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Inspired by the Structure of Mineral Rock Salt cube nacl home

NaCl house was designed by Architect David Jameson and is located in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. The massive contemporary residence displays a homogeneous white color palette, contrasting the natural surroundings. Here is a description from the architects: “Breaking the prescriptive mold of horizontally layered homes, NaCl House aspires to render unclear the spatial organization of the project and explore an architecture of ambiguous scale.
The resultant massing reveals an imperfect, rough form recalling the natural isometric formation of mineral rock salt. The exterior composition is read as a single object that reflects a dynamic fluid interior. Uncorrelated to the buildings structure, glazing panels are detailed flush to the exterior surface, eliminating shadows which further inhibit a reading of the buildings scale“. How would you comment on the overall layout of this residence, inspired by …salt? Read more [ via : freshome ]

modern architecture | home to the green-coated cubic

Although I am a traditionalist I love special places, things and special people too. I love organized things, to know what I have to be and organize my activities in an efficient way but at the same time I hate routine. I do not like to do the same ordinary things every day. So most of the times, I let myself carried by the wave or the proposals I get from the others although I might have already something planned.

Those who love special things too can see this special home located in Frohnleiten, Austria. It is made of some concrete cubes packed away in velvety soft green Astroturf. This odd building was designed by the architect Weichlbauer Ortis. Perhaps the intention was to create something that would integrate itself in the surrounding environment very well. The house looks like a strange tree due to its odd shape and the velvety soft green Astroturf. Read more [ via : homedit ]

Unique and Minimalist Cube Home Design in Maryland

Here are unique and minimalist cube home design in Maryland. This unique grey cube home are designed by Robert Gurney Architect. Cube home design can be alternative for minimal land and space.
Measuring 2,200 square meters, with an additional living space panoramic outdoor terrace in the 1,100 square meters, this creative house takes the shape of a cube surrounding countryside, while ensuring privacy. Archdaily found in the villa has a beautiful, modern facade of charcoal that is in perfect harmony with the neighborhood. The interior design to meet customer desires, and de-cluttered modern, environmentally conscious and comfortable.Read more [ via : onhomedesign ]

Contemporary INFILL is The New Prefab

John Dwyer was involved in the design of the first LEED Platinum home in Minnesota — 5ive — and now aims to change the way homeowners purchase homes. He recently unveiled INFILL, “the new prefab,” with a plan to provide complete delivery, high performance, and full adaptability from three basic prefab designs.

The homes will be “super insulated and durably finished for near zero utility and maintenance costs,” according to Dwyer’s new site for INFILL.

INFILL homes are priced from $198,000 for a 1,248 square-foot home, which is about $160 per square foot, including all hard and soft costs, design, engineering, and construction.Read more [ via : jetsongreen ]

cube architecture : La Pallissa

Ready to learn something today?! A Masia is “a type of rural construction common to the Iberian Peninsula, particularly during the ancient Kingdom of Aragon which have their origins in the Roman villas. They are often large but isolated structures, nearly always associated with a family farming or livestock operation (from Wikipedia)” This is a renovation of a masia in Catalonia, Spain by Cubus, Taller d’Arquitectura that is modern, earthy, simple, textural and gorgeous!

“The project was based in the rehabilitation and improvement of the northern part of an old masia from the XVI th century and the hayloft annex, located in the Baix Empordà (Catalonia). Due to the partition in different parts of the masia between the family members, the proposal was based on adapting the corresponding north area to create three new apartments designed for use in summer, mainly.” Readmore [ via : 2modern ]

Koby Cottage is a Prototype Prefab Home

This is Koby Cottage by Garrison Architects in Albion, Michigan. The two-module structure of 1,100 square feet was assembled in about 48 hours and finished as a guest house for families to use while visiting their children at the non-profit Starr Commonwealth.

Koby Cottage has a rooftop deck, a contemporary interior finished with light wood, and an exterior clad with weathered cor-ten steel.

It’s the first structure built using the Kullman Frame System developed by Kullman Buildings Corp., an entity wrapped up with XSite Modular and the much discussed Atlantic Yards prefab project. KFS is a light, welded, factory-produced frame chassis similar to the trellis frame on a Ducati motorcycle.

KFS has hollow tubular steel that supports large window openings and cantilevers in the Koby Cottage, according to Garrison Architects. The same frame can be used to stack modules up to twelve (12) stories high using a patented connection system.

[ via : jetsongreen ]

red brick | Casa Conde modern architecture

If you love brick red you’re going to love this place. The Casa Conde by SAMF Arquitectos located in Pinhal Conde da Cunha, Portugal has a warm, friendly brick exterior that is textured, and beautiful. Though red brick might seem like the sort of thing you would see in institutional architecture, here it adds a whole other dimension to modern design. The interior is equally as warm, and continues the gorgeous brick red color in comforting accents that add such a level of sophistication to what could have been just a normal, slick, personality-less space.

“This house, for a musician, is located in a low-density housing area, near a large pinewood, south of Lisbon. The site had an unusual topographical situation, where the construction of the front street had cut the landscape to form a small “cliff” 3/4m high. The house was thought as a substitution of this cliff, maintaining the original situation overlooking the street, over a high sustaining wall.”