Ethnic Floating House
Ethnic floating house is situated in beautiful area of Bukhan river on the north of Korea by architecture studio Hyunjoon Yoo Architects. A number of restaurants and a motel surrounding the house are in contrast with its appearance. A decadent neon motel lighting visually pollutes the atmosphere of the building. The initial concept was to create a house with a unique view at the river level. This housing has been constructed conformable to Feng Shui method, for example there are no door directing east. The floating house comprises a series of rooms as a study room, grill court, living-room area, dining-room, bedrooms with bathrooms, a kitchen or a separated space for owner`s daughter and her family. One of requirements of the owner was that a swimming pool have to be safe enough for his grandchildren to play and fool around. The swimming pool part of the court is oriented south, while the already mentioned motel and restaurant are on north. The roof of the main building has an usual construction with one little detail, it has a roof garden providing a beautiful view at the river. via colorfullhome.com
The Holman house by Durbach Blok Architects
The Holman house is located on the edge of a reef in Dover Heights, Australia. Created by Durbach Blok Architects it gained a lot of public interest. This family house provides a very modern open layout that maximizes accessibility of all rooms on both floors. Ground-floor houses a large living-room area viewing at the Pacific ocean, while the first floor is composed of a series of rooms organized in a vertical line along one of the walls. The shape of the house is a reset of more than six months long negotiations with the owner. An interesting structure was built with a part of the building laying on a number of columns allowing to construct one part on the reef. A roofed terrace reconnects exterior with interior and provides an unusual atmosphere. Interior space is composed of glazed walls, fancy wooden flooring, stone and can be described as a modern mixture of materials and textures. The house is well embedded in the surrounding area complemented by unique plants growing only on the reef. The owners have to be with their investment admiring a fabulous view at the ocean and blue sky.
House Lefevre
Architecture studio Longhi Architects has designed a house called Lefevre. It is located at the coastline in Peru, in city of Punta Misterio situated 177km away from the capital Lima. The Punta Misterio region is known for its desert. The parcel has a great view at the Pacific ocean contrasting with the arid desert. One of the challenges was to create a design that will harmonize with the surroundings. It seems that they have fulfilled this demand very well. They have created a housing formed by geometric shapes stacked on each other looking like they are going to fall from the reef. Stacking of shapes created an extra space on the roofs that was used to build unique sand gardens visually extending the desert. Swimming pools reconnect the house with the ocean. The entire design concept could be expressed by words: “between sand and water”. As for the materials, the material of the wall-covering changes with every floor, the ground-floor is covered by stone, the top floor is completely white with a number of glazed walls that lighten and aerate the house.
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