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Living On The Edge: The Holman House by Durbach Block Jaggers

Sited on the edge of a 70-meter high cliff, the plan of Holman House refers to Picasso's painting The Bather. It contains a complex series of fluid living spaces set within a meandering perimeter that arcs, folds and stretches in response to sun, landscape and views.

This lovely summer house in Paros Cyclades (Kikladhes) Greece was designed and constructed by Alexandros Logodotis of Logodotis – Art to fit

The Ziering Residence in California's Pacific Palisades is a 9,000 sq foot private residence with a three car garage, a swimming pool, evacuated tube solar collectors, radiant floor heating and IPE wood siding.

This stunning residential home perched upon a cliff in Chowara, India was designed by Khosla Associates, one of India's premier architectural firms. With an enormous Infinity pool (4,521 sq feet), 15,069 ft² (1400 sq meters) of living space with a large open floor plan and a modern design that unites sea, air and sky, the Cliff House pretty much takes your breath away.

House M is a residential home designed by Bolzano-based Architects monovolume architecture + design that is located in the center of Merano, in the quiet area of Obermais near the Northernmost part of Italy. Construction on the private concrete home began in 2011 and was completed in 2012.

This gorgeous residential home by Arthur Casas Studio located in São Paulo, Brazil was designed for a family of four (a young couple with children 5 and 8 years old). The only design requirements from the owners were that the home incorporate a view of the upscale Quinta da Baroneza golf course and lots of light.

This linear reinforced concrete home by Shinichi Ogawa & Associates measures 150 meters in length, presumably the longest house ever built. The main house is simply composed of a white cube and 2 horizontal plates of 11m wide by 150m long.

Arch Daily reports the following description which seems to have some translation problems (so please don't blame me):
"Overlooking the rich natural environment, the world’s longest house tops a hill in the Khao yai forest complex of Thailand.

Through the waterfall as a entrance gate, the road leads you to the main house extending east and west on the left, and on the opposite side, a glass house in the forest as a guest house.

All rooms for owner family are put linearly between the plates, opening to both north corridor and south deck terrace. A glazed room for spa and fitness at the east end, 6 bedrooms with exclusive bathroom and living room, a family living/dining room, and storage or maid rooms at the west end.

This extremely long planning takes advantage of the beautiful landscape, gaining a panoramic view and a dynamic scale space as the very long deck terrace. At the same time, it regards a airy comfortable living environment.

The white cube as formal living/dining room has 6M high ceiling. The stairs from the hall below divides the large room into southern living space and northern dining space.

The 150m weekend house – the longest house in this century - was born by admiring the mountain scenery as a given condition and imagining a seascape as the contrastive view."

Above the private rooms, there is a roof top terrace covered with sand and the swimming pool of 40m long. It’s like a floating sky beach surrounded by mountains.

WEEKEND HOUSE / 2012
Location : Khao yai, Thailand
Program : weekend house
Structural system : reinforced concrete
Stories : 2 stories
Total area : 1592.41 m2
completion date : 2012.06

Shinichi Ogawa

All photos © Pirak Anurakawachon

The Miwa House, An Award-Winning Custom Home by Phil Kean Designs.

“Miwa”, a modern, custom home by Phil Kean Designs, Inc., earned one of the home building industry’s highest honors when it captured the coveted Golden Aurora Award in the 2011 Aurora Awards design competition presented at the 33rd annual Southeast Building Conference (SEBC).

This lovely modernist 3,500 square foot custom home with detached carport and a swimming pool in Healdsburg, California has expansive views of the Dry Creek Valley.

Designed by Julie and Leslie Dowling of Dowling Studios, the modern home with double sided indoor/outdoor fireplace is positioned atop a knoll on an 8 acre site.

The steeply graded property is lined with fir and oak trees and has a private driveway leading to an open hilltop site with panoramic views.

The Central great room opens to the pool and covered patio with expansive vineyard views to the south.

The bedrooms on the north and west sides of the home face more wooded views. Sustainable design was a high priority and every attempt was made to use the most energy efficient systems and materials.