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House 36 is Shaped like a Mountain Crystal

Combining a stone cavern with a glass house, the building is shaped like a mountain crystal. The jointless walls and triangulated roof are made of monolithic insulating concrete. Uniting structure, insulation and technical installation in one massive layer beautifully balanced by the transparent and reflective nature of glass.

Underground House: The An­ti­thesis to a House on a Slope

This “underground house” was designed by Swiss studio Bearth & Deplazes in Mergoscia, Switzerland. Description by Bearth & Deplazes: The an­ti­thesis to a house on a slope: one in a cav­ern, or bet­ter yet: a house in a for­ti­fied cav­ern, which is more of a re­in­force­ment of the steep vine­yard, a type of primal ar­chi­tec­ture or

A Bungalow House from the 1930s Replaced by a Three-Story Concrete House

Project: Bungalow House Architects: Studio Christian Wassmann Project team: Pino Pavese, Garrick Ambrose, Helene Nishijo Andersen, Jorge Rivera Local architect / AoR: Rizo Carreno & Partners, Inc. Structural engineer: Hector De Los Reyes Engineering. Inc. Electrical and mechanical engineer: Project Caine General contractor: Cobo Construction Corp. Materials: Exposed concrete, terrazzo, Carrara marble counter tops, bench

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