This house is discreetly tucked into its wooded site in the Mad River Valley near the Sugarbush Resort in Vermont. The soaring roof lines complement the slope of the land and open up views though large windows to a meadow planted with native wildflowers. The house was built with natural materials of cedar shingles, fir beams and native stone walls. These materials are complemented with innovative touches including concrete floors, composite exterior wall panels and exposed steel beams. The home is passively heated by the sun, aided by triple pane windows and super-insulated walls. Photo by: Nat Rea Photography

シカゴにある高級な小さなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (漆喰サイディング) の写真

Tom Crane and Orion Construction
フィラデルフィアにある高級な小さなカントリー風のおしゃれな家の外観 (石材サイディング) の写真

バーミングハムにある高級な小さなカントリー風のおしゃれな家の外観の写真

Chibi Moku
デンバーにある高級な小さなラスティックスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

'Pebbles' laser cut screening and framing by Entanglements metal art. Decorative balustrade creating privacy from neighbors
メルボルンにある高級な小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (メタルサイディング) の写真

Built by Pillar Homes - Photography by Spacecrafting Photography
ミネアポリスにある高級な小さなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (混合材サイディング、デュープレックス) の写真

© ALDRIDGE ATELIER
ニューヨークにある高級な小さなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

Photography by Lucas Henning.
シアトルにある高級な小さなカントリー風のおしゃれな家の外観の写真

This garden house was designed by owner and architect, Shirat Mavligit. The wooden section of outer wall is actually the outer section of a central volume that creates an enlarged open space bisecting the home interior. The windows create a view corridor within the home that allows visitors to see all the way through to the back yard. Occupants of the home looking out through these windows feel as if they are sitting in the middle of a garden. This architectural theme of volume and line of site is so powerful that it became the inspiration for the modern landscape design we developed in the front, back, and side yards of the property. We began by addressing the issue of too much open space in the front yard. It has no surrounding fence, and it faces a very busy street in Houston’s Rice Village Area. After careful study of the home façade, our team determined that the best way to set aside a large portion of private space in front of the home was to construct a landscape berm. This land art form adds a sense of dimension and psychological boundary to the scene. It is built of core 10 steel and stands 16 inches tall. This is just high enough for guests to sit on, and it provides an ideal sunbathing area for summer days. The sweeping contour of the berm offsets the rigid linearity of the home with a softer architectural detail. Its linear progression gives the modern landscape design a dynamic sense of movement. Moving to the back yard, we reinforced the home’s central volume and view corridor by laying a rectilinear line of gravel parallel to an equivalent section of grass. Near the corner of the house, we created a series of gravel stepping pads that lead guests from the gravel run, through the grass, and into a vegetable garden. The heavy use of gravel does several things. It communicates a sense of control by containing the vitality of the lawn within an inorganic, mathematically precise space. This feeling of contained life force is common in modern landscape design. This also adds the functional advantage of a low-maintenance space where only minimal lawn care is needed. Gravel also has its own unique aesthetic appeal. Its dark color compliments both the grass and the house, providing an ideal lead-in to the space of the vegetable garden. This same rectilinear geometry was applied to the side yard, but the materials were reversed to add dramatic effect. Here, the field is gravel, and the stepping pads are made from grass. Heavy gauge steel planters were set into the gravel to house separate plantings of Zoysia. The pads run from the library to the kitchen, allowing visitors to travel between the two as if they are walking on a floor decorated with grass. The lawn in all three yards is planted with Zoysia grass. This species of grass is frequently used in modern landscape design because it requires only moderate amounts of water to retain its exceptionally fine texture. When mowed, it presents a clean, well-manicured lawn that compliments the conservatism of the home.

A contemporary duplex that has all of the contemporary trappings of glass panel garage doors and clean lines, but fits in with more traditional architecture on the block. Each unit has 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths as well as its own private pool.

他の地域にある高級な小さなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (緑の外壁) の写真

オースティンにある高級な小さなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (混合材サイディング) の写真

Gable End Photography
他の地域にある高級な小さなカントリー風のおしゃれな平屋の写真

Stanford Wood Cottage extension and conversion project by Absolute Architecture. Photos by Jaw Designs, Kitchens and joinery by Ben Heath.
バークシャーにある高級な小さなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (漆喰サイディング) の写真

Exterior view of the porch and barn doors. A simple palette of wood, steel, and concrete creates a rugged and durable workout space for years to come.

This picture gives you an idea how the garage, main house, and ADU are arranged on the property. Our goal was to minimize the impact to the backyard, maximize privacy of each living space from one another, maximize light for each building, etc. One way in which we were able to accomplish that was building the ADU slab on grade to keep it as low to the ground as possible and minimize it's solar footprint on the property. Cutting up the roof not only made it more interesting from the house above but also helped with solar footprint. The garage was reduced in length by about 8' to accommodate the ADU. A separate laundry is located just inside the back man-door to the garage for the ADU and for easy washing of outdoor gear. Anna Campbell Photography

Photographer: Alexander Canaria and Taylor Proctor
シアトルにある高級な小さなラスティックスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

Aaron Hautala, Red House Media
ミネアポリスにある高級な小さなラスティックスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真