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Forest Living In The MH House

Per Jacobsen, this São Paulo haven is a slice of creature comfort amidst the rich Atlantic forest. Pretty nice surroundings, we should say. The MH House interacts with the greenery enveloping it by evoking a free-flowing design.

But really, though, what does “free-flowing” men? Is it another mumbo-jumbo on minimalism? Well, partly, yes. Free-flowing could mean less things and less distractions. But at the heart of it, free-flowing takes away as many boundaries as possible to redefine the constrictions of space by opposing it. In effect, you get quarters that don’t feel removed from the total structure — an integrated living abode with its parts in peaceful harmony.

You’ll find here an abundance of glazed doors, sliding open to fetch you from the main living area toward a large outdoor terrace for open-air living. Open-air living might be too on the nose in describing a space that resides in the forest, but that’s a small blemish of semantics. And, really, how else might it be described? There’s lush vegetation everywhere. And it’s around you. Open-air living sounds just right.

This outdoor space offers an atmosphere that’s both cozy and calm. You can swim, longue, read a novel, or just stare at the just in idle. Elsewhere, you’ll see a modern aesthetic, but with natural materials thrown in for a healthy balance. You’ll see plenty of wood-lined surfaces, sawed granite floors, and timber cladding. The house invites the outside in. It’s such a cliche thing to say, of course. But cliches exist for a reason.

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Photos courtesy of Jacobsen

July 27, 2019 / Comments Off

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The Red Hill Farm House Is The Perfect Ranch Hideaway

Here comes a modern twist on the all-American classic. The Red Hill Farm House subverts conventional ranch house design by making heavy use of blackened timber facades. A design choice that mimics the essence of local farm houses while pushing it a notch further.

Sitting on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne, the Carr and Jackson Clements Burrows Architects-designed retreat draws from a concept from the latter. The property features an area of farm land enveloped with open paddocks that sweep down toward the coastline.

The house’s design and materials draw from its surroundings. In other words, the region’s rural vibe inform the architecture, influencing elements including stables, fences, and the tasteful minimalism of its exterior. The architects explain:

“The volumes are utilitarian in their typology, where function is reduced to a minimum and openings are large and dramatic.”

You’ll notice the Red Hill Farm House boasts a lower profile than most other ranch retreats. To be clear, the decision is a deliberate one. The architects wanted to make the space subtle and keep it from standing out like a sore thumb. Moreover, modern twists here include a roofline that folds and creases to create a series of angular forms. As a result, you get a nice call back to the rugged ranges of the region’s landscape. The architects say:

“At first hidden from view, the roof line unfolds on approach, revealing itself fully on arrival in a playful origami of angles and immediately announcing the modernist approach taken.”

The result is a sublime, subdued take on the familiar farm house aesthetic. Check out more photos below.

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Photos courtesy of Carr

July 25, 2019 / Comments Off

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Tsai House

You’re looking at the only house in the United States legendary artists Ai Weiwei designed. And it’s yours if you have $5.25 million. The Tsai House, or Tsai Residence, sits in the town of Ancram in upstate New York, built there in 2006 as a weekend retreat of Christopher Tsai. Tsai is considered the foremost collector of Ai’s art.

Graham Klemm listed the house on June 2020. The current owners bought the home from Tsai in 2013 for $4.25 million, a million less than the current sticker price. Yes, real estate is a crazy industry. Of the owners, Klemm says:

“They are art lovers, and the house is livable art. It’s extremely finely detailed and extremely interesting.”

If you don’t know Ai Weiwei, shame on you. Just kidding. Seriously, though — he’s one of the most high-profile artists in existence, in large part because of his political activism. For the 2008 Summer Olympics, he collaborated with the architects Herzog & de Meuron on the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest.

