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Contemporary Villa in Szentendre, Hungary by Architema

30 miles away from Budapest, surrounded by picturesque rural landscape, plenty offields and forests, this beautiful modern house, named Villa in Szentendre, was designed by Architema. The house is situated on a hill and has good views of the area, including the valley of the Danube River. The main part of the concept is usage of panoramic windows: they provide natural lighting and help weld the house together with the outdoor space. Floor plans are straightforward, logical. On the ground floor there are no rooms, part-walls form the boundaries. The bedrooms are placed upstairs ? accommodating the 3 person family living in the house ? and connected with the garden via the planted roof terrace. The geometry shapes in combination with natural materials and warm colors make interiors softer and more harmonious.



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Audacious Japanese Treehouse Cafe

Japan is famous for its unusual and extremely beautiful architecture. If you are in this country I advise you to visit Naha Harbor Diner restaurant. This cafe located in Okinawa, Japan lies at the very top of a huge Gajumaru tree (also known as Banyan tree) about 20 feet above the ground. This crazy pan-Asian is nestled amid the branches of the tree. It may be interesting for you how the architects managed to build that on a tree without the tree falling apart or worries of a rotting tree. After looking further into this amazing structure one realizes that the tree isn?t a real tree at all, it?s a life size recreation of a Banya Tree made out of concrete. You can get inside by a spiral staircase around back and an in-trunk elevator. The restaurant menu offers delicious sounding meals such as: Swimming Crab Tomato Pasta, Carpacio of beef with salad of green papaya, and Smoked Duck Breast with fruit. But you can enjoy not only the food by also the breathtaking ocean views opening from the café. Naha Harbor Diner is known for being a romantic and quiet setting.



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The Gull House by Lautner Associates: The Luxurious Life On The Ocean Shore

The architect’s thought has no limits! A luxury ocean view residence in Laguna Beach, California designed by Lautner Associates will immerse your feelings, imagination and fantasy into the wonderful world of joy and tremendous impressions. The square of this masterpiece is 2,928-square-foot. Finding yourself there you will be really shocked by the splendor of the panoramic view which is opened from the house. The beach overseeing from the house looks very romantic…



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Contemporary Turkish Architecture by Global Architectural Development: The Exploded House

This unique house is located in Bodrum at the Southwest of Turkey. It was built by probably the most popular Turkish design studio – Global Architectural Development. The architecture of this house is outstanding, especially considering how many limitations the creators had to work around to implement the original design idea. The local authority restricts buildings larger than 75 square meters, which is why this house actually consists of three separate buildings connected by the central hall and that’s where the name comes from. The central lobby has floor to ceiling windows, providing it with panoramic view of the surrounding landscape and the bay. This is a very nice solution that sacrifices nothing to the obsolete architecture laws. Another lucky finding of this house is a roof covered by rainwater collectors, that make it look tremendous and of course in many cases make the external water supply unnecessary.



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