Dream Homes
RainShine House is a 2800 square foot modern luxury home in Decatur, Georgia designed by architect Robert M. Cain. This award-winning home features an amazing roof design, named the Butterfly, and is also the recipient of a Platinum LEED award for what is a truly innovative Eco-friendly construction. Let’s take a look at why this home received accolades for both its contemporary architecture and environmentally-friendly considerations. continue
Posted by keren at 14 March, 2010
Located in Ebisu, Tokyo, Bird Park is an apartment where people and birds can live in total harmony. Designed by Leading Japanese architecture firm, Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Co., Ltd., the concept for this amazing home was to bring the pleasure of living with nature into the home through architectural design and to raise awareness of sustainable living for anyone living there. Let’s take a look at this truly amazing home. continue
Posted by keren at 13 March, 2010
When you talk about celebrity, it doesn’t get much bigger than John Travolta. I was at a lunch event this week and someone mentioned to me that I should take a look into the Travolta home in Ocala, Florida, as it boasts both modern architecture and interiors as well as having it’s own airport runway. I knew John Travolta could fly a jumbo jet, indeed I remember seeing him in the news one time flying a maiden voyage somewhere for Australia’s national airline, Qantas – I just didn’t know he parked them in his backyard!
Posted by keren at 12 March, 2010
This home in Noe Valley was designed by San Francisco-based Mark Brand Architects and is a great example of Mid-century inspired modern architecture and interior design that is not over-extravagant, but rather esthetically tasteful and elegant both inside and out – it’s the type of home many of us could imagine living in. continue
Posted by keren at 11 March, 2010
Lara Spencer, host of the CBS celebrity show ‘The Insider’, recently opened her newly remodeled 1960’s Beverly Hills home up to the Los Angeles Times. Prior to renovation, the property was best described as a ‘fixer upper’ and was almost demolished by another interested buyer. Being the champions of mid-century architecture, we just had to feature this. continue
Posted by keren at 10 March, 2010
Crescent House is a multi-award-winning home in Wilshere, England, by Make Architects, that completed construction in 2000. It is significant in the world of architecture and design as it serves as a leading example of how imaginative forms can equal or better the typical box-shaped construction most architects innovate around. When featuring a home design such as this, you can quickly run out of superlatives – so let’s jump right in and take a look. continue
Posted by keren at 9 March, 2010
Bolton, in the North West of England, is a large town in the shadow of neighboring metropolis Manchester. However, an innovative and eco-friendly home, designed by Make Architects, has architects and designers from all over the globe shining their spotlight on the moorlands just outside of this town for a very special project being lauded by some as the ‘future of home design’. Let’s take a look at what all the fuss is about.
Posted by keren at 8 March, 2010
For those of you that didn’t already know, the ChicTip team is fanatical about Mid-century architecture and design. Although Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher’s home was an exclusive for Architectural Digest back in 2007, we thought to cover it for you as a reminder of how beautiful the home is. Originally, AD didn’t make the article available online, so many people would have missed it, we’ll take you through it now as we believe this is an important piece of property from the California mid-century scene. I’ve gathered images from several sources but, as I believe all but one are likely exclusively his, we’re going to credit the photography to Erhard Pfeiffer. continue
Posted by keren at 7 March, 2010
As if the views from your New York City apartment weren’t already stunning enough from a tiny window, in a box of an apartment- Neil Denari Architects have designed HL23, the High Line Building. The luxury residential condominium be a free-standing, space-age looking buildingl fourteen stories from a 40 foot-wide footprint, just steps from Tenth Avenue.
Posted by Chelsea Latimer at 6 March, 2010
The Ross Street House in Madison, Wisconsin has received a lot of attention since it was completed in 2008. It was the first LEED platinum rated home in the state and has gone on to be a flag-bearer for modern, sustainable and energy-efficient home design. Designed by Carol Richard of Atlanta, GA-based architecture firm, Richard Wittschiebe Hand, we decided that any home which boasts its own dedicated website ought to be worth a further look. continue
Posted by keren at 5 March, 2010
