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New Houses – Property Designs

Contemporary Residential Architecture – International Exceptional Properties around the world.

post updated 16 November 2024

House designs – latest properties on e-architect from around the world

Contemporary Houses

On this page e-architect have selected the major new houses from across the globe:

One of the most famous Modern residences in the world, a simple volume ‘floating’ above the ground plane, by celebrated architect Mies van der Rohe:

photo by Carol M. Highsmith, courtesy wikimedia commons
Farnsworth House, USA

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New Houses Designs

We have 9 pages of new houses selections with links to a large number of individual project pages. Modern Houses, ie from the 20th century in the International Style, are located on a further page. We also list residences by country – see the links at the base of the page.

House Designs : A-B

Residential Designs : C

Contemporary Houses : D-E

Contemporary Property Designs : F-G

New House Designs : H

New Property Designs : I-L

Contemporary House Designs : M

Contemporary Residential Properties : N

Contemporary Residential Designs : O

Contemporary Home Designs : P

New Residential Designs : Q-R

New Home Designs : S

Property Designs : T-U

New Properties : V-Z

These pages carry residential projects designed in a contemporary style – houses typically with open-plan spaces and non-traditional forms, materials and organisation. Residential designs featured are either of top quality or interesting or ideally both.

We cover completed homes, new home designs and house competitions across the globe. The focus is on contemporary residences but information on traditional houses is also welcome.

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Latest Residential Designs

Residential Architecture – latest properties added, arranged chronologically:

15 May 2024
Georgian Townhouse, Fitzrovia, London, UK
Architects: SPPARC

photo © Philip Vile
Georgian Townhouse Fitzrovia Property

3 Aug 2021
TRD House, São Paulo, Brasil, South America
Architect: Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos Associados

photo : Nelson Kon
TRD House São Paulo
This modern residential property project mixes the use of glass, wood and concrete elements. Located in a small gated community on the outskirts of São Paulo it features glass elements and a concrete structure, as well as a piece of helical staircase.

10 Oct 2013
Villa Escarpa, Algarve, Portugal
Design: Mario Martins

photo : Fernando Guerra [FG+SG]
Villa Escarpa
This beautiful new residence is located near the village of Praia da Luz, in the district of Lagos. A condition of the planning permission was that the new house be built in the same space once occupied by another building.

2 Oct 2013
Brown Vujcich House, Herne Bay, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Design: Bossley Architects

photo : Patrick Reynolds
Brown Vujcich House
This is an elegant contemporary residence located close to the waterfront. The lower level opens out to the surrounding space, with a terrace and outdoor area for each room. A terrace and pool are accessed from the family living space. A deck offers views of the harbour.

26 Sep 2013
House IV, Eindhoven, Holland, The Netherlands
Design: De Bever Architecten

photo : Norbert van Onna
House IV
The house is situated on a corner lot in the typical 1930s district ‘de Elzent’ against the natural landscape of the river Dommel valley, in the center of Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

25 Sep 2013
Summerhouse Lagnö, Sweden
Design: Tham & Videgård Arkitekter

photo : Åke E’son Lindman
Summerhouse Lagnö
The setting is the Stockholm archipelago, natural ground sloping gently down to the sea in the south, mostly open with a few trees and bushes. Unlike other projects we worked on located on more isolated islands in the archipelago without car access from the mainland, this site was relatively easy to reach also with heavy transports.

23 Sep 2013
Caterpillar House, Chile
Design: Sebastián Irarrázaval Delpiano ; Associated Architect: Erick Caro

photo : Sergio Pirrone
Caterpillar House
Putting aside the fulfillment of the brief; the main purposes of the house were two: The first one was to integrate it to the territory of this part of the city where the presence of the Andes Mountain is extremely strong both visually and tectonically.

19 Sep 2013
Linhares Dias House, Brasília, Brazil
Design: Daniel Mangabeira, Henrique Coutinho, Matheus Seco

photo : Joana França
Linhares Dias House
This house is located in a residential area site close to the Paranoa Lake. The various spaces are not expressed but instead contianed within a big roof and two dominant ‘bookend’ walls.

