Rectangular Concrete House Turned on its Side

Rectangular Concrete House Turned on its Side
Villa Drusch, designed by Claude Parent, famous French modernist is built in 1963 for local industrialist Gaston Drusch. It implements architect’s “theory of oblique architecture” because looks like the home turned on its side. Simple rectangular concrete box become very original living space with tricky angles and open spaces. Outdoor lap pool is placed to give an ability to jump there from bedroom window. Living spaces are encased in aluminum-framed glass, which naturally lights the open interior. A staircase inside follows the slope of the exterior structure. A lot of surfaces inside are also made of concrete. Even though the house is designed a long time ago even today it looks more than contemporary.

Rectangular Concrete House Turned on its Side

Incoming search terms:

• concrete house
• famous concrete home
• french concrete homes
• Concrete house cool
• modern concrete buildings
• mexico contemporary concrete house
• rectangular spaces
• houses designed by famous architects
• home in its side
• grazy concrete use ideas interior

Klein Bottle Holiday House by Rob McBride

Klein Bottle Holiday House by Rob McBride
The winner of the 2008 Australian Institute of Architects Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture, the Klein Bottle House is a holiday house located on the Mornington Peninsula. The place is approximately an hour’s drive from Melbourne. The unusual home design is generated from a mathematical model. The “Klein Bottle” in mathematics is a non-orientable surface (a surface with no distinction between the “inside” and “outside”). The house revolves around a central courtyard, a grand regal stair connecting all the levels. The carefully sculpted, angled space of the living area is both a revelation and a delight. Being experimental gives house a bit futuristic look. Red colored interior spaces and contemporary furniture just makes that look stronger.
As noted by the National Architecture Awards jury “the overall perception of the house is one of a distinctive new language for domestic architecture, a language that draws from mathematics to develop an architecture of excitement, intrigue and new possibilities.”

Klein Bottle Holiday House by Rob McBride

Incoming search terms:

• The Klein Bottle experimental house

Letterbox House

Letterbox House
Letterbox house isn’t first experimental house design by McBride Charles Ryan architects. They are one of extraordinary Australian teams which always could surprise people with interesting house shapes and interior designs. Letterbox house is constructed on 290 sqm area with anything but flat landscape. House exterior looks like it has been turned inside out. That is achieved by smart using of materials and by changing usual houses shapes. There is a lot of space near the house which make spending time outdoors very comfortable.
The interior of the house is more normal than exterior but there are non-standard things too. Interior designers not often use bright red with natural wood. Red color is usually could be seen in modern interiors and wood in more traditional ones. Although here they are combined and that add an interesting touch to overall interior impression. It’s very comfy and such elements like red shelves make it also quite unusual. [Via Archdaily]

Letterbox House

McBride’s Experimental House Design in Hawthorn

McBride’s Experimental House Design in Hawthorn
McBride Charles Ryan is Australian house design company which mostly specialize in experimental designs. Their other project, Klein Bottle House was mathematics experiment when this house is a try to create sphere shaped house without unnecessary parts. By selectively removing parts of the sphere, there is the sense internally of being in and surrounded by garden. The spherical shell also provides beautiful internal spaces on the first floor.
The interior in contrast to the exterior mostly has linear forms which sometimes look as puzzle components. Not just forms but colors and used materials gives an impression of not carefully gathered puzzle. Although such mixes doesn’t take away the house comfort. The house is also using a lot of “green technologies”.
Rainwater is collected from the copper clad roof by concealed gutters and is stored in rainwater tanks installed under the south desk. The dome house also utilizes solar hot water, a drip garden watering system and double glazing to maximize energy efficiency. These simple sustainable elements have been integrated into the home so as to have minimal aesthetic impact.

McBride’s Experimental House Design in Hawthorn

Incoming search terms:

• crazy house designs