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L-shaped House with Beach View by Nathan Good Architect Posted: 29 Jun 2013 09:43 PM PDT This L-shaped House with Beach View is designed by by Nathan Good Architect, located in Oregon beach. Cannon Beach Residence is designed by Nathan Good Architect with sustainability in mind. It provides more energy that it consumes. That is possible because of 5kWh rooftop photovoltaic system and 12-inch-thick concrete walls. There are also solar-thermal tubes that provide hot water and a ground-source heat pump that warms and cools the air. The house is L-shaped and wrapped around Sitka spruce that's 38 inches in diameter. Recycled materials were used during construction and the house is designed to last multiply generations. It perfectly blends into the forested hillside thanks to its sedum-sprouting green roof. One side of the house has views of Haystack Rock while the other – views of the beach. A lot of windows provide the house with plenty of the natural light.

Forrester Estate, House with Natural and Rock Panorama by Studio Seilern Architects Posted: 29 Jun 2013 09:43 AM PDT Designed by Studio Seilern Architects, located in Gota Dam, Zimbabwe. House with natural and rock panorama, can make we feel free and enjoy in life. Dramatically sited on a granite monolith (locally known as a kopje) 50 metres above the man-made Gota Dam, the project, designed in collaboration with Muzia Sforza, is fulfilling the modernist aspirations of the clients, landowners and farmers Mr and Mrs von Pezold. The brief warned against any neo-colonial pastiche in the design and placed the views and the drama of the granite cliff plunging into the dam at the centre of the inspiration for the concept. The house covering an area of 1,500 sq m has been situated on levels ranging between 112 and 116m, and the edge of the cliff, which drops another 50m to the Dam. Overall it consists of three basic elements: two granite blocks enclose bedrooms and support spaces and anchor the building into the rock, becoming part of the surrounding topography. An expansive timber platform tip-toes on the granite kopje while a cantilevered roof frames the exterior spaces and the stricking panoramic views to the East, North and West. The spaces are designed to focus the eye to the horizon, while creating shaded exterior, living and dining areas. In addition, two boxes of glass span between the deck and roof, and the natural granite topography. These enclose the glazed living areas with 360degrees 730degrees panorama at the upper level and the master bedroom suite at the lower level. The residence will feature two pools: a small horizon pool at the lower level will visually integrate the body of water created by the Dam and the lower levels of the house and a larger pool located further down the rock, at an approximate elevation of 105m.

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