19 Sep 2013
CH house, Tel Aviv, Israel
Design: Domb architects

photo : Amit Geron
CH house
A house in the periphery of Tel Aviv has a clean design and very limited in architectural elements. The old house served the family while raising children, and uses basic finish materials: white plaster, iron and glass.

11 Sep 2013
House in Nuglar, Solothurn, Switzerland
Design: HHF

photo : Tom Bisig
House in Nuglar
House D is oriented parallel to the landscape, thereby making the view a matter of prime importance. Across more than 180 degrees, you gaze over unbuilt, verdant land with mature fruit trees.

9 Sep 2013
Zagorje Cottage, Kumrovec, Krapina-Zagorje County, northern Croatia
Design: PROARH

photo : Damir Fabijanic
Zagorje Cottage
The pre-existing traditional Zagorje cottage is situated on the green slopes near Kumrovec and was structurally and statically in poor condition.

5 Sep 2013
Downley House, England, UK
Design: Birds Portchmouth Russum Architects

photo : Nick Kane
Downley House
This large private house is a tour de force in a technicolour architectural style that derives from that of James Stirling, from whose practice these architects emerged. This means that it is an assemblage of strong primary forms, mostly cylinders and cubes.

5 Sep 2013
Rockmount Residence, Wirral, northwest England, UK
Design: ShedKM

photo from architect
Rockmount Residence
The site is an extraordinary elevated mound with views towards the setting sun across the River Dee to the North Wales coast. Shed KM’s ingenious response is a new take on a classic modern linear house plan.

5 Sep 2013
Folding House, southern England, UK
Design: AR Design Studio

image : AR Design Studio
Folding House
Hampshire based modern architects, AR Design Studio have designed a highly contemporary dream home for a retired client and his son. Showcasing stunning river views from all three levels, the folding design incorporates a blend of indoor and outdoor living spaces that extend out into the landscape and beyond.

3 Sep 2013
House in La Floresta, Catalonia, Spain
Design: Alventosa Morell Arquitectes

photo : Alventosa Morell Arquitectes
House in La Floresta
This Project springs up after some previous conversations with the owner of the site, who shares our concern about the exhaustion of the sources of fossil energies, and also the need of being more respectful with our immediate environment.

2 Sep 2013
CasaAltamira, Ciudad Colón, Costa Rica
Design: Joan Puigcorbé

photo : Rodrigo Montoya / Joan Puigcorbé
CasaAltamira
The architects say, “We conceive architecture as a language across which properties can express themselves such as: harmony, creativity, happiness, beauty, poetry, complexity, magic, provocation and culture.”

24 Aug 2013
Residence in Southlands, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Architect: DIALOG

photograph : Kristopher Grunert
Residence in Southlands
This residence nestles into a mature, heavily vegetated corner site in Vancouver’s historical Dunbar-Southlands neighborhood. A year-round fresh water stream divides the irregularly shaped property as it threads its way below Marine Drive to the south.

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New House Designs

New House Designs – Top Global Selection

Major residences designed in the last two decades – included here for their innovative design rather than say a connection to famous people or stunning location.

Contemporary residence (1998) in France by Rem Koolhaas / OMA:

Maison á Bordeaux photo : Hans Werlemann, from OMA
Maison á Bordeaux, France

Striking house from California designed by XTEN Architecture:

image : Art Gray
Openhouse, USA

Powerful articulation of form in this contemporary Japanese property design:

picture : Koichi Torimura
Mountains & Opening House, Japan

Home sited on the edge of a 70-metre high cliff near Sydney, NSW, Australia

photograph © Brett Boardman
Dover Heights House

One of many finely articulated houses by Marcio Kogan in São Paulo”, Brazil:

photo : Nelson Kon
Paraty House, SP, Brazil

Dupli.Casa – stunning house design by one of Europe’s most exuberant and talented architects, J Mayer H:

picture : David Franck Photographie
Dupli.Casa, Germany