Enough about Ai Weiwei and more about the house. It sits on a hill at a property that spans 37 acres. The house features three bedrooms and the same number of bathrooms. Four connected modules make up the residents, clad with corrugated metal on the exterior. Then you have soft gypsum wood panels on the interior. You’ll find an abundance of large glass windows, which come coupled with solid walls to bring the outside in as much as possible. The empty wall spaces also invite potential owners to hang their favorite art.

Klemm considers the design as very minimalist. He adds that agricultural sheds of farms flocking the area inspired the overall design.

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Photos courtesy of Klemm

July 21, 2019 / Comments Off

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Werder Lake House

If you’re in Berlin or near, make it a point to visit the highest point of Werder Island. There, you’ll chance upon the Werder Lake House, or Haus am See. Sitting on a slope facing the river Havel, the house is nestled in between four other houses. It evokes the story of a found stone — a literal stone discovered, without style nor form, then formed into an abode.

The Werder Lake House, as you can imagine, is predominantly stone. In fact, it’s like a hollowed-out concrete body with openings cut to add windows. The effect is striking, at once Flinstones-level cartoonish and yet sublime.

In contrast to the solid block of concrete, the rest of the structures feature wood, including the free-standing partitions. These panels subdivide the interior, and there are also wooden window frames to protect inhabitants against the weather. A wooden pavilion sits on the roof. There’s also a terrace that offers a panoramic sweep of the passing Havel river. A wooden staircase, which doubles as a bookshelf, connects the two floors. You’ll find large sliding doors that provide access to the stone outdoor pool. And there’s a garden that slopes down to the river.

Despite its stone underpinnings, you’ll be surprised to know the Werder Lake House is pretty malleable in terms of how it adapts to the weather. In winter, for example, residents can stay at the garden floor. During the summer, you can retreat at the pavilion and terrace. A sturdy house that prides on transformation? Neat.

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Photos courtesy of Jurek Brueggen

July 19, 2019 / Comments Off

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Cove House

Only in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia will you find this spectacular residence, called the Cove House, by Jusstin Humphrey Architect. Set in Australia’s Gold Coast, the Cove House is a layered and multi-dimensional meditation on entryways and edges.

This elegant abode is a standout amid the array of equally eye-catching architecture in the area. The main feature here is a spatial interplay between the indoors and outdoors. The space is an examination of how the outside relates to the inside, and vice versa. Since the site was adjacent to the easement, it was important for the space to have an edge. It allows the opportunity to engage with the neighborhood on three sides.

Instead of sectioning them off, Justin Humphrey Architect welcomed engagement and does a great deal to communicate the house’s materiality to passers-by. The tapered roofline is another highlight here, which floats intentionally over the concrete easement wall. It adds robustness and also a touch of softness to the nearly brutal aesthetic presentation. As a result, the house bed more easily blends into its domestic geographical context.

Landscaped courtyards give a sense of eerie height, but the sheer hangaar-like openness of the space contradicts this. And that contradiction enriches the visual element of the Cove House, at once a privacy haven and delicate invitation to come in. It’s a house that tries to redefine the meaning of habitat in the context of people who live inside this habitat and those who’d like to jump inside it.

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Photos courtesy of Justin Humphrey Architect

July 1, 2019 / Comments Off

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Rosario House

The Rosario House, as the name suggests, is a residence, built specifically for a family seeking solace by virtue of plant cultivation. Set in Ocuilán, Mexico, it comprises of four individual cubes connected via open-air circulation. Each feature a different height and width, and thus assumes an identity unique from its siblings. Large wooden openings serve as the glue that binds these cubes together.

A family of three lives here, and their dedication to plant cultivation is apparent in the design of their home. The architects made sure to emphasize the surrounding nature through openings toward the trees and magenta flowers of the bougainvillea. Since the house features four very disparate cubes, the designers sought to integrate all of them by virtue of a constant relationship. Here, that means various passages that evince a synergy without crowding the structures.

