Hyde Park Duplex

Rob Sanders Designer recently completed plans for a Town-home style Duplex to be built at 4810 Rowena Street. This Hyde Park Duplex was designed and permitted under the City of Austin's "McMansion Ordinance". This project is due to began construction in early 2010. The street side unit (Unit A) will have a cozy courtyard entry surrounded by large Pecan and Elm trees The rear unit (Unit B) is also designed around a large Elm tree and its yard backs up to a greenbelt/park. Unit A is a 3 bedroom, 2.5 baths at 1862 sq ft. Unit B is a (completely different layout) 3 bedroom, 2.5 baths at 1807 sq ft. Both units have an attached (private) 1 car garage with storage. If you have a challenging or complex site (inside or outside the "City of Austin") please consider the design services of Rob Sanders.

Home Exterior Design

The house is situated a few miles outside of McMinnville on 2.5 acre sloping site in a walnut grove. In order to create maintenance-free house materials was chose as low maintenance as possible. Some of these materials are: galvanized metal siding, aluminium windows, exposed concrete wall and veneer wood panels for siding. Simple passive and sustainable features of the house include rainwater harvesting, roof-mounted solar hot water heating, in-floor radiant heating, cork floors, natural day-lighting and Icynene sprayed-on insulation.

The two-bedroom, three-bath home with a 527 square foot attached garage is inspired by the Bay Area hillside ranch homes. The overall house design could be called as wonderfully glassy and spacious. It separated for two wings: the north one for the private Master Bedroom suite and home office; the south one for the living, dining and kitchen areas.

Sofa Design

Roche Bobois is a big French manufacturer of home furnishings, which has stores on all continents. One of the most developed directions of its activity is the production of leather sofas and armchairs. It offers several beautiful collections in this direction. One of these collection named Les contemporains unites the most modern and stylish sofas of this company. This collection is enlarged by new interesting models every six months and this is why it is so up-to-date and has a so many different sofa’s designs. The best features of this collection are very high quality leather and great variety of bright colors. You could find sofas almost in all colors because several of them are even presented in more then 100 colors

As you can see from pictures you can get easy access to small sidetables while sitting of the Trio Sofa. Although they aren’t very big that’s enough for usual laptop or plate. Thanks to their mobility you always could turn the sofa in the usual one. By the way, did I mention that it’s quite elegant and stylish?

Modern home designs

The transformation of this “mansion” apartment on the outskirts of Tokyo is a great example of adaptation of post-war housing stock into not only affordable but also comfortable accommodation. Mansion apartments are usually very small rented to a single occupant. This apartment is a 400 square feet space with modern minimal environment where owners could not only rest and relax but also work. Internal partitions were demolished to maximize light penetration and provide open-plan living arrangement. Closets and other storage space is hided behind sliding doors. The integrated plant box positioned above cooking area strikes a line of green vegetation across the space. A small changing room serves the bath-shower wet room and contains a bespoke compact vanity unit. The bathroom features natural timber and Hinoki wood which has a relaxing texture. The toilet not only has mat black walls which contrast with almost fully white interior design of this apartment but also features water saving technologies like using re-filtered water.

Modern home designs

The transformation of this “mansion” apartment on the outskirts of Tokyo is a great example of adaptation of post-war housing stock into not only affordable but also comfortable accommodation. Mansion apartments are usually very small rented to a single occupant. This apartment is a 400 square feet space with modern minimal environment where owners could not only rest and relax but also work. Internal partitions were demolished to maximize light penetration and provide open-plan living arrangement. Closets and other storage space is hided behind sliding doors. The integrated plant box positioned above cooking area strikes a line of green vegetation across the space. A small changing room serves the bath-shower wet room and contains a bespoke compact vanity unit. The bathroom features natural timber and Hinoki wood which has a relaxing texture. The toilet not only has mat black walls which contrast with almost fully white interior design of this apartment but also features water saving technologies like using re-filtered water.

Luxury home designs

This house is designed for bachelor in Guangzhou, China. The aim was to make spaces functional when they are used on the regular basis and in the same time luxurious and unique. The color theme was choose very warm with a lot of gold tints. In addition to a lot of hidden lighting the interior’s atmosphere in evening or at night is very dramatic.

There are three floors in the house with the basement floor which features single lane pool, sauna, yoga rooms, golf practice green, table tennis area, gym, fully-equipped cinema guest suites and maids’ rooms. The ground floor includes living and dining areas, lounge and meeting rooms, the kitchen and car garages. Master suite and study are located on upper floors in more private zone. The roof features a billiard/cigar room, wine lounge, tea room and a large terrace area with stunning panoramic views

Country home designs

The Red house is located in the western suburbs of Oslo, Norway. A river flow near it and the house is placed perpendicular to the stream. The exterior done in wooden panels painted in red color which reflects temperament of the owner. It also make the house be in contrast with the landscape as during the winter as during the summer. A lot of wooden elements could be also found inside the house. Such theme was chosen to make it more cosy and warm. The house is separated on two areas: for parents and for their children. Top floor with wide southern views is designed for parents, while the lover floor is faced the river and designed as children’s area. [