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Traditional materials, modern shapes and styling. Love the use of timber to soften & add warmth to the stone and concrete interior.
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Posted November 9, 2010 at 11:49am in Turkish architecture Erginoglu And Calislar Architects Stone Concrete tim timber interior
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.
(Source: archdaily.com)
Posted October 5, 2010 at 10:14am in House on the Castle Mountainside Fran Silvestre Arquitectos Spanish Architecture concrete
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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
Posted April 9, 2010 at 9:38am in river house Portuguese architecture Correia/Raggazi Aquitectos concrete
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I’d dearly love to have a house on Lake Como and this one isn’t too shabby… Design ideas to steal: the transparency of the kitchen / mezzanine and stairs, stacked to one side of the double height space and the warm tones of the dark wood, stone and concrete interior…
This simple glass and concrete house in Chiba, Japan, is designed as one continuous room with the unusual cranked footprint dividing the space into different uses, all looking out over the ocean…
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Love the way this side extension in Slovenia has been added in a modern yet sympathetic way to the main house, with a discreet new entrance at the front and new views and connections to the garden..
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Love the beautifully modelled yet simple exterior to this complex house in Slovenia that spans 3 levels and uses a series of atrium spaces and courtyards to bring natural light in..
