TOP 10 UNIQUE HOUSES IN 2016: ARCHITECTURE

We decided to bring you a special selection today: the top 10 unique houses of 2016! Based on the review of Dezeen’s editor, Amy Frearson, here you will find amazing architectural works that came wonderful houses. Ready? Feel inspired!

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Antsy Plum, UK, by Coppin Dockray

This mid-century holiday house comprises two buildings – one built in 1962 by Levitt Bernstein co-founder David Levitt and another added by brutalist architects Alison and Peter Smithson in the 1970s. After decades of degeneration, London studio Coppin Dockray completely revived the property, creating a home that is comfortable in winter as well as summer.

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Cabin Knapphullet, Norway, by Lund Hagem

This small seaside holiday home by architecture studio Lund Hagem nestles against a cliff on Norway’s southeast coast. The 30-square-metre residence features a stepped actual roof that doubles as a viewing platform, while its ceiling is covered in slender strips of basket-woven oak.

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Garden House, UK, by Hayhurst and Co

A steeply stepped roof covered in over 800 plants tops this London home and studio built by Hayhurst and Co for leading leather-design duo Whitaker Malem. Described as a “hanging basket roof”, the pyramid-like tower contains sedums and heaters, but also incorporates skylights that bring plenty of daylight down inside.

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House in Utsunomiya, Japan, by Suppose Design Office

A metal roof completely surrounds this house by Japanese studio Suppose Design Office, sheltering terraces and a garden so that residents can use these spaces all year round. Various cutaways allow natural light to enter both the rooms and the terraces, while large sliding windows allow residents to choose how exposed they want different spaces to be.

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Jungle House, Brazil, by Studio MK27

Nestled in a clearing of a coastal forest in Brazil, this house by São Paulo firm Studio MK27 features elevated living spaces that open out to a roof terrace and infinity pool.The house is built from concrete, textured by timber boards, and has extensive glazing that can be screened by wooden shutters. It also boasts an outdoor hot tub and sauna.

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Outhouse, UK, by Loyn & Co

Glazed courtyards puncture the expansive grass roof of this English countryside house, described by architecture firm Loyn & Co as an “earth shelter”. The building provides a home and studio for a pair of artists. Arranged over one large story, it nestles against the landscape, meaning it is almost invisible when viewed from the north.

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Retreat in Finca Aguy, Uruguay, by MAPA

Vying to be the most beautiful house ever built in a factory, this compact property was prefabricated near the Uruguayan capital, before being transported 200 kilometers to a picturesque olive grove surrounded by rolling hills. The 115-square-metre property is made up of two identical modules, each approximately 12.5 meters long, which both sit over a pair of crisscrossing stone walls.

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Santana House, Mexico, by CC Arquitectos

CC Arquitectos used weathered stone, natural wood and huge panels of glazing to create this secluded woodland house in Mexico’s scenic Valle de Bravo region. With a wooden framework based on a series of repeated frames, the single-storey residence nestles inconspicuously among the trees of its forested site, offering the ultimate privacy for its occupants.

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Pedro Reyes House, Mexico, by Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernandez

The Mexico City home and studio of Mexican sculptor Pedro Reyes and his fashion-designer wife Carla Fernandez feature crazy paving floors, as well as a staircase and double-height library rendered in coarse concrete. The design, which takes its cues from Mexico City’s modernist and brutalist buildings, also features a lounge littered with sculpture, mismatched furniture and vermilion-red-painted details.

Moving Landscapes, India, by Matharoo Associates

At the touch of a button, the chunky marble walls that surround this residence in India divide up into spinning and sliding panels, revealing a more lightweight glass facade behind. Matharoo Associates designed the house to transform from an “impregnable shell” into a glass pavilion, allowing residents to vary the amount of light, ventilation, and privacy in their home.

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