This villa is an Irish psychiatrist who lives in London. Built in Swahili style and occupies an area of 465 m2 on a plot of 2 acres. Sits on the coast of the Kenyan island of Lamu. The place is really amazing – a beautiful sandy beach, palm trees and clear water. I hope there are not many hurricanes there. The house is a creation of designer Leslie Kenyan Dakuart that not only designs houses, but they built and furnished. According to its clients, Michael Burke and his wife, fate has sent them to her and this place. They fell in love in him and in the creations of Leslie. The villa was built in the Swahili style, characterized by balance, symmetry, simplicity and use of local materials. A career on the mainland are delivered as smooth as marble, coral blocks, which are plastered with traditional Swahili plaster – cement solution colored with ocher. For the porch roof material is used palms grown specifically for this purpose. The beams of the roof are of wood from Mangrove islands that lack of roads was brought by boat Doe. Surrounded by lower house porches. The front is designed for entertainment and dinner candles / lanterns in the case of /. But those who are sleeping to be more secluded. The corridor is decorated with turtles made of the same material, which has plastered walls. The reason for this are sea turtles that come to this beach to lay their eggs. In mahogany door leading to patio with arches, colonnades and a pool with a huge emerald in the middle! At the upper level front of the house consists of a recreation area called by local baraza / meeting / with a roof of palm leaves and traditional Lamu built stone benches covered with cushions of kanga cloth and decorated with Swahili proverbs. Is certainly an ideal place for relaxation and watching the sunset after a day swimming, boating, or perhaps diving. Back top has been down for a massage area, surrounded by wooden bars, but subsequently made whole apartment.
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This modern house, ie villa is located in Amsterdam on the island of Izhburg company of Kirsten Gabriels and James Webb. The project is in 2006 and construction completed 2008. The project is at price of 400 000, I guess euro. In designing its architects had to comply with the plan and style of the neighborhood, but as they say, and as seen by one of the third picture, literally able to break the stereotype of the others ‘vertical’ houses. Sits on the ground is free. The yard is not fenced and is a rare sight in Bulgaria – green meadow, alley and bushes and the entrance porch. And therein lies a corner table and benches, and much interest rocker. And of course, here is the entire wall French windows. Although he entered the architecture of the neighborhood, the house has its own style with, which features without imposes. When you will see those streets in Bulgaria … No need to houses are 400 000 €, but at least they are good with design features in common with and do not are one pink, one yellow, another green. I think it would fit perfectly here one billiard table in white and red. Overall, the interior is very refined. The premises are my favorite type – spacious, light and filled with the coolest mix of white walls and wooden items.
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I remember how, after watching dusk, never thought about it. The film is indifferently. It would be great if American romance takes up a small part of the plot. So my attention was drawn not so much from the film, as the house I saw in him. Namely house vampire Cullens. Aega your house! Even more impressed, and I saw Edward’s room. Immediately I decided that this is a house, which has to find more information and to publish it. I searched in the network and proved that not only I’m interested in it. In some sites there was little info, including the site of the company that built it. But then he never found time to write something. The good news is that plenty of information out in the meantime. Even an interview with Jeff Koval architect who designed it. It turns out that they are designed and built a house not for a particular client, but as project, as they call it. Ie it is built in order then to find a buyer and sell it. Were started in 2006 and in 2007 was prepared. After 2 days the market was bought by John Hawk, chief of the shoe department of Nike. After publication in the Architectural Edition family is connected Hawk Scout, shooting seeking locations for a small film called Twilight. Design a new house in the neighborhood and its construction will begin as soon as we find another vampire, “says architect Koval. Since the movie came out, architectural firms receive many letters from fans, and requests for plans of the house from all sides, such as Croatia, the Philippines, Brazil, Australia. The house, called M1, has a size 400 meters ² and is located on the border of Forest Park Portland, Oregon. Her style is modern, but with its horizontal lines, cascading levels, overhanging eaves, unconventional angles, big windows and roof with a small slope, rather reminiscent of prairie houses of Frank Lloyd Wright than today.
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Think space to allow flexible implementation and to encourage a more organic approach to life close to nature, Treehouse is a modular system, which derives from the potential beauty of the surrounding environment and has no damage. Coupled with panoramic windows, the statement used in most movements of the sun as it is oriented so that the kitchen to welcome the morning sun, while the living room spaces and bedroom to enjoy the sunset and the stars. Flexible form, together with standard manufactured modular units, allowing configurations with one to five bedrooms. As illustrated, Treehouse will have 300m ² internal floor area with 200m ² under roof terrace and can be assembled on site for approximately two weeks. The idea, maintaining it takes the least possible cost, is present in many characteristics that reduce harmful environmental impacts and maximize samopodrazhkata in. fortified bases with stakes that support the three-legged and supports are specially designed to avoid damage to tree and to preserve intact the ground. Rainwater is collected around the perimeter of the roof level and is filtered and stored in a reservoir located in the middle of the house by supplying sufficient water for toilet faucet, laundry and washing. Solar cells are embedded within the scope of cover, but “tarbuhat” contains his kinetic wave plates to regulate the flow to capture wind power to generate electricity.
