An ultra modern kitchen ideas collection with curved kitchen cabinets and curved kitchen islands by Ernestomeda are from the ElektraVetro 02 collection.This ElektraVetro 02 kitchen collection series is available for your modern home interior in a range of other options, so you can fully customise it to suit your own taste. This customisable modern curved kitchen topped with a stunning ‘Round Deck’ stainless steel worktop, the curved island exten…

…udio, to capture garden views and light. The owners project-managed the works under an Owner Builder construction permit. Building work was projected by Harijs Piekalns who was meticulous in all aspects of the construction. Steelwork was fabricated and installed by Brian Cropp whose precise and analytical approach achieved a rare level of construction clarity and finish. The combination of Harijs and Brian has created an extremely refined buildi…

Marco Casagrande + Frank Chen at C-Laboratory has designed Chen House located in Sanjhih, Taipei County, Taiwan. The house is build on an old Japanese cherry-farm in the Datun -mountains of North-Taiwan. It is designed as a vessel to react on the demanding wind, flooding and heat conditions on the site. The house is a stick raised above the ground in order to let the flood waters run under it. The different spaces are connected to a flexible move…

This Beautiful ultra modern mountain home design is located on a hilltop in Minas Gerais, Brazil designed by brazilian architect Ulisses Morato. The home design is influenced by Portuguese colonial architecture and is built on a steep slope. This ultra modern mountain home design was awarded the 10th Architecture Award promoted by IAB-MG (Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil – Minas Gerais) 2008 in the single houses category. This contemporary mo…

…internal space, and the wall of glass to the open plan living room capitalises on the splendid views to the south. The house is innovative structurally and environmentally: prefabricated engineered timber infills the primary steel frame, a ground source heat pump provides space heating, and a heat recovery ventilation system uses the stale exhaust air to heat the incoming fresh air. The house has a very small carbon footprint. …

…ials include: greywater systems, passive heating and cooling strategies, cistern to capture rainwater for watering landscaping, recycled blue jean insulation, sunflower seed wall board, bamboo flooring, marmoleum, structural steel frames from recycled steel, and more. Case Study House for the 21st Century? Whitney Sander, principal architect and founder of the firm, has developed a way of creating residential buildings that is both very green an…