When it comes to dream homes, some designs are more extravagant than others—and we can’t help but admire them.
This month we’re showing you our favourite… high-end homes, where no detail has been overlooked, and every element oozes luxury. From jaw-dropping roof lines to opulent interiors, these are the spaces that inspire us to think big, bold, and beautifully outside the box.
josh and paul
Caring Wood, Kent
by James Macdonald Wright and Niall Maxwell.
“In many ways Caring Wood is the antithesis of what house design is about for me. Domestic scale, low energy and sufficiency of form and materials.”
“However, Caring Wood is just a stunning project that I find impossible not to like. It is huge but is designed to house a large extended family under one (very sculptural roof).”
“It embodies the “country house” more than any other I’ve seen designed in the 21st century. On top of that it’s beautifully crafted spatially and exquisitely crafted materially. I dread to think what the build cost was, but it was probably worth it.”
george
Turn End
Peter Aldington
“I really like the connectivity between the garden and the homes, which is achieved by plenty of full-height openings, and perimeter corridors.”
“I’m also a big fan of the use of materials for this project. The blend of timber, white-painted masonry and floor tiles gives the home a very bright appearance!”
alan
Bayswater House
Amin Taha
“Whilst this home is pretty unassuming from the outside, the level of finish internally is stunning. The beautiful finishes, clever joinery [like the cupboard/room divider that can pivot out of the way] and the gigantic basement built under an existing 1950s house all contribute to this being a very high cost project.”
“But it’s the load-bearing cantilevered travertine spiral staircase that I love most of all. It’s a simple, elegant and very, very carefully detailed and finished.”
Mami
Water Farm
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“The house is located on the edge of Dedham Vale, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and the project was addressed Paragraph 84 of the National Planning Policy Framework, which needs to be of exceptional design.”
“To win this beautiful, exceptionally well-designed and high-performance house, many consultant involvements would have been the cause of increasing the cost but the achievement is phenomenal.”
henry
Woodland House
McLean Quinlan
“This stunning new build home is located in a Grade II listed arboretum in Hampshire.”
“To mitigate the limited natural daylight caused by trees, the designers have elevated the primary living areas to the first and second floors.”
“The interiors are luxurious and the build utilised offsite construction of the structural timber elements.”
McLean Quinlan website
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