The project looked for a strong relation with the exterior landscape without repeating the urban model of a house with small openings. This is why the ground floor’s sector that faces the lake opens almost completely to the exterior, with large floor to ceiling windows. These large glazed panels that let the light in also allow to get in direct contact with the garden’s grass, the water in the pool and the lake.

Architecture design of white cube has  green clearing surrounded by forest was the only context for the proposed small house with grass roof. To create some spaces for a small recording studio and a conservatory of white cube. The latter was obtained by linking the ground floor with the grassy roof through an “incision” in [...]

The primarily vertical organization of this house takes advantage of its steeply sloped site on the southern coast of Belvedere, an island in San Francisco Bay. The four-story facade facing the water commands views across the bay towards the Golden Gate Bridge. The house’s compact organization ensures mutual privacy between it and its adjoining neighbors, [...]

Architect: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
Location: Bistrupvej, Birkerød, Denmark
Client: Birkerød Municipality
Ingeneering: Moe & Brødsgaard Consulting Engineers
Construction Year: 2005-2008
Constructed Area: 9,200 sqm / New build 8,000 sqm – Refurbishment: 1,200 sqm
Photographs: SHL
The building’s organic curves echo the undulating landscape of its surroundings.
The complex is designed to be multi-functional and includes a large multi-purpose hall (2,300 m2) with [...]