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ARCHITECTURE LIVING SPACES

homes in the great outdoors For the discerning home-builder, a home embellished with luxuries is not enough. Many dream of living close to nature, but it doesn’t end there. It has to be a treehouse or a glasshouse–something that brings the outdoors in, to the maximum. And, the greatest architects have helped translate such dreams into poetic reality. Lifestyle Living features homes around the world which are not only unique in their appearance, but also located in the strangest of places RADHIKA RAVI RAJAN

X House Architects: Arquitectura X Location: La Tola, Valle de Tumbaco, Quito, Ecuador Not having an actual site when they began work on the design of the house, the architect team charted an elementary plan that could work well in any kind of terrain. They used their experience to create an abstract form that would yet be workable and applicable on any site. They, thus, conceived an open-ended box, revealing their fascination for the glasshouse example, whose spatial limits would be the eastern and western

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ranges of the Andes. In order for the design to work, yet giving a feel of infinite space, the patio has to be enclosed. This is where the glasshouse model enters, perfect for its inherent sense of unlimited space. The addition of a patio to the glasshouse gives architects a chance to adapt to different site possibilities.

INSPIRATIONAL DESIGN IS THE ULTIMATE LUXURY


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