House on the Hill Linked to the Landscape – Krater House

The house is situated on the top of a hill on Antiparos, in the Cycladic islands, Greece. There was a lot of challenges in designing it related to its position. First of all there was a need to protect living areas from strong winds of the Aegean Sea and to hide them from the settlement at the foot of the hill. That’s why part of the house was dug...Continue Reading...

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9 Points House – Steel House on Problematic Site

The 9 point house by ITN architects is situated on a beautiful but problematic site on the south side of the dandenong ranges. The 4 acre site was one of the last in the forested hills available for residential development. It was very hard to access, not to say to build anything there. The house was built on the top of the site to catch spectacular views...Continue Reading...

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