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Hardly any of us dreamed favorite, cozy home can not move, not to divide with the convenience and comfort, which we are accustomed and which we have created in their own taste. Danish design studio N55, seemed to find a solution for this. It submitted a draft of the house walking (Walking House), which is moved by six mechanical legs, not dependent on whether there are roads built, they will be able to go through different terrains. The main module of the house will be 2.3 meters in height, width 2.4 meters and a length of 8 meters, and weighs 1 tonne. According to the designers of this area will be able to live up to 4 people, such as by connecting multiple units can be made larger and walking home. The maximum speed that the house will be able to develop is 5 miles per hour – according to the authors of the project the average speed with which one moves is appropriate because it is proved that it also achieves good concentrations of thinking. Each leg will operate as an autonomous unit, will have its own engines and batteries. In movement three of them will always be standing on the ground to provide the necessary stability.
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To live in a super luxury house with all the features of high-technology is more than a sign that your social status is above average. But to live in a house with an eclectic form of shell, so it has an eccentricity, as founder of a house Senosiain, the last scream of bio-architecture. The Nautilus House, known as extraordinary house has the shape of the shell. The interior is bright warm tones, all rooms are spherical with large windows, and light streams everywhere. The price is still unclear, but worth to live eccentric in a quaint home decor, just like The Nautilus House. This is great exterior design of this real estate and one of the best I have seen last years.
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This house was designed by Andrade Moretin and is situated a few steps from the beach, on the north coast of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The place is rich in vegetation and hot, humid climate. The project started as an idea for a large shelter, where a man can be shelters from the rain or blazing sun, without blocking the permanent natural ventilation. The entire structure is located at 75 cm above ground level and is supported by concrete columns. The building is 6 meters high and 18 meters with dimensions of 8 m. It is made of wooden boards in advance, which saves time and errors, and does not pollute the environment. Both facades are fiberglass panels with protective walls against mosquitoes, which do not impede the view and ocean breezes.
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Featured in artistic style house in one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the capital – Knyazhevo. It is Street Hot Dol 10, just 10 meters from the national park Vitosha. Situation in which the house has been fascinating, with its beautiful scenery and tranquility, which streams from the mountains. The house extends over an area of 400 square meters four floors and offers local heating boiler running on wood, coal, oil and gas, telephone system, garage, winter garden and a bathroom and a fireplace on each floor. The house is also a fountain and a barbecue on the roof of the porch, a stone on the second floor closet, wine cellar, wood carvings, stone walls, cupboards and bar plots. One of the most beautiful and stylish details of the interior is built bibilioteka located on the fourth floor. In addition to these stylish house offers solutions and many other surprises.
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Many seek to make your vacation unforgettable. If the cost to Karuizava forests in Japan, you may encounter a house with a form of English letters “J”, which is often spoken as “house-shell. It is situated at an altitude of 1400 meters and the construction of buildings and terraces used bent wood. The rooms are spacious and equipped with modern conveniences. The house has two elliptic parts which are reinforced with concrete to be able to come here in all seasons, despite the damp and cold, but the structure is most consistent with environmental standards. The house is looking really attractive and very large, which is the main reason to be presented to your attention from our team.
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In recent weeks an interesting topic made us very strong impression – has become a more modern variety of celebrities to earn their vacation in aqueous so-called home. This often means very different things. In general, there a number of techniques that allow a house to stand in centimeters above the water surface. Until now it was mostly wooden columns (similar to houses in Tahiti). The technology is well developed in recent years, however, allow complete freedom of action and water homes can now fly. The company X-Architects have collaborated well with Leen Vandaele for interior decoration of the Water House, which offered, combining some elements typical rather for yachts and other vessels of high class. The structure of the floating luxury home is built of two catamarans. This ensures stability reference dose, which allows the house to be anchorage and at sea, not just the pier. Dimensions are more than 20 meters in length and about 7 meters wide, which ensures a good location for all rooms of the two-storey building. At sea you can have a kitchen, a dining and living room on the second level and below are rooms for sleeping, bathroom and cabin management.
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