There’s a gravel lawn, and to get to it, you have to go through the wooden screens featured in each cube. When closed, the doors offer a boundary between rooms. But when opened, the interiors are allowed to spill outward, while also welcoming the outside in. It’s a delicate balance that prioritizes transformation instead of conventional definitions of shelter. Here you have a dwelling that recontextualizes the essence of space. As something that separates one plot from another, it succeeds. In the same vein, Rosario House makes sure to corrode the very notion of boundaries and find a way to stitch up the individual parts.

That’s a true achievement. Talk to any architect about broken space and they’ll tell you how difficult it is to connect them organically. Check out more photos below.

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Photos courtesy of Moz & Oscar Hernández and Rojkind Arquitectos

June 13, 2019 / Comments Off

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Dogtrot House

Dogtrot Houses, also referred to as breezeway houses, were most popular during the 19th and early 20th centuries, in the Southeastern part of the United States. Here, it receives a splash of modern.

We head to the American West, against a vast panorama of snow-capped peaks, to reach Carney Logan Burke Architects’ Dogtrot House, a residence designed for a retired couple.

Jackson Hole, in Wyoming, is famous for its scenic landscapes, more so for world-class ski spots. This home sits in some kind of overlap between those, in a rural neighborhood with flat, grassy sites. Buttes and ranchland about, and within view is Mount Glory, tall and formidable, just in the distance.

The Dogtrot House shelters a retired Pittsburgh couple who frequented Jackson. The residence is simple but modern, with a long, low-slung volume topped with an asymmetrical gabled roof. There’s also a detached garage, a potting shed, and a handful of terraces.

The exterior spaces run abundant with oxidised steel, which accentuates the home but helps it assimilate into its agrarian surroundings. There’s liberal use of glass to allow natural light in and envelop the interior with scenic glimpses of the outdoors.

The house redefines what it means to retire. You don’t have to be shacked up in a lonely hospice brimming in drabness. There’s solace, comfort, and allure after the ramshackle, frenzied world of labor.

Inside, everything is primed for relaxation. There’s steel, yes, which at first makes the home seem scarier than it actually us. But other materials dial that down, including larch wood and other earthy surfaces. Color is minimal, but thoughtful. The firm placed them taking care to complement the house’s neutral palette, not fight it.

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Photos courtesy of CLB

June 13, 2019 / Comments Off

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The Bridge House

From the same folks that built a vinf on the bater, this Bridge House hovers above a small river on a farm. Don’t take the placement a precarious choice, though. This thing can apparently withstand harsh winters. It’s in Russia, too, and we all know how intimidating winters are there.

According to BIO-architects, the firm who designed this quaint piece, it took them only one look at the area to decide on a house that spans the river. They prefabricated the Bridge House nearby and delivered it to the site for assembly.

It features mostly wooden, with its main structure heavily reliant on the material. But it’s also got plenty of glazing. As the name suggests, it doubles as a bridge, which means it provides access to either sides of the riverbank. Yes, the owners can actually enter one side and emerge on the other, thereby crossing the river. Pretty neat idea.

Inside, there’s 150 square meters of space, but that’s mostly taken up by a spacious kitchen and dining area. There’s also a minimalistic but still lavish living room set-up with chic seating. And a piano, to boot, probably for entertainment purposes.

Elsewhere you’ll find a loft bedroom above the kitchen entered via a ladder. There are also a couple more bedrooms on the ground floor, one of which boasts its own tiny kitchen. There are two bathrooms, plus a partially covered deck outside.

The whole house features generous helpings of insulation, so much so that you won’t need any heating even when it’s as low as -15 degrees Celsius outside.

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Photos courtesy of BIO-architects

June 3, 2019 / Comments Off

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Redstone House

The Redstone House is a 1,000-square meter hotel in Baotou in Inner Mongolia, notable for sitting on a barren hill the victim of a terrible mining operation. The owner, a local forest farmer, owns it, and wants to use the building as a space for his “slow life.”

