If you’ve never used concrete in any of your DIY projects, you’ve been missing out because this is such a versatile material and there are so many beautiful things that you can do with it. Today we’re focusing on DIY concrete projects for outdoor areas such as the backyard and the garden. There’s a lot…
I don’t know about you but to me there’s something so very calming about white concrete. Perhaps it’s the smooth surface texture combined with a flat matt finish that make it feel luxurious but at the same time not extravagant. It’s robust quality is exactly the opposite in fact, feeling more as if the material has…
Somehow, the idea of living in a concrete house doesn’t sound that appealing and that’s because of the cold nature of this material. Concrete is not warm or soft or pleasant to the touch like wood is for example and that gives it a bad reputation in a certain sense. But what we don’t take…
Concrete is super popular right now, as many contemporary homes rely on it to look minimalist, crisp and trendy. we’re quite used to the idea of concrete countertops in the kitchen and even polished concrete floors in the living room but these are fairly standard features at this point. Concrete bathrooms, on the other hand,…
Japanese homes might bring to mind lots of wood and tatami mats, but perhaps surprisingly, concrete structures figure prominently, even in residential areas. In fact, Japan has a wide variety of amazing architecture, especially in the Brutalist style. This architectural style is characterized by the raw materials that are visible in the construction, especially concrete….
A house with its entire exterior clad in raw, unfinished concrete doesn’t really sound very welcoming but some architects may surprise you. One of them is Luciano Kruk who designed this wonderful residence from Dique Luján, Argentina. It’s called 10 House and it’s part of a gated community which opens up to a beautiful lagoon….
Every house has its own way of interacting with the surroundings. For the Nono House, the strategy was to direction the attention towards the views and the beautiful and relaxing countryside landscape. This ultimately allows the structure to look as if it’s floating in the air even though it actually has a very solid base…
Concrete is a very underrated material considering how versatile it is and how many really great DIY concrete project ideas are out there. We’ve put our favorite ones in a list and we’re sharing it with you in the hopes that they’ll inspire you to explore some of the options yourself. You can make painted…
The Stark House is designed by Park Associates and was just completed earlier this year. It’s a contemporary residences located in Singapore, surrounded by a rather diverse context with lots of different types of buildings in the area. The architects wanted to use this unique context in their favor so they found inspiration in the…
This sleek and modern home sits in place of a 100 year old house with a traditional design and a gabled roof in Liberec, the Czech Republic. It was designed and built by studio Mjölk architects and it actually reuses the basement section of the original structure, being built on top of it and using…
Concrete is a unique material that combines the organic characteristics of natural stone with the ability to be cast into any shape. Using tints and precision blends of admixtures it can be manufactured with a vast spectrum of finishes. With striking and sophisticated forms, the Kast series of concrete hand-wash basins have been designed to…