Love how this Alpine weekend house has been designed to open and close, acknowledging its occasional use & puts a modern twist on the steep roof and timber cladding of traditional building forms in the area.
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Posted October 21, 2010 at 9:42am in House R Bevk Perovic Architekti Slovenian Architecture Timber House
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When I first saw this house, I spend quite 5 mins making throaty purring noises at the computer screen. It is rare to see a house that has been considered so completely in its setting - front and back it creates a sharp contrast with the rocky mountainside, both in shape and colour. I love the sharp edges, the way the window openings look like slices out of the facade - the whole looks as though it could have been carved from a single block of stone rather than cast in concrete. Exquisite.
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Posted October 5, 2010 at 10:14am in House on the Castle Mountainside Fran Silvestre Arquitectos Spanish Architecture concrete
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Like the quiet, fine-boned pavilions
that form a leitmotif throughout the
work, this seamlessly unembellished
beach structure reflects a yearning
to defer to a larger landscape,
minimizing architectural intervention.
And just as the sensuously sculptural,
almost randomly strewn, skylights of
several earlier designs play against
the otherwise rational lines, this
undulant cloak finds its counterpoint
in a precisely straight-edged plan,”
explained the architects.
that form a leitmotif throughout the
work, this seamlessly unembellished
beach structure reflects a yearning
to defer to a larger landscape,
minimizing architectural intervention.
And just as the sensuously sculptural,
almost randomly strewn, skylights of
several earlier designs play against
the otherwise rational lines, this
undulant cloak finds its counterpoint
in a precisely straight-edged plan,”
explained the architects.
— Names have been changed to protect the innocent.
O then it was a story as old as war or man,
and although we have not said it we know it,
and although we have not claimed it we do it,
and although we have not vowed it we keep it,
without a name to the end.
and although we have not said it we know it,
and although we have not claimed it we do it,
and although we have not vowed it we keep it,
without a name to the end.
— The Unspoken - Edwin Morgan
Love the design choices made by the owners of this Thai house! The husband, who works from home, has his office projecting over the swimming pool, so when he gets too stressed with work he can just jump out the window into the pool. Building Regulation officers everywhere are weeping…
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Posted October 2, 2010 at 11:44am in Ubon House Supermachine Studio Thai Architecture Swimming Pool Stress
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Love how this Alaskan house responds with elegance and sensitivity to its environment - from the limited building footprint (the house is cantilevered from a small basement), the balance of large and small spaces for heat control, the careful capture of year-round sunlight, as well as solar-panels for heating / water and the robustness of the metal exterior to deal with the harsh winter climate combined with a soft, tactile interior - a nest for the family.
Posted September 29, 2010 at 9:59am in Alaskan architecture Nearpoint Residence Workshop Architecture Metal Cladding timber interior
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A bit of a James Bond house this - love the punched concrete facade which gives it a 60’s feel with circles acting as screen, window and door. The circles theme is continued on the opposite side with the use of circular glass bricks, giving the house a light, glittering look. Very glam.
Posted September 27, 2010 at 10:29am in O House Phillipe Steubi & Eberhard Troger Swiss Architecture James Bond house concrete
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The ultimate bachelor pad? A reworked Brazilian apartment for 2 men - father & son - it avoids all the chrome & black leather man-cave cliches, but retains a distinctly masculine feel through use of timber, marble / ceramics and the exposed concrete in the walls and in the ceilings.
The concrete also contributes to the heating and cooling of space - its mass makes it slow to heat during the hot days, releasing the heat during the cooler nights. Beautiful and useful.
Posted September 16, 2010 at 9:46am in Brazilian architecture Apartment on Paulista Avenue Piritininga Architects Abelardo de Souza Architect concrete
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Interesting low-tech approach to environmental design in this Japanese house which uses the shape of the roof to control the entry of heat & light to the house, including a panel which opens to allow air to pass through the roof space and cool the house down during the summer months, eliminating the need for air-conditioning.
Posted September 15, 2010 at 9:57am in environmental design japanese architecture NRM Architects Minimalist Interior
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The window side of a room tends to be the least useable because the focus is on natural light, so this combination of wall-to-wall window with wall-to-wall storage below is a great example of how to create more value in a small bedroom space. This kind of creative thinking has to be done at the design stage and sadly, we don’t see this level of thought going into mass-developed housing design.
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Posted September 15, 2010 at 9:43am in small spaces bedrooms storage natural light housing design
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