But pretty soon he couldn’t keep it to himself. Slowly, the Redstone House became a popular place for locals, most of them young, who went there for communal safety and solace.

The concept behind the space is very simple. Borrowing heavily from the natural environment, the main function spaces hew from Chinese corridor designs. In effect, there are three sets of function boxes with different numbers of boxes in each set. These allow for complex and orderly connections within the entire space.

The first set of boxes house the bedrooms. A second set, on the other hands, hosts entertainment activities. The final one is reserved for dining, for which there are two boxes. There’s also an independent public box, which provides the entrance. All these boxes vary in height, size, and dimensions, giving them a maze-like, labyrinthine feel.

Still, there’s a sense of openness despite the heavy use of isolation. Key to this transparency are the glass-laden corridors throughout the entire space. Which in turn also highlights the strong contrast between different materials. There’s rough stone, then there’s glass, plus the brutalist concrete ceiling. These give off a rudimentary vibe, but in a delicate way that doesn’t suggest an unfinished space.

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Photos courtesy of Zhi Xia and Atelier 100s+1

May 31, 2019 / Comments Off

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Maitenes House

If you by any chance are in Puerto Montt, Chile, put the Maitenes House in your stops. This hilltop Patagonian dwelling offers views of the nearby Calbuco Volcano. But off somewhere nearby as well is Lake Llanquihue, making this house the epicenter of natural elements.

The designers immediately reigned that dichotomy to their advantage. They developed the space first by considering the topography and the views, plus the information regarding the weather, rain, temperatures, and more acute things like wind predominance. They also took into account the angles of the incidence of the sun in the area’s latitude, which helped them come up with the perfect orientation.

The result is a space that minimizes exposure to the direction of winter rains. One that stimulates cross ventilation for times of higher temperatures. And perhaps most importantly, a space that lets as much light in as possible without drowning it.

Standing on corrugated steel panels, the upper level’s opaque facade is a contrast to the bottom’s array of floor-to-ceiling halls. It offers privacy for the sleeping quarters, while the utter transparency of the ground floor makes for unbeatable views of the enveloping landscape. Pine and cypress pillars dot the space abundantly, with glazing on the windows, to boot.

The result is a space that seeks natural elements to convey the essence of space. One that’s obsessed but careful and gentle about the ways in which nature flows inside and out. Take the lake and volcano outside. Those are symbolic of a synergy that mustn’t go together but in some way or another does.

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Photos courtesy of ICA

May 27, 2019 / Comments Off

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Swiss Miss House

This Swiss Miss House wows with an A-frame roof. Care of renowned architect Charles DuBois, the residence looks perhaps the most unique in its mountain neighborhood. The six-bedroom mid-century property features floor-to-ceiling windows and a touch of monolithic walling in the exterior.

It’s yours for $3 million if you want it. If you’re a fan of double-height living rooms, consider it money well spent. The spacious living area comes with a stone fireplace and tongue-and-groove ceilings. It all comes together care of the teak cabinetry, evoking the spirit of Palm Springs.

The chalet-esque bungalow also has a gourmet kitchen, and outdoor boom-a-rang bar, dual tanning shelves, among other inspired polishes and touches. Outside, there’s a pool. Perfect for raging summers.

The house sits in the highly opulent neighborhood of Vista Las Palmas. The place, in case you didn’t know, served as the home base of Hollywood’s biggest stars during the 1950s. The Swiss Miss House is, similarly, a star among many in the area. Its A-frame is a highlight among a handful of whiz-bang details.

Inside, the Polynesian design bleeds all throughout the space, and sharing that vibe are the subtle tropical flourishes. It’s an interesting contrast: an island atmosphere right in the middle of the harrowing desert. It’s like a summer vacation country club, but Charles DuBois-chic. Check out more photos below to get a sense of how deftly warm and cozy the place is. If only Mad Men had shot in this place during its California era.

