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post updated 24 January 2026
Contemporary Residential Designs
Major Contemporary Home Designs added to this page:
18 January 2024
Pear Tree House, London, England, UK
Architects: Edgley Design
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September 6, 2023
Powerball Winner Mansion in Bel Air, Southern California, USA
Architect: Alex Kadavi
June 4, 2023
Paintbrush Residence in Jackson, near Jackson, Wyoming, USA
Design: CLB Architects
photo : Matthew Millman
30 May 2023
Casa Pátios de Pétalas, Gondomar, Porto, northern Portugal
Architects: Sandra Micaela Casinha Atelier
photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Apr 7, 2023
Paige House Retreat, Texas, USA
Design: Logan Office
photo : Leonid Furmansky
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6 Aug 2021
Portas São João, Porto, Portugal
Architecture: Meireles Arquitectos
photograph : João Morgado
Sep 14, 2021
Philip Johnson Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA
May 21, 2021
Portola Valley Barn, California, USA
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Jun 3, 2020
The Preston Hollow Home in North Dallas, Texas, USA
Architects: Specht Architects, interior design Magni Kalman
photo : Casey Dunn
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May 22, 2020
Preston Residence in Venice, California, USA
Design: Montalba Architects
photography : Kevin Scott
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31 Oct 2018
Palm House in Kwazulu Natal, Zimbali Coastal Estate, KwaZulu Natal North Coast, South Africa
Design: Metropole Architects
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15 Aug 2014
Pearl Bay Residence, Yzerfontein, South Africa
Design: Gavin Maddock Design Studio
More contemporary home designs on e-architect soon.
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Contemporary Home Designs 2006 – 2013
25 Jun 2013
Plane House, Skiathos, Greek Island
Design: K-STUDIO
photo : Yiorgos Kordakis
Plane House is a new-build, family house of approximately 500sqm on the island of Skiathos, Greece. The brief for the architects was to create a summer escape for family and friends with the emphasis on laid-back, social living.
22 May 2013
Pearl Valley 276, Cape Town, South Africa
Design: Antoni Associates
photo : Adam Letch
A young family re-locating to the Western Cape was looking to change from city living to a more relaxed country lifestyle in which to bring up their young family. They settled for the exclusive Pearl Valley Golf Estate located near Paarl, just 30 minutes away from the Mother City of Cape Town, in a home designed by Antoni Associates.
24 Apr 2013
The Phoenix House, Arizona, USA
Design: Messana O’Rorke
image from architect
This vast and strikingly beautiful desert landscape is the inspiration for the design. The tectonic mechanisms responsible for the landscape, where mountain ranges seem to slide past each other, is emulated by massive parallel walls of the house.
22 Feb 2013
PQ House, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Architects: TaAG Arquitectura
image : Redo Arquitectura
This is a modern residence in an exclusive subdivision in San Luis Potosi City, in a steep land (greater than 5 meters). The main interest of the client was to have a house on one level, which was complicated by the topography.
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7 Dec 2012
House at Plettenberg Bay, The Robberg, Plettenberg Bay, Garden Route, South Africa
Design: SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects
photo : SAOTA
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7 Dec 2011
PGA Catalunya Villas, Catalonia, Spain
Design: Studio RHE
photograph from developer
The architecture strives to incorporate the beautiful environs into the living areas with wall to wall sliding glass doors, expansive terraces, private gardens and double-height vaulted ceilings. As such this home is inspired by the region and its traditions whilst still maintaining a 21st century feel.
12 Sep 2011
P-K House, Austria
picture from architects studio
The P-K House is oriented north-south and located in a setting in southern Burgenland that has an agricultural character which it was wished to preserve. The approach driveway from the road comes from the north-west and is incised into the terrain.
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2 Dec 2009
Pier House, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Arquitetos: Gabriel Grinspum / Mariana Simas
photo : Pedro Vannucchi
The proposal was to divide the house in two volumes. The first one is a solid box covered with whitewash, and its “muxarabi” windows filter the light and allow permanent ventilation. It is the result of the region’s typical construction method, a legacy from colonial times.
8 Sep 2009
Paraty House, Paraty, Brazil
photo: Nelson Kon
Paraty House’s two reinforced concrete boxes, sit atop each other, connected on the mountainside of one of the islands of the colonial city of Paraty and Angra dos Reis (between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), like two modern prisms between the large colossal stones of the Brazilian coast. The house outward from the mountain, almost onto the beach, in an 8m cantilever.
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Contemporary Home Designs : P-R
Key Contemporary Home Designs alphabetical:
Palisades House, USA
render from architects firm
Palmerston Road house, Dublin, Ireland
photo : Paul Tierney
Palmerston Road Studio, Dublin, Ireland
photo : Paul Tierney
Parabola house, Japan
Atelier Tekuto, Photographer : Makoto Yoshida
Park Houses Preston – designs, UK
picture from iloniemi
Paul Harris Street Home, Chile
photo : Luis Poirot
Plastic House, Dublin
photo : Paul Tierney photography
Plinth House, London
image from architects office
Pozuelo de Alarcón House, Spain
photograph from architect practice
Precast House, Howth, Ireland
photo : Verena Hilgenfeld
Princeton house, New Jersey, USA
image from architect firm
Prometeos home, Portugal
picture from architecture studio
Project X, Almere, The Netherlands
photograph © Christian Richters
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We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Contemporary Home Designs. e-architect aim to include the best quality of new Residential Properties.
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