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You can scatter my ashes at the Manola Court aka Herman Sachs Apartments in Silver Lake. This 16-unit residence designed by Rudolph Schindler is architecture heaven. Above: The buildings ascend the hillside taking full advantage of the ...

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Mecanoo designs a #glass #villa on the lake in Lechlade, #UK, completely opening up the #home to its scenic surrounds…

From a foldable roof that affords northern views, filters southern light and brings in ample summer westerly winds, right up to creating an accessible home-within-a-home, Scalar Architecture designs a lake-side cottage with a distinct agenda in New Hampshire.

Ar. William Kaven designs a contextual retreat in synch with its neighbouring Lake Michigan, holding a torch to the region's historical ethos and the magical power-packed backdrop of the locale. Check it out here…

Following the adage, "Sometimes, nature is all you need", Ghoche Architects designs a house that blends into the landscape, its black volume, enveloped by the forest - discreet and concealed and almost invisible from the lake.

With Udaipur known as the City of Lakes, Layers Studio of Design and Architecture chisel out a landscape design for a private residence around the central theme of water. Check out the serene beauty of this project and leave us your views…

Bourgeois Lechasseur architects play on the rawness of materials to rebuild a house overlooking a lake, making sure that the built form is in close communion with its scenic surrounds. Check it out here…

YH2 architects frame a lakeside view with a big window that becomes the gateway to the home along its banks. Check out this simple yet architecturally-artistic abode and leave us your views…

Located a few steps from Lake Memphremagog in Magog, Canada, is this residence cum office for and by Studio 1628Inc, where the functions of home and office are intertwined and will intersect, while being able to separate and be autonomous.

Sparano + Mooney Architecture's recent home nestled in the Emigration Canyon above Salt Lake City epitomises the ancient 'wabi-sabi' philosophical tenet of Japanese aesthetic culture that embraces the imperfect, incomplete, and transient. Based on this very principle, the design here references the relationships among the mountain, vegetation, and wildlife found on the site - an expression of both, static and dynamic elements in nature.

Crafting a truly experiential design, architecture firm 1628 Inc. designs a home at the edge of a lake, making it a true observation platform, with the highest point being a cantilevered footbridge that literally projects visitors into the landscape