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Photos courtesy of Sotheby’s

May 27, 2019 / Comments Off

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Callao Shipping Container House

Shipping containers repurposed as habitable dwellings? Totally not new. It’s not just homes, even — hightail to your local food truck and you’ll see the ridged outer walls. Yup, your favorite taco shop might have once held stacks upon stacks of Chinese TVs.

But we digress. To be fair to this Callao Shipping Container House, it’s much more chic than any repurpose jobs we’ve come across. Key to this is that asymmetrical translucent roof top the container base, glowing like a chrysalis orb. This is the handiwork of the folks from TRS Studio . designed for a social project in the Callao region of Peru.

The home, for a single family, is a strong argument for low-cost, sturdy living. The cargo container comes paired with strong materials but still boasts low environmental impact. The project draws on community participation by focusing on quality of health and housing in the Pesquero II settlement through sustainable materials.

Modular in design, it comes in two volumes: one of top of the other. The top part includes a social zone and kitchen. The bottom half, meanwhile, provides privacy — the bedrooms, a study, and bathrooms are here. Plus a communal space where the family can spend time together. Lighting is courtesy of the aforementioned roof, large and cavernous. And there are gardens to freshen the air and regulate temperature.

The Callao Shipping Container House is an example of architecture distilled down to its barest parts. Materials. Space. Volume. The result is a comfortable, low-cost dwelling that favors the homey over the abstract.

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Photos courtesy of TRS Studio

May 21, 2019 / Comments Off

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Casa Em Silves

Architect Vítor Vilhena’s Casa Em Silves is a linear, all-white bungalow in southern Portugal. Specifically, it’s in the São Bartolomeu de Messines, an inland algarve village. It’s important to note the place — the residence strays far from the tourism that flocks the coast. And it’s enveloped by a green terrain, like a safeguard, almost.

With that, it’s not difficult to pinpoint where Vilhena’s interests lie. There’s openness, and a sense of calmed-down luxury that prefers the sublime over ingratiating show-offiness. Yet there’s also the matter of its remoteness. The house is heavy with insular appeal — you’ll want to live her if you want to escape the world.

Another example: The home’s open plan includes a lounge, dining room, and kitchen. The bedrooms and service entrance, meanwhile, hide in more private and secluded areas. Go to the north and you’ll find a cantilevered roof, which offers access a two-car garage. Wander further and you’ll end up at a hidden staircase that stretches toward the roof terrace.

It’s got a swimming pool, to boot. But not like your typical pool. The design is pristine, but brutal. The pool’s elements are deconstructed down to their most basic level. It’s a rectangular basin of water. That’s it. Vilhena doesn’t like to complicate. But he doesn’t leave out flair, either.

Casa Em Silves effectively tries to blur the line between indoors and outdoors. It asks not to strip either of their essential components, but instead find what connects them. In this case, shelter doesn’t mean hideaway — it means dynamic space.

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Photos courtesy of Vilhena

May 6, 2019 / Comments Off

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Ventanas House

This massive abode consists of 7390 SF steel I-beam, concrete, and brick. Not the most conventional of combinations, sure, but just fitting for a not-so-typical structure. The Ventanas House sits within a perimeter of lush greenery, and you can only access it via gated security.

Suffice it to say that this super exclusive house is architectural wonder, fitting of its insular placement on the map. It’s not a terribly isolated house, though. Quite the opposite, actually. In fact, the Ventanas House got that name after its 300 windows. Walter S. White designed it, by the way — nope, not that Walter White you’re thinking off. He’s actually Frank Lloyd Wright’s protege, and as this house clearly shows, Wright rubbed off on White aplenty.

The quarter-circle house curves around its hillside plot and is angled to take in the panoramic scenery enveloping the residence. You’ll find Douglas fir ceilings and slate floors throughout, in addition to an outer arc made entirely from windows.

