Living with nature, dreaming the the perfect rest house. James Bourret architects created this house n a land above a deep valley which is surrounding with redwood forest. This house consists of 5 bedrooms, 4,5 bathrooms, kitchen, living room, dining room, and a pool. Mostly constructed in natural material make this house looks even more fascinating. Built in 6070 sq ft area this house provides the entire owner’s need from entertainment to peace relaxation. This fabulous house is constructed in top site, a quiet place for relaxation, and the house design is blended with the natural environment. Visit the James Bourret website to get more information.
The Playhouse is the latest project by Aboday Architects, situated in Bumi Serpong Damai (BSB) Tangerang. The house is an amalgamation of an existing 120 type house with a new building in its adjacent 200 sqm empty plot. Restricted by its corner setback, the building occupies only 150 sqm of the total 320 sqm land. The look is straight forward, mimicking the sloping roof of neighboring house. The material is almost bare, with dominantly exposed concrete as its main pallete, punctuated by small glass incision and opening towards the main road.Generally, it appears as an inward orientation building with plenty of vertical green walls providing a friendly gesture to otherwise staid looking house. The house will be mostly occupied by a multi generation family of 3. There is a sculptural slider of concrete, tuck in the corner between 2 main building massing. Except for the 3 enclosed bedrooms, the rest of the house is an open space dominated by white and grey palette of exposed concrete wall and ceiling. Some flaws during the concrete pouring on the wall and ceiling left trace of ‘elements’ that become a natural ornamentation in the house.Concrete has been chosen as main building material, simply because of its dualism quality. By having an extremely high ceiling (10 meter in height), applying a special coating of heat resistant membrane on the external roof surface and leaving external wall occupied by plenty of cripple plants (which soon will grow to the roof); it helps to reduce internal heat accumulation significantly. Here, natural ventilation and lighting play an important aspect of the house. All open spaces have no air conditioning system, and dependent entirely on the opening and incision between walls, windows and roof for fresh air ventilation generated by a series of ceiling fan suspended beneath the concrete roof using a metal rod mechanism. [Photos by Happy Lim]
Tree House designed by Sander Architects, located in Wilmington, Delaware.From the heart to a quiet forest in Wilmington, Delaware, this contemporary tree house was admittedly a labor of love for architect Whitney Sander of Sander Architects. With a rushing stream at its feet, Tree House features a spectacular spiral staircase, running up the front of the home, past the modern Juliet-inspired balcony, and the expanse of glass that forms the front facade. The home’s very vertical construction places the master bedroom and living at the top, among the trees, with a rooftop deck as the most luxurious crowning touch.More about Tree House Design [via] modern house design.
BVN architects has design house with tropical style with unique shape for maximize the beautiful landscape view. “Z” shaped in plan, and wide windows and doors of glass materials dominated thie house. Along with both contemporary and modern lines of architecture make this house really relaxing, like a journey to Tropical Island for vacation. The traditional backyard lounge space designed with woods and simple seating for relaxing, unify with nature garden surround it. Placed in the centre of a corner block, upper level bedrooms similarly enjoy both prospects. A painted “fibro” box containing bedrooms at the upper level offers protection to lower level indoor and outdoor living spaces. Conventional domestic construction is manipulated for an elegant expression including a folded, floating wall with adjustable vertical louvers for western sun screening.
Casa Tropical designed by Camarim Architects, located in a fishing village in northern Brazil.The three-storey house is surrounded by a wide gallery for circulation on the outside of the building. The wooden roof and walls of the gallery shelter the building from the sun but allow the wind to cool the interior.3 Floors: 3 Landscapes totally diverse in use and means of approaching nature.
1: the podium, at street level, looks over the garden. Two volumes sheltering ancillary functions leave an open space for permanence, with wide views over the garden, under the shadow of the house above.
2: the rooms are accessed via the gallery, which is wrapped in a wooden skin that negotiates privacy, views, ventilation and shadow, this last one treated as a living ornament. The walls have the roughness of hand crafted bricks, painted ice white.
3: the living room is a house on the trees, a wooden house on top of the concrete house. The open roof leaves space for 3,20 m high glass panels, merging coconut trees, dunes and sea in the open plan interior.more about Casa Tropical [via] modern house design
