The first picture in this article really demonstrates the beauty and clarity of this wonderful home and also portrays the spaciousness and openness it has to the outside world. The large windows that look out to the crystal blue sea is one of the first features you notice when walking into this home, and boy, what a feature it is! Forsythe General Contractors recently completed this amazing house with expansive views of the bay and is located in Sausalito, Marin Country, California. The small, but cosy home, consists of a living room which is fitted with bookshelves throughout, a lounge area with large windows offering the spectacular view of the bay, a small home-office and a spacious terrace from which you have a lovely view of the crashing waves.

This very interesting and elegant project was a complete reconstruction of a very traditionally styled three-storey house located in the centre of Toronto. The owners of the house wanted a radical transformation that had lots of storage space and looked slightly minimalistic and contemporary in style and design. The old interior was dismantled and knocked through to create open plan living spaces, and some walls were completely demolished and relocated elsewhere to make bigger, enclosed rooms. To provide more light, the old windows were removed and replaced with larger ones and the height of the ceiling was raised to create more space. The finished home is now airy, spacious and open, with some very gorgeous furniture and styles. Design and execution by Catlin Stothers Design.

This house is the epitome of unusual architecture, with many different materials and technological and environmental requirements of modern construction techniques used throughout its build. At the front of the house, there are unusual exterior details such as the rusty coloured, metallic panels that bend at different angles and have many holes bored into them and the top floor of the house that appears to teeter on the edge of a different volume. The house was built around the old pine tree at the rear of the house to help preserve its structure and also provide a natural alternative shade for the sunny days of the year. The glass wall in the backyard creates a smooth transition between indoor and outdoor living spaces and with a total area of 260 square meters, this two-storey house is spacious and open. The house was designed for one family by Modal Design and is located in Venice, California, USA.

This unusual home has a very uniquely angled roof that seems to taper up at either end to create a zig zag shaped silhouette. At one end of the house, there are large doors that open out onto a wooden decking, that look out onto some wonderful scenery. The house has been created using lots of wooden slating and creates a streamlined effect using similar long and narrow windows all around the edges of the exterior. The whole hoe is surrounding by lots of wide open land and exotic trees and bountiful shrubbery. The interior has an abundance of wooden fixtures and fittings as well as flooring and furniture, and has a very contemporary and modern feel. There are slight injections of colour throughout that help to break up the neutral colours wonderfully well. The house is situated in New Zealand and has recently been developed by Creative Arch.

From a distance, this house looks like something from the future with its white angular lines and distinct structure. Located near the Austrian capital of Vienna, this amazing building was designed by Project A01 and has a crystal white, sophisticated exterior with refined elegance and amazing visual presence. The whole house has an abundance of windows that allow light to pour in from various different angles creating an interior that has openness and purity. The interior of the house is every bit as modernistic as the exterior with lots of white from the walls, furnishings and ceilings. Each part of this amazing space feels open and very tranquil.

There are many different buildings around the globe that get transformed from a drab and dreary place to a new and very inviting space, but this one has to be a real gem. This home was originally a boat hanger which has been lovingly transformed into a modern home. Located on Lake Joseph in Forestburge, New York, USA, this amazing renovation project was designed by Altius Architecture and is a beautiful sight to behold. Its exterior has been created and restored using wooden panels and facades, and windows were replaced to create more light indoors. Inside, the interior is immaculate with lots of wooden additions as well as luxury and sophisticated pieces of furniture and textiles. This is a truly wonderful space that has lots of character and style.

This marvellous home that seems to stand tall and proud in situ, is a modern two-storey building developed and designed by Creative Arch and is located in Auckland, New Zealand. The exterior has a wooden trim, with black and grey surrounds and additional elements. Although from first appearances it may seem that the house is just a normal home with a large garage, it has a hidden secret. On the street side of the house there is the large garage that has been previously mentioned, and a staggered set of stairs that follows a path towards the door. It looks pretty closed from the front, but when you step around the back of the house, you are greeted with an utterly astounding and unexpected view of the ocean. Inside, every room is filled with modern and contemporary design and feels very inviting and warm.

When you first walk up to this house, it looks very much like a maze, with so many different levels and various walls that seem to chop and change at every inch of the building. The house looks rather small and grey from the front of the house, but it isn’t until you get around to the back that you begin to see the real character of the house shine through. As you look back at the house from the spacious garden at the rear of the house, it seems to tower over you like the colossal structure it is, and the large windows and overlapping white panels seem to frame its very structure. This modern two-storey house is located in Lima, Peru, and was designed by a local company Metropolis Peru in 2013.

Offices are usually one of those spaces that get left alone and look very boring and very drab, but not this one! Designer Marcelo Bastos of the company Marcelo Bastos Arquitetura has recently completed the design and execution of this interior office space which is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The whole room feels spacious and open, with added storage helping to keep the room clutter free and open. The style is very fine mixture of modern and retro designs, with the colours and furniture styles reminiscent of the swinging 60’s. The bright colours work wonderfully well against the white walls and help to give an element of fun to this work space. The Designer has skilfully diluted the small space with retro furniture which helps to create a cosy, nostalgic and unique working atmosphere.

Like many of the modern homes that are designed and created in this day and age, this wonderful, yet slightly unusual house consists of interwoven panels that help to create interaction between open spaces and small intimate spaces inside and outside of the house. The exterior has been designed with wooden panelled facades and large metal structures that are bent at different angles to create a dynamic and dramatic look. Under the floating roof at the rear of the house are outdoor seating areas on both the ground and first floor of the house. There are also a large number of windows scattered all over the exterior walls to create an open space inside. This incredible example of contemporary design was created in 2013 by Elemental Design and is located in Clyde Hill, Washington, USA.