Jovanovic House is a renovation of the existing villa done by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects. It’s located on a very aggressive slopping site in the Crestwood Hills Neighborhood of Los Angeles. The house is dressed in a continuos metal wrap that protects it from the sun and other weather conditions. The wrap also changes the geometry...
Contemporary House Design With Cozy Interior on Sloping Site
Bernal Height Residence By SB Architects is an amazing contemporary house built on a 2,100 square feet sloping site. The site gave designers an idea to build a focal stair core wrapped by private areas. The main living spaces are located on the top floor so they feature dramatic views of the San Francisco skyline...
Concrete House Partly Covered with Larch Shingles
House K by Titus Bernhard is an interesting example of the house located on a steep slope in a perfect harmony with landscape around. It’s located about 50km south of Munich within the Bavarian Alps so the landscape is very beautiful and calm. There aren’t big cities in the area but there is a lake...
Modular Constructed House With A Tight Budget
Trestle House is one of those houses that has a very tight budget and very difficult construction conditions. It’s located on a steeply slopping sight so innovative structural systems and modular construction were used. Its name is chose due to the foundation system while the budget economy was achieved by the use of a 12’...
House Entirely Made of Wood and Protected from Nature Disasters
Muelle house is located on the big island of Chiloe, Chilie. It’s designed by Jonas Retamal and overlooks the Castro’s fjord. The region has very unstable weather so the house, which is siting on 28% slope, is protected from the fire, cold, wet weather and other disaster the nature could cause. Probably Muelle house is...
House Composed by Two Rectangular Prisms on a Sloped Site
This house is located on sloped site in Guadalajara, Mexico. It is composed by two rectangular prisms, one of which is parallel to the street while other – perpendicular. Thanks to such structure the house have quite big courtyard of white gravel a garden and a pool. The first floor consist of private areas like...