There’s also floor-to-ceiling glazing that inundates both levels with enormous light while offering unbeatable views of the Pikes, Spanish, and Caribou Peaks. If you want a change of scenery, there’s a 900-square-foot Japanese-style sun house inside the property, for good measure. If you get sick of that, too, head to the rock garden. Or the putting green. If all else fails, there’s always a regulation tennis court to tickle your athletic fancy.

Make sure to hit the link below to find out more information. It’s everyone for the taking, provided they can shell out $2,500,000.

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Recolorado’s $2,500,000 Ventanas House is named after its windows. There are 300 of them here, just so you know.

May 3, 2019 / Comments Off

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Ecoscopic House

At the foot of Sierra Madre sits a neo-monolithic household called the Ecoscopic House. It lies just beyond the fringes of picturesque Monterrey.

The designers had in mind something akin to an assemblage of platforms. To capture the flow of the ecosystems around it, perhaps. Since it rests at the threshold between the city and the mountain, the design had to reflect that transitory synergy.

They took into account multiple natural elements to come up with a special design principle that captures the essence of its surroundings. Also, they conducted geometric solar access tests, for instance, as well sun studies, and even analysis of prevailing winds. They also observed regional currents and local breezes and carefully analyzed flow models of surface runoff.

This complex evaluation resulted in a total synthesis of seemingly disparate parts. That’s most evinced by the house’s linked slabs and variable beams that “speak” with the environment while seeking mutual stability.

Featuring heavy use of steel, glass, and concrete the Ecoscopic House combines these three different materials to output a holistic kind of architecture. As a result, however, the spacious 7,000-square-foot interior barely has anything, setting off the entire house’s minimalist vibe. However, the devil’s in the details, of course — like a huge potted plant inside the shower, the asymmetrical skylight spilling sun into the living room. Or even the slanted grass wall that makes the lower level look like a hangar.

Move to the upper story and you’ll find three bedrooms each with their own patio. Move farther down to hit a spacious enclave that can be your personal theater or rec room.

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Photos courtesy of Sotheby’s

April 30, 2019 / Comments Off

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Sharp House

The Sharp House, from March Thorpe Design, is a minimalist masterpiece smack dab in the middle of the desert. Developed for a retired couple from New York City, it’s infused with tastefully subtle interiors serving as a sharp contrast to the frenzied NYC lifestyle.

The house sits in five acres of land somewhere in the picturesquely brutal northern Santa Fe, New Mexico. MTD wanted to be as economical as possible when it came to construction. As a result, they went with exposed cast and concrete for the structure. Come to the northern and southern parts and you’ll find full height glass apertures to invite solar gain and efficient cross ventilation.

The interior, at 2,000 square feet, is a spacious, arresting reprieve from the outside heat. There are two bedrooms, dining, kitchen, and living areas, plus a bathroom. Toward west you’ll find an integrated ladder that leads to the roof for phenomenal views day through night. It’s New Mexico, so this should come as no surprise. The state has some of the most scenic natural wonders in the country.

Never mind its neo-brutalist atmosphere being a bit too complementary to the brutalism of its location. The skilled integration of materials with geometrical elements sufficiently makes up for that on-the-nose element. That’s no share to MTD, by the way. The Sharp House remains a fine example of refined design. It stands to accommodate the interplay of space, light, shadows, and shade. It’s a meditation of geography, too, and how architecture can play a role in it. See more below.

New York Pond House

When you hear New York, you think Times Square, brownstone homes in Brooklyn, and mouth-watering pizza joints everywhere. But that’s New York City. You don’t ever think about the rural part of this dizzying state. A slice of American pastoral just miles away from the bustling cosmopolitan.

Hidden somewhere in New York’s lush greenery is the Pond House, a modestly styled abode avoiding the flashy in favor of the neutered. Sitting on 19 acres of vibrant flatland, you’d think it would be a luxurious respite space. A warm, inviting dwelling you go to after leaving the frenzied hijinks in NYC. It’s more of the latter. While the exterior probably wouldn’t make the cover of Architectural Digest anytime soon, it remains quaint, rustic, simple.

