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Stunning Views Define Austrian Home Cut Into Hillside

Posted: 12 May 2014 08:00 AM PDT

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Comparing beautiful architecture to a sonnet is not an unfamiliar sentiment. Marte.Marte Architects describes this Austrian beauty as using a language of architecture that is not garrulous, but instead compressed into just a few words. Concrete, glass, and white plaster define this lovely home and elevate it from the typical to the exceptional.

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Its white exterior means that the home all but disappears into the mountainous surroundings in the winter but boldly stands out against the lush green environs in the summer. The bottom two levels of the four-level home are cut into the hillside thanks to the challenging terrain of the site.

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The top level of the home features a stunning wrap-around patio just outside of the glass walls. This allows for a view of the picturesque church at the bottom of the hill and an unobstructed view of the nearby lake. A minimalist interior, featuring little visual structural interference, enhances the feeling of lightness and an organic relationship with the surroundings.

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Upon arriving at the home via auto or bicycle, a sunken garage leads down into an interior volume. Visitors arriving on foot can reach the home’s entrance via an external staircase that least up to the ground level of the home. From any side, the home is a breathtaking example of architecture that manages to achieve both modernity and a connection to nature.

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Technology Meets Tradition in Laser-Cut Lacescape Table

Posted: 11 May 2014 02:00 PM PDT

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Traditional lacework is a complex process of hand-stitching patterns onto a piece of parchment and linen, with a small piece often taking many hours to complete. Modern technology enables a similar effect to be achieved in unexpected forms and materials using computer software and mathematical algorithms.

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LACESCAPE TABLE by Miro Roman and Luka Vlahovic features a pattern developed by Croatian lacemakers which was then digitally reproduced and fabricated. Produced on a sheet of metal rather than in textile form, the lace takes on a stiffness that allows it to be manipulated into complex surfaces.

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The table is bent and folded into a simple, minimalist shape that balances the intricacy of the lace design. Two addition tables in the series take the basic shapes from other traditional Croatian lace patterns and transform them into similarly streamlined tables.

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Three digital processes make these tables possible: one creating infinite lace landscapes, one stylizing them, and the third giving them their origami-like shape. As such, explain the designers, the human working on these creations no longer manipulates the object itself, “but designs and directs the rules, systems and narratives that will generate, produce and promote that object.”