Throughout this year we have published many houses on our website: cabins, country houses, houses on the beach, big steps in the city… Of all styles, sizes and tastes, but these ten are the ones you have visited the most in ‘Architecture and Design’.
You have seen all the possible decorative styles, houses of all sizes and with unique solutions to take advantage of space, but these ten have been the ones that have received the most visits and the ones that you liked the most. Will they be the inspiration for your houses in 2022?
Ingenious, modern, functional and very warm. With style, a lot of personality and following the premises of the Nordic style, the interiors of this 28 square meter mini house in Stockholm have been decorated. The result is a cozy and harmonious space that tells a personal story and boasts craftsmanship in the decoration. In its small dimensions, a living area, kitchen and bedroom coexist harmoniously. The keys? The light and the versatility of the furniture and very well chosen colors
9. The most sustainable house in Europe, in Barcelona
The project by the firm Arquima is the only one on the European continent that holds the maximum sustainable certification twice: Passivhaus Premium and 5 Green leaves from the Green Building Council. The house designed by the firm’s own design team takes sensations to the limit: within its four walls the noise of cars is imperceptible, there are no drafts and the temperature does not vary from one room to another, remaining constant between 22 and 24 degrees.
8. A very modern and minimalist house in Japan
It looks, at first, like a traditional Japanese house, with its overhanging eaves. But the Katsotoshi Sasaki studio has built an inverted version of that model, with closed rooms that occupy only a small part of the covered space. It is precisely the relationship between the strictly interior space located under the peak of the roof and that covered by the eaves that is inverted. This operation, on a cross-shaped plane, has allowed the layout of four gardens in that open-air space, two of them next to the rooms.
7. A minimalist flat where nothing is what it seems
The large windows of this atypical apartment in Taiwan are a source of natural natural light during the day and, when closed, they become the bedrooms of this young family with a minimalist taste. Nothing here is what it seems. Marty Chou Architecture, founded in 2013 and based in Taipei, specializes in the search for clarity and the beauty of simplicity in architecture. And so it is in this 90-square-meter apartment in Taiwan that an urbanite family was looking to make the most of.
6. An innovative prefabricated house
The creation of a central patio is totally innovative in this prefabricated, ecological and modern house. Located in the Mar Vista neighborhood on the west side of Los Angeles, California, this manufactured home designed by Connect Homes is a great example of how much choice they represent and how well these types of homes can function. The previous construction of 112 square meters was demolished and replaced by a state-of-the-art house with 11 modules and a total of 270 square meters.
5. A minimalist house with contrasting facades
The impeccable contrast between the volumetric solidity of the exterior façade and the lightness of the rear façade enhance the harmonious unity of the design of this minimalist house in Verona. Designed by Federico Cappellina & Partners Architects, and built in nine months, this house was born from the intersection of two main axes that create two opposite facades. On the one hand, an austere windowless front separates the private space from the urban context. On the other, the rear facade, framing the interior spaces, opens directly onto the garden.
4. The most ‘hygge’ apartment in Sweden
This Stockholm apartment combines well-being, warmth, calm and beauty. Overlooking the green Botvidsparken, the apartment exemplifies the long-awaited ‘hygge’ or Danish secret of happiness, which represents the well-being one feels when arriving home. The open spaces, the commitment to natural light, as well as the Nordic line through the use of wood, warmth, furniture and lighting, have made this 106-square-meter house a project of intense spatiality.
3. A very small flat in a Nordic style
A curved wall, few square meters available… It is not the ideal scenario. An intelligent reform has made this apartment, apparently with few possibilities, shine with its own light. Although the living room, kitchen and dining room share space, the decoration of these interiors has been decorated by combining the same soft tones to give coherence to the whole.
2. A prefabricated wooden house perfect for the countryside
Nook Architects and Amomicasa have designed a prefabricated rural house for a family of ex-urbanites with a framework of CLT wood panels and low environmental impact. In the Barcelona region of Penedès, a small municipality has been reborn thanks to the educational projects of its schools. The owners of this prefabricated house wanted to leave the city behind to live and telework at a different pace, with the family and surrounded by nature.
This mini flat is less than 60 square meters and is a good example of Nordic decoration. It is a flat with a few meters with modern and cozy decoration in Sweden that brings together the best of the Scandinavian spirit: white, wooden floors and natural light.