The palette consists of rusted corten standing seam panels and blackened cedar. A combination like that seems like it won’t work, but it does. And you have the surrounding nature to thank for that synergy.

Inside, there’s a spacious living area along with three bedrooms. A glass entryway allows the interior t flow into the great outdoors and vice versa. It gives the already brutal-looking shelter some much-needed breathing room. The nearby pond, visible from the living area, is just the cherry on top.

The design avoids convolution and disarray, but in away that employs touches of monolithic sentiment. You’ll find that there’s not much detail at first glance. But on the second and third glances, there’s so much to see. That stilted fireplace. And that exposed beam ceiling whose trunks hide an atrium on the far end. Those wooden stools. Each of those makes this slice of rural New York a joy to live in.

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Photos courtesy of Sundial Studios

March 23, 2019 / Comments Off

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Dolomite Treehouses

These treehouses look like they came right out of a futuristic fairytale. With modernist touches, accentuated by pointed roofs and blackened wood cladding, these mountain treehouses residing in the Dolomites of northern Italy imbricate gothic and natural.

The result is a mesmerizing mountainscape with black diamonds jutting out of the dense thicket. Seen from afar, that is. But it’s just as gorgeous up close, too. Above all, Peter Pichler Architecture designed these hotel rooms as a way for tourist to connect with nature.

Key to this synergy? Floor-to-ceiling picture windows overlooking the vast mountaintop.

“We believe that the future of tourism is based on the relationship of the human being with nature. Well integrated, sustainable architecture can amplify this relationship, nothing else is needed.”

Each treehouse ranges from 35 and 45 square metres in era. However, all have the same signature pointed roof and base. PPA says those wedged corners will echo the surrounding fir and larch trees.

PPA will cull from almost entirely locally sourced larch and fir wood to build the structures. Moreover, as for the cladding, meanwhile, they plan to stain them black, offering a more gothic feel — a stark contrast to the lush greenery enveloping these treehouses.

Each will have a concrete foundation, and the glass walls will serve as additional structural support. Inside, PPA plans to build warm interiors using untreated fir wood and minimalist furniture. Each treehouse will comprise of two levels. The bottom half will be for reading and lounging, and the upper half for sleeping. An open-tread stair will link the two.

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Photos courtesy of Peter Pichler Architecture

March 7, 2019 / Comments Off

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Hooded Cabin In Norway

Norway is home to some of the most gorgeous landscapes on this planet. But if you’re on a vacation there, chances are you’ll at some point tire of marveling at the sights and would want to retreat somewhere nice and cozy.

Forget the five-star hotels. They’re fancy and offer luxurious lodging, yes. But a hotel isn’t home away from home. The Hooded Cabin might be, though.

This quaint space is not your run-of-the-mill vacation house. Firstly, it’s perched on a mountaintop. Second, it’s got a pretty interesting architectural profile. Because of the region, the architects who designed the Hooded Cabin faced a number of limitations. Among them sectioned windows, standing wood paneling, and gabled roofs slanted at certain angles.

Even with such austere requirements, the architects were able to make do. While the space is boxed within the confines of strict regulation, it still manages to be beautiful. The exterior an ore pine roof, giving an almost modern-mythical feel.

The hood-shaped cabin features cladding laid in an angled pattern, which makes for stark geometric contrast against the black timber facade. Overall, the vibe of the dwelling is contemporary, but never removed from its surroundings.

Inside, you’ll find a warm oak lining set against vast views of the scenery courtesy of the space’s massive glazed windows. The main living space is strategically kept up front to take full advantage of these windows. The bedrooms are cinched further back. There are sliding doors that open out to a wooden terrace with a view of the river down below.

Photos courtesy of Marte Garmann and Arkitektærelset

February 12, 2019 / Comments Off

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