AV Monografías

As the collection of 25 projects here demonstrate the ideal ‘natural house' pivots on both a stunning natural location along with a great degree of freedom in its architectural design. Collected from around the world, photographed in colour and accompanied by plans, elevations, detail and models, the houses here are grouped according to natural conditions such as forests, coasts, rugged, mild and harsh landscapes.

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Forest Density
Takei & Nabeshima - Ring House, Karuizawa (Japan)
Pezo & Von Ellrichshausen - Rivo House, Valdivia (Chile)
Andrade & Morettin - RR House, Itamambuca (Brazil)
Nitsche Arquitetos - Iporanga House, Guarujá (Brazil)
Eduardo Arroyo - Levene House, El Escorial (Spain)

Coast Limit
Durbach & Block - Holman House, Sydney (Australia)
Tham & Videgård Hansson - Archipelago House, Husarö (Sweden)
O’Donnell & Tuomey - Sleeping Giant House, Killiney (Ireland)
Álvaro Siza - House in Majorca (Spain)
Irisarri & Piñera - House in Redondela (Spain)

Rugged Threshold
Sou Fujimoto - 7/2 House, Hokkaido (Japan)
Sáez & Barragán - Pendimento House, Quito (Ecuador)
Valdimar Harðarson - Gata Summerhouse, Flúdir (Iceland)
Bates & Maher - Poustinia Houses, Kilsheelan (Ireland)
ARX Portugal - House in Martinhal (Portugal)

Entorno amable Mild Landscape
FAR, Frohn & Rojas - Wall House, Santiago de Chile (Chile)
HMA, Hanrahan & Meyers - Holley Residence, Garrison (United States)
Thomas Phifer - Salt Point House, New York (United States)
Hertl Architekten - Ecker Abu Zahra House, Luftenberg (Austria)
Antón García-Abril - Hemeroscopium House, Las Rozas (Spain)

Ámbito severo Harsh Domain
Sean Godsell - Glenburn House, Victoria (Australia)
Terroir - Acton Park House, Tasmania (Australia)
Smiljan Radic - Copper House 2, Talca (Chile)
Rick Joy - Desert Nomad House, Tucson (United States)
Zenkaya - Zenkaya House, Highveld (South Africa)

Residential Auction
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