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Taming Exterior Greenery: Landscape Design for Houses in Natural Environments

ArchDaily

One of the most successful ways of achieving this is through a thoughtful design of the landscape that complements the built project. Read more ยป

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The Kitchen in This Pacific Northwest Retreat Is Made From Douglas Fir Felled On-Site

Dwell

On a secluded wooded site, the new structure grounds itself to the earth with its approach to material and form. The house is 1,700 square feet, and reaches into the landscape with a sheltering roof and screen walls to create usable outdoor spaces on all sides.

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Surreal Sites: 8 Rural Retreats Set in New Zealandโ€™s Cinematic Landscape

Architizer

The following rural retreats also seek to make the most of the countryโ€™s rich and surreal landscapes. The soothing macrocarpa interior, the central stone fireplace and broad windows beautifully complement the tranquil exterior. This earthy, weathered look nearly camouflages the house amid the rugged landscape. Castle Rock House.

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Fairhaven Bay Renovation by Murdough Design

Archinect

Additionally, the design addresses the existing house's missed opportunities to take full advantage of the site's natural beauty – namely refining the entry approach from the forested driveway on the east and opening the house to views westward of an expansive rolling meadow and of the Sudbury River.

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Malvina Zayat perches House in the Clouds on hilly site in Argentina

Deezen

Argentinian architect Malvina Zayat has completed a white home for herself and her family that is lifted above a sloped site and enters into "an intimate dialogue with the sky and clouds". Accessed via a cobblestone street, the home is perched on a hilly property with extensive views of the landscape.

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Alterstudio creates Falcon Ledge Residence on a challenging Austin site

Deezen

Architecture firm Alterstudio has completed a tower-like house in Texas that rises up from a steep, wooded site that was long overlooked "as a possible home site". The site had long been overlooked as feasible for home construction. The team cut away portions of the boxy exterior to create balconies, which vary in size.

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Timeless lines framing the landscape

Habitus Living

โ€œTheir brief was simple: to provide a contemporary and timeless four-bedroom home which champions the landscape, one that is as equally well suited to entertaining as their day-to-day rituals,โ€ says Ed Davis, principal at Davis Architects. The space acts as a generously extended threshold to become something of a pavilion in its own right.