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Canopy Living: The Ultimate Tree House. Dec 1, 2009 There’s the tree house your Dad built for you in the backyard, and then there’s the tree house Robert Harvey Oshatz built in the forests of Portland, Oregon. Designed in 1997 and completed in 2004, the Wilkinson Residence is in perfect harmony with its surroundings. Built on a steep sloping lot, the living space resides amongst the forest canopy, making your morning coffee most enjoyable. With more curves than Lombard Street, the Wilkinson Residence is a property you have to see to believe. Description from the architect: Robert Harvey Oshatz A lover of music, the client wanted a house that not only became part of the natural landscape but also addressed the flow of music.

Ribbon Vacation House by G2 Estudio. The Ribbon mountainside house was designed by Argentinian architects G2 Estudio. Located in San Carlos de Bariloche, Patagonia in Argentina, the construction of the residence (4,300 sq ft) was ordered by two families living in Tahiti, who wanted a vacation residence with a wide integrated space for leisure and recreation and all the necessary equipment to a holiday house. According to the architects, “the initial idea comes from the juxtaposition of volumes, each containing different functions, on one hand the social life and in the others the private life. When this volumes meet each other, mixing the geometry and the space, it generate dynamic routes between the activity and rest areas of the house, that getting in tension they experiment the transition between being supported on the rock to raise into the sky searching perfect visuals… project. The support would be reinforced concrete, bringing it to their fullest potential in horizontal planes, vertical and lead off, for a seismically.

Modern Concrete House (15 photos) When you first think about the words concrete house, you might imagine a cold, sterile environment, perhaps something similar to a prison. If that's the case, this one story house designed by architecture studio A-cero will likely change your mind. Located on the outskirts of Madrid, Concrete House II features a façade that boasts a spectacular view of the whole house. The first impression that visitors usually get is that the building seems to be hidden between concrete walls and ramps that extend up to the roof.

Upon further inspection, they find a vegetation area that climbs towards the sky! The back of the house opens up towards the garden where the lounge, dining room, library, study, and bedrooms are found. Outside, the plot includes an elegant garden and small lake, while the roof features solar panels and a renewable energy system. A-cero. 10 Mouth Watering Architectural Home Designs. Today we present to you the second installment of our Architectural Home Design. In this collection you will find beautiful exterior and interior house designs. All the home are very expensive, so unless you can afford it you will probably drool all over the keyboard. Anyhow we hope you like this roundup, and would like to know if you could only choose one of these to live in, which would it be?

Comment below and let us know. Personally I would choose number 3, the view of the city is just amazing! 1. 2. 3. 9362 Nightingale Drive Project type: Interiors Location:California, USA Architect(s):Unknown Photographer:Unlimited Style Website:www.unlimitedstylerealestate.com 4. 8400 Grand View Drive Project type: Residential Location:Hollywood Hills, LA Architect(s):Unknown Website: www.laclassicestates.com Price: $4,950.000 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Dream Homes : Vastu House by Khosla Associates Architecture | ChicTip.com - Interior Design Blog -Interior Design Ideas, Tips & Inspiration. In keeping with the clients desire for a strictly Vastu compliant house, the placement of spaces in the house are in synch with the plan of the Vastu Purusha Mandala (the ancient Indian science of orientation and placement).

Thus apart from positioning the main areas of the house according to the elements – Master bedroom in the Earth zone (SW), kitchen in the Fire zone (SE), and the pool and entrance in the Water zone and Air zones (N and NE), – even positions of doors, the direction of the stairs, location of beds, wardrobes and desks and the positions of the wc’s in the bathrooms had to be in accordance with the correct energy flows. In all other respects however, the clients gave us complete aesthetic freedom. The biggest challenge while designing the house was to arrive at a visually appealing piece of architecture from a rigid program that dictated the specific locations of various spaces. The house has two entrances. Amazing Executions of Lundberg Architecture Design. Fuel Your Creativity ‘Get Fueled’ Subscribe, Participate & Contribute Subscribe To: Site RSS Feed Network Feed Subscribe Inspiration / Architecture 3 Amazing Executions of Lundberg Architecture Design Posted February 12th, 2010 / By Chad Engle in Architecture, Inspiration, Interior Design Lundberg Architecture Design has some serious talent, skill & superior execution.

Good design is always personal, and it is often the little touches that impart the unique character of a building. Designer, Maker of Things | Creative Director – @boomtownroi You should follow him on twitter @chadengle . If you liked this article, please help spread the news on the following sites: Tweet This Bump It Blend It Bookmark on Delicious Stumble It Share on Facebook Float This Reddit This Share on FriendFeed Clip to Evernote Brandstack gets a new sibling. 4 SlideDeck Pro Licenses up for grabs, comment to win. Related Posts 3 CommentsNo Reactions Sam Wilson 12 Feb 10 at 12:39 am brilliant, thank you for sharing.