Interior Design Sense

“Les Aventuriers” comes from Shun Hirayama Architecture and is an imposing hillside residence located in Kanagawa Prefecture, an area with beautiful surroundings. The owners wanted a peaceful home that would be integrated in a natural environment. However, when it came to design and architecture, the land was not as peaceful. The house is built on a slope which means you will find angled walls and various ceiling heights. We really liked a concept put together by the developers of the project, as it brings an unique interpretation of the overall design. And here it is: “We produced a path that possesses comfortable straight eyesight, analogous to walking between trees. The path connects the inside and the outside, and again backs to the inside without a dead-end.” We hope you will like the “tree-house feel” of this place and we are looking forward to your comments.-via Design Boom

We’re totally intrigued by this pop music center for Taipei and its striking resemblance to a rolling green hill. Conceived by Italian firm Mario Bellini Architects, the design is “a single body wrapped in a plastic ‘mantle plant’,” according to our friends at Designboom. While we aren’t sure how sustainable this plastic ‘mantle plant’ is, or even what it is for that matter, we were taken with the creative landscaping and creation of an exciting outdoor public area for the people of the Taipei. The proposed structure would also have glass passageways, letting visitors look out onto the city. If anyone has any more information about the eco-features of this center, we’d love to hear them – so share your thoughts in the comments below.

+ Mario Bellini Architects

Via Designboom

Permalink |
Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: eco design, green architecture, Green Covered Taipei Music Center by Mario Bellini Architects, green design, mario bellini architects, sustainable design, taiper pop music center

It may sound a bit creepy, but wouldn’t it be cool if buildings could grow their own skin? California-based architecture firm Faulders Studio certainly thinks so. GEOtube, their proposal for Dubai is almost exactly like a normal building – except for the fact that it will have the ability to generate a web-like saline skin that spreads down the façade of the structure over time. Sounds like neighbors will always know where they can borrow some salt!

Read the rest of GEOtube is A Building That Grows Its Own Weblike Saline Skin

Permalink |
Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: building that grows its own skin, eco design, faulders studio, geotube, green architecture, Green Building, green design, self-skinning building, sustainable design

Sloping towards the open sea, Oppenheim’s luxurious mixed-use tower for the United Arab Emirates is both elegant and a model of efficiency. If you look closely, the pixelated residences comprising the development sprawl fluidly away from the lush garden oasis hidden at its base and onto the sandy beach. The design was conceived specifically to maximize the quantity of units available on the water while minimizing the amount of energy used.

Read the rest of Oppenheim’s Sloping Beach Tower Hides a Green Oasis Inside

Permalink |
Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: “clean energy”, beach marina tower, beach tower, eco design, green architecture, green design, oppenheim, Solar Power, Sustainable Building, uae, united arab emirates, wind energy

Because of our many comments here on Freshome demanding that we should also share with you guys ideas that are easier to put to practice and homes that are more affordable, today we would like to present a house that fits this requested profile. HIVE Modular is a company that produces and sells prefab modular homes also taking into consideration their design architecture. The buildings are not only unique in style, but very easy to put together (comparing with other type of constructions) and made up of sustainable materials. The project in the pictures below is called “B-Line Small” and it was built with a cost of  $185/sq ft. It has 6 rooms and a total of 990 sq feet. If you are to build this sort of home at a smaller scale, the would be reduced accordingly. -via DigsDigs

Often times standing around in even the most modern and sleek subway stations can be an utter drag. But imagine the surprise if your local platform suddenly sprouted a vast green meadow! Not too long ago Auckland New Zealand’s Britomart Station received a grassy green makeover that transformed 1,250 square meters of its cold hard concrete into a plush green field.

Read the rest of New Zealand Train Station Transformed Into Green Meadow

Permalink |
Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: Auckland, britomart station, eco-art, green design, green meadow, Landscape Architecture, meadow fresh, New Zealand, new zealand train station, public spaces, sustainable design, train station, train station as green meadow, Urban design, urban garden

Fabulous prefab design just became more accessible as LivingHomes has announced that homes by award-winning architect Ray Kappe will be available at lower cost on a national scale. The six Kappe designs now available nationwide come chock-full of all the green features that LivingHomes are known for, delivering high quality design in a sustainable package.

Read the rest of LivingHomes Announces National Availability of Ray Kappe’s Green Prefabs

Permalink |
Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: Contemporary Design, green architecture, leed silver, livinghomes, Ray Kappe, Steve Glenn, Sustainable Building, sustainable design, Sustainable Homes

In the beginning Freshome was just a small place where I’ve gathered some inspiration for an apartment that I wanted to buy in the future. Day by day I was surfing online searching and trying to find more and more ideas for that perfect apartment. As you can see today there are a lot of amazing ideas on Freshome, but what I’ve found today really blew my mind. This is not a real apartment, is just a 3D picture created by a very talented 3D Modeler from Turkey called Elftug. To be honest, now after 2 years of searching ideas, I really want to transform this idea intro reality. I don’t know if this would be possible and what kind of apartment I would need for this project, but this is really awesome …don’t you think ?

This is a post from the Freshome Magazine, who bring you the latest news in Interior Design, Decorating, Furniture and Architecture.

Searching and Finding Inspiration for an Amazing Apartment

Varie Vanity designed by G. Azzarello for Porada, is what I call a killer piece of furniture. When I first saw it I’ve immediately said to myself …I want this piece of furniture, is so cool. You can use this little piece of furniture as a small office, and when you’re not using the chair you can hide it, and nobody will notice it. This idea from Porada is a great solution for small places don’t you think ?

This is a post from the Freshome Magazine, who bring you the latest news in Interior Design, Decorating, Furniture and Architecture.

Great Furniture Solution (Idea) for Small Places

Blofield is a company that offers furniture that is not just comfortable but are quite light in weight as well, because they are inflatable. I don’t expect that people will buy this “inflatable sofa” for their home, but when you go at a picnic this is awesome. They are portable, look good and  and can be taken anywhere you go. These sofas are sold in three different sizes, one person, two and three, and in three colors: green, white and dark gray. Furthermore the price is included in the bag to store and transport and a small pump. – Via – Decoracion2

This is a post from the Freshome Magazine, who bring you the latest news in Interior Design, Decorating, Furniture and Architecture.

Stylish Inflatable Furniture by Blofield