Photography by Peter Burgstaller. Atelier Heiss Architects

Homeowners are a young couple, who wanted a house they look casual, can be barefoot everywhere, so it felt like a vacation every day. The combination of beautiful design of the home with natural beauty so real, it looks like a vacation destination that is built on 2.8 acres. Taking advantage of the landscape, the house stood gentle slope leading to the southern landscape, so that all sides get a beautiful landscape. The house was built by the L-shaped plan, with two wings joined at the two story great room. As a means of relaxation and entertainment, they complement this house with a swimming pool. Overall, they get the results of a contemporary house that looks casual as desired.

[Swatt Miers Architects, Photography by Tim Griffith]

Buildings with simple textures and shapes, made to be more oriented to the site, and involve the surrounding environment. Constructed consisting of three discrete box structures that create three sides of a personal page. Form the largest box used as a place that is more common, such as entertainment areas, living room and kitchen space. In this box has a glass façade and a roof that opens itself up entirely to the environment. The opposite is done by making small boxes flanking the sides to create the page, including personal domain for bedrooms and bathrooms, as well as in a side room used as a film. The building consists of brick walls, then roof using a thick concrete. The orientation of the three buildings is the perimeter to a page that creates a special relationship with the mountain environment. With the quality of structural and building materials that are emphasized by the line of the main roof structure rose into the sky, is in direct dialogue with the “Window of God”, as if the earth were communicating with the sky.

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Photography by: Francesca Giovanelli, Kay Wettstein von Westersheimb. Stelle Architects, via

Located on Lake Travis with beautiful scenery, the advantage is also taken to the house with views towards the lake, to further maximize the view, which leads to the lake lined with clear glass, it also blurs the boundary between interior and exterior. The roof and large windows capturing butterflies broad view and embrace the surrounding vista. The materials are used more naturally leads such as wood, stone stacked and cement ledge that is used for landscape. The use of materials that provide a natural appearance of the house is visible from the interior and exterior, it is also combined with the use of furniture and modern spatial planning.

Photography by Lars Frazer. Hsu Office of Architecture

Home construction is done by arrangement and two volumes separated by gardens and associated bridges. Parking and services also provide access level settings, see a staircase that leads to the main access. In the first volume, on the ground floor used as living room, dining room and kitchen, while bedrooms occupy the second level of the house. The next volume is used as a working studio, which faces towards the inner court. In each room is made to have the proportions and characteristics of the relationship with the adjacent space, and have a relationship with the beautiful scenery there.

This house was built facing towards the environment that combines landscape, making life more harmonious outer space, by reconstructing a dynamic perception of space, this is done by giving emphasis on the emotional bond between subjects with nature. This is a contemporary house of fun, looks natural both exterior and interior and have a good relationship with nature, so as to create a pleasant atmosphere all the time.

Photography by Paul Rivera/ArchPhoto. Parque Humano, via

Their client wanted a house with three bedrooms, equipped with a bird living on the lowest level best to take advantage of outdoor garden space. Site unusual force architects to design buildings with an unusual sequence of entries. The main view is moving towards the north and east, so the whole house tilted plan that allows the bedroom and living room have views of aspects, and to further turn the shape of the building. The site is a vertical drop makes the place look bigger neighbors living on both sides, this gives the effect of light that are only available from the east side or top. The story of four vacancies collect light from the north and down to the lowest level of the house.

In addition to light another obstacle is the flow of air enters the house, so that void space is designed to give effect to the ventilation stack all of the home. To ensure a dwelling house with thermal comfort, low-E glass is used in all parts of the east, the glass is also protected by an external blinds. They make use of rain water is collected and used for landscaping and toilets. In addition there are also solar panels mounted with the driving gas to provide heating swimming pools, hot water and hydronic heating trenches designed as the primary method of heating for the residence.

Photography by Kraig Carlstrom. POPOVbass Architects, via

Geometry websites also give effect to the design of the house, by following the geometry that you, the house built by dividing itself into two parts. In the middle of the volume, is an area that contains cladded spiral staircase made of wood, creating contemporary artistic forms, with a curved shape corresponding to the orthogonal system of the house, with a gentle manner that extraordinary. This ladder is also a central element in the interior. Section with an interior volume of the larger and open, used as living space, while the smaller used as an additional utilisable. On the exterior the house is seen in a minimalist design, which is dominant in white with a black list. Smooth white facade contrasts with the dark openings create a dynamic and elegance of the facade. In this house used glass fence that allows, the views out over open unhindered.

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In addition to bringing modern design into the architecture of this house, but sustainable design is also a major concern them, including the use of underground reservatory built under the garage, it is used to collect rain water, in a way that the water can be reused for watering gardens, or used for toilet purposes. It became one of the contributions of the construction of this house, without having to ignore the environmental impact. Besides this, there are good connections with nature, also makes a profit of sustainable design, this is done by placing the fruit trees on the terrace area at the center. Trees can also be seen from all areas of internal angular house, the way it can set a pleasant atmosphere in the vicinity. Equipped also with a pool is simple, to provide a unique and stunning scenery, as well as recreational facilities.

Photography by Gustavo Xavier. Faleiro Guerra Arquitetura, via

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