We will present to you 10 of the most beautiful private houses that offer users a unique retreat from the outside world, and one of them is a Slovenian one.
Despite the diversity, the materials and environment of the selected houses offer innovative solutions for small spaces, which respond to their contexts and connect them. The houses are very different from each other, you will find everything from a house that is entirely made of stone and is in Mexico, to naturally designed houses, which is in to India.
1. Circular 'solo house', KGDVS architects
In the impressive Spanish countryside Matarrana it is Belgian architectural bureau designed a house that blends in with its surroundings and emphasizes its natural beauty. Due to the extremely beautiful landscape with medieval villages, crystal rivers and olive trees, it is very reminiscent of Italian Tuscany. On top of the plateau that has view of the Mediterranean Sea, is a circular roof with a diameter of 40 meters. The roof is supported by four oval walls. The outside of the round house can be covered with a curtain to prevent prying eyes. The interior is also divided into four parts: living area, private area, guest area and swimming pool. There is a large garden in the inner circular atrium courtyard.
2. An elliptical seaside residence, Mário Martins architectural office
The house is located by the sea on a sloping terrain in Luz in Portugal. Architect Mario Martins wanted the new building to match as much as possible with the already existing house, which is on the east side. The architect's design was based on the concept of balance. A sense of balance can be found throughout the structure of the building. The filled elliptical floor plan is the exact opposite of the elliptical opening on the roof – it creates both dynamic relationship between positive and negative space, density and airiness, and light and shadow.
3. Gumpha house, Shailesh Devi
With the design of the house, the architect wanted to bridge the growing gap between city life and nature. The house is in Nashik in India and with its natural form and poetic play of light and shadow it offers a very unique, spiritual refuge. A house with his own wavy floor plan reminds of living organism and is designed as a hiding place from the everyday hustle and bustle, where a person can find their own again inner peace.
4. House and Morillos, Christian Izquierdo
On top of a sand dune overlooking the sea in Chile there is a wooden holiday house designed by an architect Christian Izquierdo. The house is designed from four cubes, which gradually open from the central kitchen to the surroundings. It consists of laminated wooden panels and has everything together 72 doors. All doors can be opened, thus connecting the house to the surroundings.
5. Casa tierra, Ummo architecture studio
The house with its integration into the eroded wall of limestone sediments in the greatest possible way takes advantage of the natural features of the location. Inside, smooth white walls divide the cavity, emphasizing the rough texture of the natural stone and clearly indicating the dividing line between natural and added material. Even a walk through the house offers a unique and unusual experience spatial experience.
6. Villa Ypsilon, LASSA architects
Floor plan of the roof of the house resembles the letter Y – hence her name Ypsilon Fairy. The roof is green and walkable and touches the ground on all end sides of the "letter Y". They placed her in Greece, in the south of the Peloponnese. The family residence is divided into two parts. In the northern part there are private rooms, three bedrooms, two bathrooms. On the south side are the living room, kitchen and dining room. From the south side, it is possible to enter the outer courtyard, where there is swimming pool.
7. House in the Orchard, Jan Šépka
The house is placed in the middle of an orchard on Czech. The natural mass floats over sloping terrain surrounded by fruit trees and views of the valley. Access to the residential unit is via steel footbridges. It's a house three-story, on the ground floor there is a kitchen with a dining room, a bedroom and a bathroom. On the first floor, which is accessed by a staircase, there is a living room and another bedroom. On the top floor there is an office with a large window, which has enough natural light and a beautiful view of the surroundings.
8. A compact living unit, OFIS architects
Modular house, which adapts to different locations, terrains and climatic conditions. The modular design allows a wide range of applications – it can be a holiday home, a tree house, a mountain bivouac or a research cell as a unit. The house is also flexible depending on the location - modules can be stacked vertically or horizontally, depending on the given conditions.
The basic module measures 2.5 × 4.5 m, and its height is 2.7 m. It is designed in such a way that even a single module can function as an independent unit, where there is enough space for a kitchen, bathroom and bed. The prototype has a wooden structure covered with wooden panels both on the outside and on the inside. The house also stood for a while on Castle Hill in Ljubljana.
9. MA house, Cadaval & Solà Morales architects
The feature of the monolithic house, which was built in Mexico, is its building material – stone. The architects started from the fact that the stone is in situ and can be sourced locally. In addition, the need for low maintenance and low cost was a further reason for the increased use of stone. Stone, which is the primary building material, was also used for construction as a contrast raw concrete. The house is designed according to the natural path of the sun, all rooms are filled with direct sunlight during the day. Every side of the house opens to the surrounding landscape.
10. Communal: Taller de Arquitectura
The house was created as response to the Mexican authorities, which at the beginning of 2016 labeled natural materials such as bamboo, wood and straw as unsuitable and canceled state subsidies for them in construction, thereby making construction more expensive. In search of a cost-effective construction solution, the architects created a facility that consists of typical wall panels and bar supports, which, despite not using natural materials for the supporting structure, have characteristics local construction.
