Marc Canadell is an European architect who designed this beautiful luxury house high above the famous Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. The site is one acre of privacy but the house is perfectly perched at the end of a cul-de-sac in order to get most stunning city views from its windows. Only the highest quality materials and modern high quality furniture was used in its construction and interior designing. 9000 square feet house features 5 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, infinity lap pool and great outdoor desks and entertainment area. Although the price for such piece of art is also affordable only for those who already has luxury lifestyle. It’s listed for $17,995,000. [via, listing, Marc Canadell]

Tropical climate is one of those factors which attracts people who want to have a house of their dreams. This house on Maui, Hawaii is one of those houses. It has great open plan where indoor areas are connected to outdoor areas as much as possible. Thanks to that it takes advantage of the sea breezes to naturally ventilate and cool the interior. The house is composed of five separate buildings, linked by broad covered ways and wrapped around an open courtyard. The pool in the courtyard and many small water canals make it possible to hear water flowing from any outdoor patio or terrace which could be found anywhere on the site. Even though the concept of open-plan living is quite typical for tropical houses this house definitely implements all its advantages. It was designed in build with environmentally sustainable design princeps in mind what is on of the main ideologies ofPete Bossley Architects.

This 2,600 square feet residence is designed by OJMR Architects for retired couple and located in Palm Springs, California. The house is located on a flat, irregularly shaped lot at the end of a cul-de-sac and wrapped around the pool. It consist of two blocks with very simple rectangular shape which helps to simplify the overall look of the site. The blocks are connected together to define a corner with guest bedrooms in one wing and master suite in the other. Public areas like the kitchen, living room and dining room are located between wings. The rooms all access the courtyard with the pool through sliding glass walls. The house is the golden middle between enclosure and openness to outdoors. [OJMR Architects]