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| Stacked Blocks: Glass-Top Stone-Base Home in Ecuador Hills Posted: 03 Mar 2014 08:00 AM PST The natural beauty of the Ecuadorian highlands is the setting for a stunning two-level home from Diez + Muller Arquitectos. Los Chillos House is a glass box set upon a base of stone, mixing natural and modern elements for a warm and welcoming abode. The home is built into a hillside, providing a remarkable view of the surroundings. The stone base gives the home a strong visual and literal base, anchoring it to the natural hillside environment. The upper glass volume provides balance, giving the structure a light, airy and warm look. The home’s entrance is accessed via a wood and stone bridge that leads over an enclosed sunken courtyard. Just past the entrance, the stone wall gives way to a steel and glass level with an open floor plan. The private areas of the home and the bedrooms are on the lower level, gaining ample natural light from the courtyard that rests under the entrance bridge. The lower level opens up to the enclosed courtyard: a sunny, secluded spot featuring local materials such as wood and stone. A sunny grass slope leads gently up and around to the front entrance. In the courtyard grows a small tree that will grow and change over the years, providing an ever-changing landscape from the overhead walkway and through the glass patio doors. Keep Going - Check Out These Great Related Dornob Articles: |
| Suburban Contrast: Modern Studio Squeezed Between Houses Posted: 02 Mar 2014 02:00 PM PST The suburbs, with their narrow definition of what constitutes a ‘house,’ can be an uninspiring place for poets to live. New York-based firm Para-Project decided to flout arbitrary conventions of suburban architecture with a rectilinear white writing studio squeezed between two typical homes, an unexpected visual for the Syracuse neighborhood. Designed for two poets who own one of those homes, Haffenden House takes its visual inspiration from Ice House II, a 1972 installation by artist Gianni Pettena that achieved a similar effect by coating an abandoned home in water in the middle of the freezing Minnesota winter. The clients wanted an airy, light-filled space with minimal distractions that could function as an escape from the bland surroundings of their residence. Para-Project covered the structure in a translucent silicon-impregnated fabric skin and created a bowl-shaped division between the second and third levels to let in natural light and provide a curved reading room. The studio includes a garage and breezeway on the ground level and a library and writing space on the second level. An in-ground tub looks out onto the backyard through a large glazed wall for the ultimate relaxing reading experience. Keep Going - Check Out These Great Related Dornob Articles: |
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