サンフランシスコにある広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (ベージュの壁、淡色無垢フローリング、タイルの暖炉まわり、横長型暖炉、テレビなし、ベージュの床) の写真

フェニックスにあるラグジュアリーな広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、淡色無垢フローリング、横長型暖炉、タイルの暖炉まわり、埋込式メディアウォール、ベージュの床) の写真

他の地域にある高級な中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな独立型リビング (ミュージックルーム、グレーの壁、コンクリートの床、暖炉なし、テレビなし、ベージュの床) の写真

The two-story great room features custom modern fireplace and modern chandelier. Voluptuous windows let in the beautiful PNW light.
シアトルにあるラグジュアリーな広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、無垢フローリング、標準型暖炉、壁掛け型テレビ、石材の暖炉まわり、ベージュの床) の写真

サンフランシスコにある中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (ベージュの壁、淡色無垢フローリング、暖炉なし、テレビなし、ベージュの床) の写真

Gorgeous Living Room By 2id Interiors
マイアミにある高級な巨大なコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (マルチカラーの壁、壁掛け型テレビ、ベージュの床、セラミックタイルの床) の写真

シカゴにある広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、淡色無垢フローリング、漆喰の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、コーナー設置型暖炉、ベージュの床) の写真

Family living room. Styled in club-style, wave curtains in Danish wool grey fabric, 50's style wall and floorlamps, and vintage armchair in maroon.
ロンドンにあるお手頃価格の広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな独立型リビング (グレーの壁、淡色無垢フローリング、標準型暖炉、金属の暖炉まわり、コーナー型テレビ、ベージュの床、パネル壁) の写真

Twin Peaks House is a vibrant extension to a grand Edwardian homestead in Kensington. Originally built in 1913 for a wealthy family of butchers, when the surrounding landscape was pasture from horizon to horizon, the homestead endured as its acreage was carved up and subdivided into smaller terrace allotments. Our clients discovered the property decades ago during long walks around their neighbourhood, promising themselves that they would buy it should the opportunity ever arise. Many years later the opportunity did arise, and our clients made the leap. Not long after, they commissioned us to update the home for their family of five. They asked us to replace the pokey rear end of the house, shabbily renovated in the 1980s, with a generous extension that matched the scale of the original home and its voluminous garden. Our design intervention extends the massing of the original gable-roofed house towards the back garden, accommodating kids’ bedrooms, living areas downstairs and main bedroom suite tucked away upstairs gabled volume to the east earns the project its name, duplicating the main roof pitch at a smaller scale and housing dining, kitchen, laundry and informal entry. This arrangement of rooms supports our clients’ busy lifestyles with zones of communal and individual living, places to be together and places to be alone. The living area pivots around the kitchen island, positioned carefully to entice our clients' energetic teenaged boys with the aroma of cooking. A sculpted deck runs the length of the garden elevation, facing swimming pool, borrowed landscape and the sun. A first-floor hideout attached to the main bedroom floats above, vertical screening providing prospect and refuge. Neither quite indoors nor out, these spaces act as threshold between both, protected from the rain and flexibly dimensioned for either entertaining or retreat. Galvanised steel continuously wraps the exterior of the extension, distilling the decorative heritage of the original’s walls, roofs and gables into two cohesive volumes. The masculinity in this form-making is balanced by a light-filled, feminine interior. Its material palette of pale timbers and pastel shades are set against a textured white backdrop, with 2400mm high datum adding a human scale to the raked ceilings. Celebrating the tension between these design moves is a dramatic, top-lit 7m high void that slices through the centre of the house. Another type of threshold, the void bridges the old and the new, the private and the public, the formal and the informal. It acts as a clear spatial marker for each of these transitions and a living relic of the home’s long history.

メルボルンにある高級な広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、淡色無垢フローリング、標準型暖炉、漆喰の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、ベージュの床、折り上げ天井、パネル壁) の写真

パリにあるお手頃価格の中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (ライブラリー、白い壁、淡色無垢フローリング、暖炉なし、据え置き型テレビ、ベージュの床) の写真

ラスベガスにある巨大なコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (茶色い壁、コーナー設置型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、ベージュの床) の写真

Contemporary media unit with fireplace. Center wall section has cut marble stone facade surrounding recessed TV and electric fireplace. Side cabinets and shelves are commercial grade texture laminate. Recessed LED lighting in free float shelves.

