Houses That Move Me

If  I were to have a genie offer to whisk me away this minute, it would be to this amazing elevated house.

Lofted Forest Home

Thank you Rover Harvey Oshatz for having such an imagination! I want to go play.

According to the architect, it is a physical manifestation of the “fluidity and complexity of music.”

I think it does that. Seems like it would be super peaceful up there.

More images HERE. Thx swipelife.com.

Ramp House

Here is a cool house with an option you dont see very often (unfortunately).

It is a perfect blend of skate ramps and house, neither one nor the other, but both. So cool.

I love the fireplace in the middle of the room.

Built in Athens, Greece as a rooftop addition to an existing building, Ramp House is a new take on the idea of home:

“Basic house elements such as the fireplace and storage units are hidden inside the ramp forms. I also tried to combine the street aesthetics of the skate scene using concrete and the cozy atmosphere of a house using wood. So concrete walls mold into the floor and then concrete turns into wood to create a ramp partition with the kitchen. In that way, the whole space is in actual motion and somebody can flow from one space to the other, skating or walking.”

If you’re interested, there are a ton of pictures of the space on the Archivirus site.

Via: ArchDaily.

~ by natebrown on April 27, 2009.