Modern Treehouse is 1 of 5 Finalists For House Of The Year. Voting Ends Today!

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jxVHyrc9SZfCX05iP4ewnMMAdnylfLMj9ry8SoRgh5o83LuNZzDV2oR09xtP4V-Nh3lGMVMADNlqkygxtCBU7Wul5ThER4HMeTtF45CNm7wGlxdcJyRN1igEh_4QPhrsreFf4zALIdU/s1600-h/Picture-39.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443418587480610002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jxVHyrc9SZfCX05iP4ewnMMAdnylfLMj9ry8SoRgh5o83LuNZzDV2oR09xtP4V-Nh3lGMVMADNlqkygxtCBU7Wul5ThER4HMeTtF45CNm7wGlxdcJyRN1igEh_4QPhrsreFf4zALIdU/s400/Picture-39.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 460px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rockefeller-pa.com/">Rockefeller Partners Associates</a>' stunning Mandeville Canyon Treehouse is presently up, along with four other modern homes, for <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/building-of-the-year/2009/vote/category/Houses#start">Arch Daily's Building of The Year</a> . Voting ends today, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">all the nominees are shown here</span> later in this post.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYt69LMSfX40j6KjKxw2NnRipbXgrO_ksttCmRzZxFunJaVmE0mRbU0koJ1PPbB22Gij8Q62inffwpDoGXLi_7WS3xTXmgtKEsE2fFtIdOZMwEmzZzV2PP2ImZ11VIiKuUxM4oRwi_ZNE/s1600-h/Five-Finalists.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443449414012613938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYt69LMSfX40j6KjKxw2NnRipbXgrO_ksttCmRzZxFunJaVmE0mRbU0koJ1PPbB22Gij8Q62inffwpDoGXLi_7WS3xTXmgtKEsE2fFtIdOZMwEmzZzV2PP2ImZ11VIiKuUxM4oRwi_ZNE/s400/Five-Finalists.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 537px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Treehouse home,</span> on Banyon Drive in Los Angeles, is perched upon steel pylons that are naturally integrated into the surrounding trees. With a butterfly roof, the 16 square meter home is perched upon an eastern facing ridge, giving it a wonderful view of downtown Los Angeles.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3tSZSyTwWcKDMiBmKO1A-TDLf_ivLIPJKwx17W4zUZFBhG4-d5RDoQ04ctG8P39mDxGow5wHMCWBMG8b6wsMD1iilHDOXfQ0r37_W2uqK8qCi1xp1hjaikNfasovnu5wabSdZACBtwQ/s1600-h/Picture-43.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443419518343394626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3tSZSyTwWcKDMiBmKO1A-TDLf_ivLIPJKwx17W4zUZFBhG4-d5RDoQ04ctG8P39mDxGow5wHMCWBMG8b6wsMD1iilHDOXfQ0r37_W2uqK8qCi1xp1hjaikNfasovnu5wabSdZACBtwQ/s400/Picture-43.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 357px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfqtuuS-PghfDkYSkP1uniQqCUeexnD4aY62FsH2HuFA2R_tBRRi6Dmq1qcAZ84AfbhL9q-bF-fNgkU-sMnLcqtAC99kUaOxKXHGDD1wHyqQBrGtWLK_1hHcmPqbH3WtCmwItNSSXWs0/s1600-h/Picture-47.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443419429148836610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfqtuuS-PghfDkYSkP1uniQqCUeexnD4aY62FsH2HuFA2R_tBRRi6Dmq1qcAZ84AfbhL9q-bF-fNgkU-sMnLcqtAC99kUaOxKXHGDD1wHyqQBrGtWLK_1hHcmPqbH3WtCmwItNSSXWs0/s400/Picture-47.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 356px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5g8YJ2EBV3AITUh6yEmIQPxscGQvSFKm-_6V6zx5TDaLBkG3EmWQSKDWCsxhGxjadgKrPX21cMYkqetgKhpZMfnwHCT1LV5frKRXS2kcFzm2DJpEYgrMsCTgzyzm3VyWbXM63qMX4sM/s1600-h/1260446736-staud-090925-336-no-channel-718x900.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443419188501267506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5g8YJ2EBV3AITUh6yEmIQPxscGQvSFKm-_6V6zx5TDaLBkG3EmWQSKDWCsxhGxjadgKrPX21cMYkqetgKhpZMfnwHCT1LV5frKRXS2kcFzm2DJpEYgrMsCTgzyzm3VyWbXM63qMX4sM/s400/1260446736-staud-090925-336-no-channel-718x900.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 668px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipAcBx71AFSbRlyoz-Aj5fvIae-fnP2WNWiEtUeJa1H5it9Z_bLfC-MjdhIjzoAeWPM-I9vTYW95HH5aIjGPo2pgH6ZPhvuNV1Q1eBwFc6m4YE8Qz6FFuPFcrr5u4uTnLDrayiOcF_kDg/s1600-h/Picture-49.