Villa

Explore 50 award-winning designs tagged Villa on Architecture Today.

Designer: Robin, Wang Design Type: Villa Category: Interior

Furious 140

Furious 140 is a private villa interior designed for a motorcycle enthusiast. The residence covers 4219 square feet across five floors. The three above ground floors hold the main living areas. The two underground floors serve as a social lounge and as a display room for a motorcycle collection. Geometric lines, soft tones and natural materials shape the interior. Modern Italian furniture and art works complete the rooms. The layout links all five levels and keeps movement paths clear. The design also improves daylight in the underground space.

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Designer: Xiaohui Chen and Jingwei Zhou Design Type: Villa Category: Interior

Lakeside Garden

Dianchi Lakeside Garden is the interior design of a villa in Kunming, China, covering 1050 square meters. The design starts from the principles of Western classical design and interprets classical art through the taste and lifestyle of modern residents. Classical and elegant lines are combined with modern textures. The main materials are stone, wood veneer, glass, ceramic tile and acrylic. The headboard is a hand-carved wood piece with rose branches, which brings natural classical elements into the interior. Leisure areas are arranged to support a calm and comfortable home life.

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Designer: Haiyang Zhang Design Type: Villa Category: Interior

Oriental Courtyard

Jiayuan Oriental Courtyard is the interior design of a villa of 1000 square meters. Traditional Chinese elements are combined with modern materials, careful colors and detailed decoration to create a balanced and elegant modern oriental living space. The design keeps the original ceiling heights and the open spacing of the building. The open kitchen shares the same view as the living room and the outdoor courtyard, so family interaction becomes closer. In the basement, wood, metal, leather and marble highlight lines, and the wide use of wood recalls Chinese antique aesthetics.

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Designer: Guoqiang Feng & Yan Chen Design Type: Villa Category: Interior

Rui Fu

Rui Fu is an interior design for a four-floor villa located near Beijing, China. The design is inspired by the Zen concepts of visible matter and the invisible spiritual world. Barriers between rooms and floors are opened to improve movement and spatial flow. A corridor links the two ends of the original U-shaped plan and forms a foyer, while a new staircase sits on the diagonal of the square plan. A white tone is used throughout, skirting is removed and wall corners are shaped as curves. The intent is a quiet and comfortable family space.

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Designer: Feng Yang Design Type: Villa Category: Interior

Italian Minimalist

Italian Minimalist is the interior design of a four-floor villa in Beijing, China. The concept of living in a study guides the plan, which provides both living and reading spaces for a family. Wood and copper are combined throughout the rooms. Public areas are paved with grey matte marble, while private rooms use wooden floors. A space window with diamond-shaped glass softens direct sunlight and glows at night. A curved opening separates and connects the second and third floors, and a tall French window brings the garden view indoors.

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Designer: Sara Xiong Design Type: Villa Category: Interior

Elegant West Garden

Elegant West Garden is a villa interior design covering 248 square meters in Qingyuan, Guangdong. The design refers to the aesthetics of the Song Dynasty, keeping the inner spirit of that period rather than copying its forms. Displayed artworks give the space vitality and create an emotional link with the residents. Solid and open areas alternate to form a calm rhythm. Main materials include petrified wood, walnut wood, silk, leather and copper. The interior brings an ancient cultural character into contemporary living.

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Designer: OPS Design Design Type: Villa Category: Interior

Moon River Chinese

Moon River Chinese is a Chinese-style villa interior located in Shaoguan, Guangdong. The interior covers 125 square meters and follows the oriental philosophy of learning from nature. Natural elements such as water, the moon, branches and flowers are expressed through simple and restrained forms. Black and white form the main color tone, joined by green and ink tones. Wood and stone place cool and warm materials side by side. The living room and the dining room are connected to extend both function and view. Light and shadow soften the boundaries within the space.

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Designer: Jianchao Liu Design Type: Villa Category: Interior

Soleil Levant

Soleil Levant is a villa interior design with an area of 820 square meters. The project transforms an old building into a spacious modern home that blends traditional Chinese houses with western modernist aesthetics. Light and color form the main theme. Ocean blue is the leading color, balanced by warm orange and by neutral tones such as camel, ivory, black and carbon gray. Stone, fabric and metal are used in the open and symmetrical living space. A courtyard, a terrace and large French windows link the interior with the outdoor greenery and the lake view.

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Designer: Xiamen Yitian Design Co., Ltd. Design Type: Villa Category: Interior

Sino Ocean Scenery

Zhao'an Sino Ocean Scenery is a villa interior design of 300 square meters in Zhao'an County, Fujian Province, China. The design draws on Chinese ink wash painting to create an elegant oriental living space. Decorative paintings of mountains and rivers, simple Chinese-style furniture and wooden ornaments give occupants a sense of nature. A carved wood partition separates the living room from other areas, keeping the room independent yet connected. The full-height living room makes the limited floor area feel open. Materials include black and white marble, stainless steel and grey wood grain.

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Designer: OPS Design Design Type: Villa Category: Interior

Moon River Commerce

Moon River Commerce is the interior design of a commercial villa in Shaoguan, Guangdong. The space of 120 square meters serves both business meetings and residential use. The living room combines steady wood brown tones with soft rice white for a calm and warm effect. A patio brings daylight into the interior. Leather furniture is paired with solid stone, bright metal and detailed ornaments, while fine metal chandeliers light the rooms. The dining area and the western kitchen share an open layout that creates a continuous and transparent experience.

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Designer: Tarek Ibrahim Design Type: Villa Category: Architecture

Identity

Identity Villa is set on a small plot with lots of constrains,it is an experiment for modern extensions,to express the spirit and characteristics of the old building with modern language. The concept is to strongly and obviously separate yet link the extension from the existing structure. The imperfection of craftsmanship and the way people circulate and interact with the old house should be echoed in the new addition,answering the modern lifestyle needs. The resulting villa holds the identity of the past with modern language. It holds new approaches and different perspectives for extensions.

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Designer: AHMED SAMY ELMESALLAMY Design Type: Villa Category: Architecture

Islamic

The design concept was based on two elements. The client's passion for Islamic architecture that shows on most of the investment projects he has accomplished. The project location is in the second holiest city in the Islamic culture which is Al Madinah al Monawara, Saudi Arabia. What was unique about this project is to preserve the culture and traditions of the ancient city, merging the project with the surrounding environment and highlighting the cultural identity. The project is located in a high-temperature climate region so the designer used materials suitable for the climate.

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