The Kiguchi family moved into their Austin, Texas home in 1994. Built in the 1980’s as part of a neighborhood development, they happily raised their family here but longed for something more contemporary. Once they became empty nesters, they decided it was time for a major remodel. After spending many years visiting Austin AIA Home Tours that highlight contemporary residential architecture, they had a lot of ideas and in 2013 were ready to interview architects and get their renovation underway. The project turned into a major remodel due to an unstable foundation. Architects Ben Arbib and Ed Hughey, of Arbib Hughey Design were hired to solve the structural issue and look for inspiration in the bones of the house, which sat on top of a hillside and was surrounded by great views. Unfortunately, with the old floor plan, the beautiful views were hidden by small windows that were poorly placed. In order to bring more natural light into the house the window sizes and configurations had to be addressed, all while keeping in mind the homeowners desire for a modern look and feel. To achieve a more contemporary and sophisticated front of house, a new entry was designed that included removing a two-story bay window and porch. The entrance of the home also became more integrated with the landscape creating a template for new foliage to be planted. Older exterior materials were updated to incorporate a more muted palette of colors with a metal roof, dark grey siding in the back and white stucco in the front. Deep eaves were added over many of the new large windows for clean lines and sun protection. “Inside it was about opening up the floor plan, expanding the views throughout the house, and updating the material palette to get a modern look that was also warm and inviting,” said Ben from Arbib Hughey Design. “Prior to the remodel, the house had the typical separation of rooms. We removed the walls between them and changed all of the windows to Milgard Thermally Improved Aluminum to connect the inside with the outside. No matter where you are you get nice views and natural light.” The architects wanted to create some drama, which they accomplished with the window placement and opening up the interior floor plan to an open concept approach. Cabinetry was used to help delineate intimate spaces. To add warmth to an all-white living room, white-washed oak wood floors were installed and pine planks were used around the fireplace. The large windows served as artwork bringing the color of nature into the space. An octagon shaped, elevated dining room, (named “the turret”), had a big impact on the design of the house. They architects rounded the corners and added larger window openings overlooking a new sunken garden. The great room was also softened by rounding out the corners and that circular theme continued throughout the house, being picked up in skylight wells and kitchen cabinetry. A staircase leading to a catwalk was added and the result was a two-story window wall that flooded the home with natural light. When asked why Milgard® Thermally Improved Aluminum windows were selected, the architectural team listed many reasons: 1) Aesthetics: “We liked the slim profiles and narrow sightlines. The window frames never get in the way of the view and that was important to us. They also have a very contemporary look that went well with our design.” 2) Options: “We liked that we could get large sliding doors that matched the windows, giving us a very cohesive look and feel throughout the project.” 3) Cost Effective: “Milgard windows are affordable. You get a good product at a good price.” 4) Custom Sizes: “Milgard windows are customizable, which allowed us to get the right window for each location.” Ready to take on your own traditional to modern home remodeling project? Arbib Hughey Design advises, “Work with a good architect. That means picking a team that is creative, communicative, listens well and is responsive. We think it’s important for an architect to listen to their clients and give them something they want, not something the architect thinks they should have. At the same time you want an architect who is willing and able to think outside the box and offer up design options that you may not have considered. Design is about a lot of back and forth, trying out ideas, getting feedback and trying again.” The home was completely transformed into a unique, contemporary house perfectly integrated with its site. Internally the home has a natural flow for the occupants and externally it is integrated with the surroundings taking advantage of great natural light. As a side note, it was highly praised as part of the Austin AIA homes tour.

Carsten Arnold Photography
バンクーバーにあるコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、淡色無垢フローリング、標準型暖炉、金属の暖炉まわり、ベージュの床) の写真

パリにあるお手頃価格の中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、淡色無垢フローリング、壁掛け型テレビ、ベージュの床) の写真

The Living Room also received new white-oak hardwood flooring. We re-finished the existing built-in cabinets in a darker, richer stain to ground the space. The sofas from Italy are upholstered in leather and a linen-cotton blend, the coffee table from LA is topped with a unique green marble slab, and for the corner table, we designed a custom-made walnut waterfall table with a local craftsman.

ロンドンにある高級な広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (青い壁、淡色無垢フローリング、壁掛け型テレビ、ベージュの床、アクセントウォール) の写真

サクラメントにある高級な中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、ベージュの床) の写真