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Luxury houses

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about luxury houses
Pinnacle House San Diego modern home with light filled indoor outdoor interior and open plan living spaces
Pinnacle House modern resort style luxury home with pool in San Diego, California
Pinnacle House San Diego, California modern home designed for luxury resort style indoor outdoor living
Pinnacle House San Diego, California modern architectural luxury mansion with glass walls and seamless indoor outdoor design
Pinnacle House luxury indoor outdoor modern home with pool and views in San Diego, California

Project • By Whipple Russell Architects • Private Houses

Pinnacle House

Set atop a prominent ridgeline in Rancho Santa Fe, Pinnacle House is conceived as a contemporary estate that blurs the boundary between architecture, landscape, and horizon. Positioned on 1.9 acres with panoramic views extending across rolling canyons to the Pacific Ocean, the residence is designed as a private retreat that celebrates Southern California’s climate, light, and indoor-outdoor way of living. The 19,700 square foot compound is organized as a collection of interconnected pavilions anchored by a dramatic central living space. Floor-to-ceiling glazing, expansive overhangs, and a carefully curated material palette dissolve the distinction between interior and exterior, allowing the surrounding landscape to become an extensio... More
Paradise Valley, Arizona luxury modern desert home with light filled glass wall open plan interior
Paradise Valley, Arizona modern resort style luxury desert home with hillside design and sweeping views
Paradise Valley, Arizona modern resort style luxury desert home with hillside perch and cactus garden landscaping
Paradise Valley, Arizona modern luxury desert home with views
Paradise Valley, Arizona modern indoor outdoor luxury resort style desert home with outdoor terrace and infinity pool

Project • By Whipple Russell Architects • Private Houses

Paradise Valley

Perched high above the Arizona desert, Paradise Valley transforms its steep hillside site into a bold architectural composition that follows the contours of the landscape, and opens its multi-layered design towards the valley below. A modern courtyard at the entrance with seating and a water vapor feature provides an atmospheric transition from the street to the private spaces. More than somewhere to quickly pass through, this open air gathering space invites a moment of pause before entering and exiting the property.   Once inside, the 7,300-square-foot design opens up into a dramatic living space with sweeping views across the desert. Anchored by a double-height stone fireplace, the great room is the heart of the home, connecting t... More
Modern architectural exterior of 16 Glenhaven, a luxury resort style indoor outdoor home in Reno, Nevada
16 Glenhaven, a luxury home in Reno, NV with modern architecture & indoor outdoor design
Modern architectural lines and luxury design details at 16 Glenhaven, a custom resort style home in Reno, Nevada
Luxury resort style home for indoor outdoor living at 16 Glenhaven in Reno, Nevada
16 Glenhaven, a modern architectural resort style luxury home in Reno, Nevada

Project • By Whipple Russell Architects • Private Houses

16 Glenhaven

Nestled in Reno, Nevada's high desert environment, 16 Glenhaven is a modern home that blends architecture, landscape, and resort style living in a custom design that lives like a private retreat, set apart from the pace of everyday life. Upon approach to the property, a sweeping driveway reveals the home, and a modern front yard pool terrace. Rather than hiding this recreation space behind the house, it's instead given a prominent place in both the arrival sequence, and the flow of everyday life. From the motor court, broad steps climb to the entrance, where expansive glazing and strong horizontal rooflines create a luxury modern aesthetic. Spanning more than 12,000 square feet*, the home is designed for both intimate family living, and l... More
Royal Palm Paradise Valley, Arizona modern resort style desert home with infinity edge swimming pool and outdoor terraces
Royal Palm Paradise Valley, Arizona modern resort style hillside desert home with infinity pool and views
Royal Palm Paradise Valley, Arizona luxury resort style hillside desert home with modern architectural exterior design
Royal Palm Paradise Valley, Arizona modern resort style desert home minimalist architectural front entrance
Royal Palm Paradise Valley, Arizona modern resort style desert home with terraced hillside design

Project • By Whipple Russell Architects • Private Houses

Royal Palm

From a distance, Royal Palm reads as layered planes of stone, wood, water, and glass stepping down a mountainside in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Its modern design extends in a series of horizontal volumes towards the valley below, opening to an infinity-edge swimming pool, and outdoor living spaces for entertaining and resort-style living. At the heart of the design is a light-filled main floor where the kitchen, dining room, living room, bar and wine display share one open plan. A skylight brings natural light down and through this open volume, and then past a glass floor walkway into the lower level below, while floor-to-ceiling sliding glass walls connect the main living areas to the outdoors. A luxury infinity pool with waterfall edge, B... More
Pasadena luxury home with modern architectural design
Pasadena luxury modern architectural home with resort style swimming pool and entertainment terrace
Pasadena luxury modern resort style home with backyard pool terrace

