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"Chimney House" with Trees in São Paulo, Brazil
This house, located in São Paulo, is the most obvious example of reunification with nature, where the living space of the house is gradually transformed into the fauna of Brazilian forests. A cozy wooden patio with trees is a continuation of some rooms of the house. But the more remarkable in this house are the chimneys on the rooftop of varied shapes. There are some distinguishing chimneys on the rows of houses in the city of São Paulo, and this one is also one of them. Two-storied house has a living room, the kitchen, TV room and three bedrooms. The master bedroom on the second floor extends outward to a wooden-decked solarium. Here a ground fire can be used to cook a great bar-b-cue for guests or to light the house on a dark night. The architects of this "Chimney House" are a Studio MK27, Marcio Kogan.

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Joshua Tree Home
This house, built from a cluster of Origin modules, is located in Joshua Tree rocky desert (Southern California) which is a national park since 1994. The location of the house promotes much of natural daylighting and shadow side reduces overheating, which is so uncomfortable in desert. The owners wanted to save a connection with a nature, so exterior living spaces are as important as the indoor ones. Joshua Tree home consists of two Origin modules, which are located at a right angle and create shaded courtyard area. An additional module is placed at a slight distance and used as a cottage for a guest. The main construction includes ash cabinetry, Caesarstone countertops, bamboo radiant floors, Anderson windows and a photovoltaic system over the carport. Sometimes Joshua Tree Home is opened for visiting of public tours having a desert trip. You can see the home’s interior decoration at the photos below.

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Treehouse Riga in Lisbon
This house in Lisbon is a type of Treehouse. But in contrast to the Treehouse concept it is a ready and closed project not requiring any further development. The construction of this eco house consists of two modules: the public area and the private area. There are a living room, a kitchen, three bedrooms and bathroom in both modules. The design and arrangement of the rooms make the whole construction compact and flexible, very suitable for a small territory. The sustainability of the Treehouse Riga is provided by the using of wood materials. The sliding wall made of birch wood can be used as a door to separate the public area and the private area, and vice versa - to extend the area connecting living room with a guest's room. The Treehouse Riga was built by Appleton & Domingos.

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River Road Mini-home Designed by Nir Pearlson
In the River Road area in north Eugene there is a small timber-frame mini home that have cozy beautiful spaces inside of it for owners Rob Handy and Julie Hulme. This sustainable house, designed by Nir Pearlson and built by Six Degrees Construction, is 800-square-foot and as sustainable features it has a roof with a solar PV array, and a hot water solar collector. For the irrigating the garden there is reclaimed graywater and rainwater. The home has an exposed wood structure, earthen plaster walls with a double-insulated envelope, metal roofing, and plywood and HardiePlank siding. The interior and arrangements of the rooms consist of a front porch, the areas for living, dining and cooking, interacting in the central space of the house. Then the study/guest room opens onto the partly-sheltered deck overlooking the garden. There is a centrally located wood stove, a master bedroom and a light-filled bathroom. This sustainable home building received gold-level certification from the Earth Advantage Institute.

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Sustainable Home on the Seal Rocks Beach
The beach house that is located in Seal Rocks beach (Australia) has a simple design eco construction. The aim of the architects (Bourne Blue Architecture) was an easy-maintaining home with some sustainable features involved. The main construction has a square shape and large open courtyard in the middle of it. Such arrangement provides natural ventilation and natural daylighting. The building has several features that make it sustainable. First of all is a rainwater collection system that provide water source for inhabitants and also for fire protection. Gris-tied rooftop solar panel produces electricity. This house is very good for spending time and having a rest in holidays. There is a big shower, one living space and only one bathroom, but it's possible to use the hammock deck or the day bed.

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‘Distort house’ in the South of Jakarta
This house is located in the south of Jakarta, Indonesia. The name of the house is ‘Distort house’, because of its unusual form. Nature of the surroundings - it is a lush and tropical forest. There are some old big tropical trees just in the front part of the place where house is located. To leave vast green area, the house was built close to the back part of the place and twisted in 15 degree. So this design features is not the idea to attract attention by the extraordinary appearance, it's an interesting designers’ (TWS & Partners) decision to open a more huge front space striking back as view and beautiful view. [caption id="attachment_22839" align="aligncenter" width="620"] photo © Fernando Gomulya [/caption]

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olas! - House by Victor Lusquiños
This extraordinary house designed by Spanish architect Victor Lusquiños is situated in the most appropriate place for the house of such design - on the beach. The levels of the house smoothly flowing into each other and reminding the rapids of the waves, very naturally fit the surroundings sea. The frontal part and the interior of the 'Olas!'-house overlook the beautifulness of the endless sea and sky. The curving forms of the main construction became possible due to the using the ceramic tiles as a material. In the front of the house there is a pool that makes the transition from construction to nature more natural and unconstrained. The house accommodates many rooms and much space inside. The level 0 has swimming pool, kitchen, porch, entry foyer, bathroom, living room and stairs. Level 1 has bedroom and bedroom terrace and there is a solarium in the level 2. [caption id="attachment_22832" align="aligncenter" width="620"]image © victor lusquiños[/caption]

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'HouseWING' by AnLstudio + Heebon
AnLstudio has just completed its extraordinary project - "house WING" in Seoul (Korea). It is a renovated for an artist apartment, but the building is so unique that it would be better to consider it as individual work of art. The apartment is situated on the tenth floor of a historical landmark building. The space was visually divided by white framework into two clusters. This white construction has a form of airplane wing with strip light fixtures embedded into it. Lamps illuminate the entry, living room, library and study. The bedroom, kitchen and bathroom are located away from the public zone. [caption id="attachment_22812" align="aligncenter" width="620"] house wing[/caption]

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