humans worldwide as wood, yet every single piece of wood is unique. The color tone, texture, durability, flexibility and even sound qualities of different tree species have puzzled and challenged artists, architects, designers, builders and artisans for thousands of years. Still today, nothing matches wood in versatility or beauty, so it is great to see how today’s designers and architects continue to face the challenge of wood, and use it creatively to interpret sleek, modern designs. They use wood to meet their current needs and desires for which wood is ideally suited. People also look for sustainable alternatives, eco-friendly options, greener solutions. We especially love the influence of Scandinavian and Japanese traditions that we can detect in today’s wood architecture and design. Scandinavian building and design traditions are based solidly on the use of wood.
Make Room! Cool Color-Changing Walls for Your Home This may be the best room-changing design idea since interior house paint: forget your white living room walls, green bedroom or brown kitchen and bring your favorite rooms to life with these incredible, changeable and colorful do-it-yourself pixelated wall displays. Feeling dark? Switch from colorful rainbow patterns to a pitch black surface in seconds. Want a bit of a flavorful accent? Amirkhan Abdurakhmanov (better known as Amirko) has come up with this simple but dynamic wall decor idea for transforming an ordinary surface into a do-it-yourself design canvas that lets you set the tone (or tones) depending on your mood.
Home Decor for Absolute Geeks So you think you are a perfect geek just because you have a talking Homer and a Space Invaders mug at your desk? No chance. Maybe a lava lamp or a not-so-exclusive Google mini-fridge? Geeky Wall and Floor Decor Magnetic 3d mesh curtains Ascii curtains Wallpeppr: Paint with Flickr images Light emitting wallpaper Persian puzzle rug Space Invaders wall decals Geeky Kitchen and Bath Decor Luminous ripple faucet Musical shower Toast printer WC Notes Keyboard waffles | Tetris ice cubes | Star Trek bottle opener Kitchen stuff from LEGO LEGO salt and pepper Geeky Furniture Cut out PANO chair Han Solo carbonite desk Pixelated sofa Cardboard folding chair Arcade coffee table Appliances, Pillows and Other Decorative Objects Rideable vacuum cleaner Defendius maze door chain Emoticon pillows | Space Invaders pillows and bath towel | Binary pillow | PacMan plush set Practice plant Geek Lifestyle Books
Catskill Modern Mountain House Having a house surrounded by clean nature is a dream for some people. Audrey Matlock designed such house in mountains with modern style. Minimalistic inside and outside it’s the great place for living and relaxation. 360 degrees mountain and lake views are great in combination with transparency of glass house walls. Outdoor edge-pool near the fireplace are the great addition to nature purity. The interior design of 3700 sq ft house made in gray-white colors with simple but modern furniture. The furniture doesn’t fill everything around so in addiction to colors that made the interior looks minimalistic. glass walls, minimalistic interior, mountain house, outdoor fireplace, transparent house, USA
Picket Fence Picket Fence In looking to solve the problem of loose electrical wires cluttering a room, I drew a connection between the wires that we wished stayed next to the wall and the baseboards that actually attach to the wall. designed for the 2006 MUJI International Design Competition as seen on Wired and BoingBoing design and prototype: Karl Zahn please direct any inquiries to karl@oboiler.com The Picket Fence adapts to older homes and cleanly manages the electrical necessities of the occupants. Cool “Lost in Sofa”, the Black Hole of Small Objects This comfy armchair design comes from Japanese architect Daisuke Motogi and is called “Lost in Sofa”. As its unusual name suggests, the chair has the ability to “lose” objects. Meaning that it allows its users to insert various items into it, such as notebooks, phones or the remote control, up to the point when one can not see them anymore. This is possible due to the numerous small fluffy squares that make up the chair’s exterior.
Parliament’s Office Interior Design Parliament, a graphic design/marketing company in Portland, Oregon, have shared some photos of their office interior design with us. The design features a number of pieces made from salvaged and reclaimed materials, including salvaged pizza ovens, street signs, and wood from old crates, a barn and a church. Photography by Lincoln Barbour