Project • By Whipple Russell Architects • Private Houses

Pasadena

Some homes are defined by a single dramatic gesture, Pasadena is defined by the richness of everyday life. Set within a secluded hillside estate in Los Angeles, California, the custom home feels both generous in size, and easy to live in, with spaces for everything from quiet family evenings, to hosting on a grand scale. A minimalist modern exterior gives way to an expansive interior shaped by natural light, extensive glazing, and open living spaces. Responding to fire department access requirements, the main and upper levels are organized as two separate wings that remain connected on the lower level. Between them, the central pool terrace becomes a focal point for everyday living, with the kitchen, living, and dining areas opening toward... More
Anglet Biarritz, France luxury resort style home with modern architectural design and front yard pool terrace
Anglet Biarritz, France luxury home with modern architectural indoor outdoor design
Anglet Biarritz, France luxury resort style home for modern indoor outdoor living, featuring glass walls, terraces & backyard swimming pool

Project • By Whipple Russell Architects • Private Houses

Anglet

Set within the coastal landscape of Biarritz, France, this modern resort-style home features a layered composition of glass and stone around a front yard swimming pool at the heart of its outdoor spaces.  Arrival unfolds vertically, with a covered passageway and stairs leading to the main living level. Landing on an expansive terrace at the door of a light-filled interior, the design immediately establishes an emphasis on indoor-outdoor living.  The upper level is the center of daily life. On one end sits the primary suite with private terrace, spacious dressing room, and generous bath, and on the other, a kitchen, dining area, and living room, all flowing together in one open-plan design. Extending onto the outdoor terrace, ope... More
Royal Oak Encino, Los Angeles luxury home with architectural design and glass wall display car garage
Royal Oak Encino, Los Angeles modern resort style mansion with luxury pool terrace and fire features
Royal Oak Encino, Los Angeles luxury resort style mansion with glass wall indoor outdoor design and infinity edge swimming pool
Royal Oak Encino, Los Angeles luxury resort style estate with wraparound swimming pool and terraces on every floor

Project • By Whipple Russell Architects • Private Houses

Royal Oak

With its modern glass wall design, moat-style swimming pool that wraps around the entire backyard, and outdoor living spaces that extend all the way from the lowest floor to the rooftop, Royal Oak offers a luxury interpretation of contemporary Hollywood Hills living. From the motor court, the entryway passes a glass-walled display garage, before climbing floating stairs over reflecting pools and fire features to an elevated front door. Here, a light-filled gallery draws arrival deeper inside. The open plan main floor is composed of a series of everyday living and entertaining spaces. Family, dining, kitchen, and gathering areas all flow from one to the next, while open volumes and transparent floor elements allow views to pass throughout... More
Bonhill Brentwood, Los Angeles modern resort style home with backyard pool terrace
Bonhill Brentwood, Los Angeles modern home with backyard swimming pool and sculpture fountain
Bonhill Brentwood, Los Angeles modern home with minimalist luxury design

Project • By Whipple Russell Architects • Private Houses

Bonhill

Designed for the contemporary Brentwood lifestyle, Bonhill brings together open plan living, abundant natural light, and a central outdoor pool terrace at the heart of its design.  From the street, a visually textured exterior of stacked stone, warm wood, and expansive glass beneath deep roof overhangs lends the home a sense of sheltered privacy, while it remains remarkably open.  Inside, the design is exceptionally cohesive. A library, living room, dining room, bar, and kitchen all unfold within a series of interconnected spaces, while a concealed workspace, walk-in pantry, and private guest suite are incorporated into the surrounding plan.  A sculptural wine wall and strategically placed light well add visual interest an... More
Rising Glen Hollywood Hills modern design luxury resort style home with front yard swimming pool terrace
Rising Glen Hollywood Hills modern resort style home with glass walls, terraces, and infinity pool
Rising Glen Hollywood Hills modern resort style home with indoor outdoor design and luxury swimming pool terrace

