Location: Dafins, Austria Year of construction: 2000 Architect: Mane. Marte Architekten Photography: Ignacio Martinez This building, partially buried in the mountains, sits high on a hill in the Vorarlberg region of Austria and has a splendid panoramic view of the Rhine Valley. The sturdy, solid appearance of the concrete, which forms its framework and completely […]
Category: HOUSES OF THE WORLD
House on Mount Fuji
Location: Narusawa Village. Japan Year of construction: 2000 Architect: Satoshi Okada Photography: Hiroyuki H/rai This house is located at the base of Mount Fuji, in an area of thick vegetation boasting many trees. The terrain is rugged due to its past volcanic activity: the lava solidified and left hillocks which, with the passage of time, […]
Bridge House
Location: Olive Bridge, New York. United States Year of construction: /996 Architect: Peter Gluck Photography: Paul Warchol The house acts as a bridge, providing access between different areas of the wood. This house in the woods of Olive Bridge near New York is a holiday retreat, a kind of private hotel to which the owners […]
Waldman House
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States Year of construction: 1996 Builder: G. Viqner & P. Radis Architect: Peter Waldman Associates: John Fitzerald Photography: Peter Waldman Located in a wood near Charlottesville (Virginia), this house is the home of architect Peter Waldman, who also designed it and teaches at the nearby University. The lack of a client […]
Bernhard Burger House
Location: Bregenz, Austria Year of construction: 1994 Architects: Karl Baumschlager & Dietmar Eberle Photography: Eduard Hueber The Burger House stands on a site with a steep south-north slope which overlooks Lake Constance. The building has a simple structure: the ground plan is an almost perfect 20 x 30 ft (6 x 9 m) rectangle, developed […]