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Trail House, Ashburton: A Contemporary and Environmentally Friendly Home with Natural Materials

It is a contemporary and environmentally friendly home located in Ashburton, New Zealand, that built on gently sloping land in suburban Melbourne. Trail House is designed by Zen Architects to integrate with the inherent natural beauty of the existing site seamlessly. The architect uses natural materials and applies passive solar design principles to create a comfortable home.

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Studio House, Northcote: A Flexible, Multi-Purpose Studio for A Growing Family

Zen Architects has been contacted by a client with a request to design an extension to their existing property. Studio House is located in Northcore, designed to accommodate the needs of a growing family. A flexible, multi-purpose studio is designed in response to the client request. The building shape is also arranged to minimize the impacts to the neighbors.

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House Bellavida: An Elevated Steel Structure with Elevated “Floating” Deck and Pool

This awesome house is located in Salt Rock, north of Durban, designed by Hugo Hamity Architects. Completed in 2015, House Bellavida is designed on an east-west axis direction to take an advantage of the ventilation, sun, and views of the Indian ocean. This house has an elevated steel structure with an elevated “floating” deck and pool.

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Villas at Emirates Hills: A Fusion of Traditional Arabic Details and Contemporary Architecture

Located in Dubai with 500-840 m² in size per villa, Villas at Emirates Hills is an awesome project of a group of twenty villas. These villas demonstrate a fusion of traditional Arabic details and contemporary architecture. A generic villa type is designed and developed, resulting in an interesting range of individual houses. This project is completed in 2003 by Hopkins Architects for Emaar with Frayland Construction as the client.

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Wonderland Park Residence: A Second-Floor Addition with Sustainable Technologies

This big house is 3,700 SF in size and located in the hills of Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles. The design of Wonderland Park Residence is driven by the motivation to extend the precedent established by the midcentury sensibilities in the house area. This project is designed by Assembledge+ which includes a second-floor addition and the use of sustainable technologies.