Project • By Whipple Russell Architects • Private Houses

Rising Glen

Set within a quiet Hollywood Hills setting, Rising Glen is conceived around an unusual arrival, where the resort-style pool terrace becomes the first expression of the home’s indoor-outdoor lifestyle. The main floor is set within an open plan, with a family room, dining area, and kitchen extending onto outdoor living spaces, both front and rear. The pool terrace brings together a 52-foot swimming pool with spa, sunken fire-side conversation pit, ponds, sculpture, and areas for lounging, dining, and barbecuing, while the backyard opens onto a quieter garden with a lawn, mature trees, and water feature. The upper floor houses private accommodations and rooms for wellness, work, and relaxation. On one end sits the primary suite with a... More
Hedges Hollywood Hills modern indoor outdoor resort style luxury home with outdoor terraces
Hedges Hollywood Hills modern luxury home with minimalist exterior design
Hedges Hollywood Hills luxury indoor outdoor modern glass wall resort style home with custom swimming pool terrace

Project • By Whipple Russell Architects • Private Houses

Hedges

Designed for a constrained Hollywood Hills site, Hedges transforms a compact footprint into a modern home where architecture and outdoor living unfold across multiple levels. The home’s minimalist exterior reveals only glimpses of the light filled interior beyond, but once inside, the home opens up into a spacious light filled foyer with double height glass walls, a floating staircase, and glass floor detail that adds a sense of interconnectedness between the different levels. Organized in an open plan design, the living room, kitchen, and dining area open directly onto an outdoor terrace that’s the social heart of the home. With casual seating, a fire pit feature, barbecue, and infinity-edge swimming pool, this outdoor area a... More

Project • By JABRAARCHITECTS • Private Houses

HILLS HOUSE

The house on the hills was built in the landscape of a charming village near Rzeszów. On a plot of just over 1000 m2, in an area of varied and very extensive development, we designed a single-storey house with a simple form and functional interior, offering open and bright spaces open to the landscape of the Podrzeszów hills. JABRAARCHITECTS JABRAARCHITECTS JABRAARCHITECTS The architecturally diverse neighbourhood of the plot gave absolute design freedom as to the geometry of the roof. The investors had always thought of a single-storey house with a flat roof, so the traditional form of a house with a gable roof was out of the question. JABRAARCHITECTS JABRAARCHITECTS The investors' guidelines regard... More

Project • By JABRAARCHITECTS • Private Houses

LIGHT HOUSE

The more than 1,000-square-metre plot on which we designed the "Light House," is located in a well-ordered enclave of single-family houses in the vicinity of Radomierzyce, near Wrocław. The magnificent mature tree stand gives the place a unique character, and the newly built houses shape the architectural quality of the estate, which has a modern character. The developer had a clear objective: to create a modern house that makes use of and blends in with the surrounding wooded landscape. JABRAARCHITECTS JABRAARCHITECTS JABRAARCHITECTS The design of the building is inscribed in the regularly square geometry of the plot. The body of the house is a two-storey layout, and the entrance has been placed centrally in the body of the... More

Project • By Ideas Interiorismo • Private Houses

Vivienda en Gran Via

Interior design project carried out by the studio of interior designers and architects located in Valencia Ideas Interiorismo. Undoubtedly one of the best projects of the studio where we have had the opportunity to capture a home with a unique atmosphere. Ideas Interiorismo Exclusivo, SLU When the client contacted us, he told us the four premises he wanted the interior design of his house to have: elegance, serenity, comfort and quality in the materials used. Once the measurement was done, the interior design team met to analyze each room separately and to be able to bring to the interior design project everything the client had requested. Ideas Interiorismo Exclusivo, SLU   For the living room we have designed a completel... More

Project • By Black Rabbit • Private Houses

Oasis Residence

This large concrete residence overlooking Lake Travis exemplifies luxury living. Natural materials and landscape blend the building into the surrounding environment and take advantage of the views. Large expansive glass and a wrap-around pool allow views from every aspect of the house. More

Project • By EA Research and Design Office / Takeru Shoji • Private Houses

sakuramori house

Located in the heavy snowfall region of Yokote city, Akita prefecture, the site originally comprised of a large residence, a storehouse and a large Japanese garden. Our design direction was to demolish the original house and storehouse, and rebuild atop the site, a more compact house for the couple. It was very important for the clients to preserve onsite large Japanese garden, as they had nurtured it for many years, and since the site receives such heavy snowfall, they also sought a more comfortable relationship with this environment and its hardships.   With this brief, we proposed a building where all the daily living activities and spaces are arranged on the first floor and the second floor is a low ceiling loft. Thus, in essence creati... More