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443420338092201618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipAcBx71AFSbRlyoz-Aj5fvIae-fnP2WNWiEtUeJa1H5it9Z_bLfC-MjdhIjzoAeWPM-I9vTYW95HH5aIjGPo2pgH6ZPhvuNV1Q1eBwFc6m4YE8Qz6FFuPFcrr5u4uTnLDrayiOcF_kDg/s400/Picture-49.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 348px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjah-XXY-b2W6x9o_sP3kQnBTywlaAecO9uY2UqsEe-T0Z_nmkiDQOqDUhVCW0RZslxBQlb63QMi2N1acSHJS7h7BU40wU48R-9w10YyCQsgtxUeFIaWeuinzzq7oI-0Q5LD3b88bt7cmE/s1600-h/Picture-48.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443420086357626434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjah-XXY-b2W6x9o_sP3kQnBTywlaAecO9uY2UqsEe-T0Z_nmkiDQOqDUhVCW0RZslxBQlb63QMi2N1acSHJS7h7BU40wU48R-9w10YyCQsgtxUeFIaWeuinzzq7oI-0Q5LD3b88bt7cmE/s400/Picture-48.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 348px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfKX8lcJh522bSnQ1DI8_SbruDQ-I2D3K1S_KvjIywRN5SNqqOH4xnf3bo_HnsaUVDksLJP9i07201tu9wS5XeyqXF4_St0HZwWgO-cM0wx9VfO2w1CBzQpHqHmy_FO3XniexUqcgYoc/s1600-h/Picture-52.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443422163360528802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfKX8lcJh522bSnQ1DI8_SbruDQ-I2D3K1S_KvjIywRN5SNqqOH4xnf3bo_HnsaUVDksLJP9i07201tu9wS5XeyqXF4_St0HZwWgO-cM0wx9VfO2w1CBzQpHqHmy_FO3XniexUqcgYoc/s400/Picture-52.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 353px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75feNTQQgYzNnXOoTwGoizZFZagfgY9mYBMcpHJIHfWlTfRBvEvMcnDjCnHDO-IQ4ncDLQRkd4DWL-jzirWmVAHSYmjhn5GCfHxQjdegjxxbur5BMQqekfm9x9o5g1FX9phq61kVdpzI/s1600-h/Picture-50.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443420557596684034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75feNTQQgYzNnXOoTwGoizZFZagfgY9mYBMcpHJIHfWlTfRBvEvMcnDjCnHDO-IQ4ncDLQRkd4DWL-jzirWmVAHSYmjhn5GCfHxQjdegjxxbur5BMQqekfm9x9o5g1FX9phq61kVdpzI/s400/Picture-50.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 353px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wyKmpKaBGbY6KtZ5EXnl-E6zwmlYyubdp5mfB52w9YbBJbqlMIbWZUmCpsqCK5bmkBzaSajzpQIasts8UVVeidwRlWQkwaqDY41y0eBiIpYewPytxP2w_zYQnzDN6bezYbfmpaMgQbk/s1600-h/Picture-47.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443418879426184962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wyKmpKaBGbY6KtZ5EXnl-E6zwmlYyubdp5mfB52w9YbBJbqlMIbWZUmCpsqCK5bmkBzaSajzpQIasts8UVVeidwRlWQkwaqDY41y0eBiIpYewPytxP2w_zYQnzDN6bezYbfmpaMgQbk/s400/Picture-47.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 361px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUR1H8a647_TII1xm-1NvLIz20EdntOwtKBdvya-VqjI-7Cqyzpu9psxVrm_1Hj1cXDQyB9_1zzugbq-Eg_VmVHaQvP87ilNAEDps9JENdEDKn6zu2UZLI_rCbWn-wuADXuaX5GGk7Xu8/s1600-h/Picture-46.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443418763295963986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUR1H8a647_TII1xm-1NvLIz20EdntOwtKBdvya-VqjI-7Cqyzpu9psxVrm_1Hj1cXDQyB9_1zzugbq-Eg_VmVHaQvP87ilNAEDps9JENdEDKn6zu2UZLI_rCbWn-wuADXuaX5GGk7Xu8/s400/Picture-46.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 361px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJSpFNgwIlmCT6GVEj13_jzCRKXM4uzXVvjTUw0b4iV9TvEt1MXmPFa65hR9d_W1tzW_OvlOtCFA9yELbb0U4C4OYnWhXqI8rLG59F3e8mMllZwP8pKlWfP3Sy0nPdr7A6v1sbZ1aCM4/s1600-h/Picture-51.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443420848640035362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJSpFNgwIlmCT6GVEj13_jzCRKXM4uzXVvjTUw0b4iV9TvEt1MXmPFa65hR9d_W1tzW_OvlOtCFA9yELbb0U4C4OYnWhXqI8rLG59F3e8mMllZwP8pKlWfP3Sy0nPdr7A6v1sbZ1aCM4/s400/Picture-51.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 382px;" /></a><br /><br />The interior floors and walls are made of walnut wood and the exterior is high grade cedar. Designed for a nature loving artist, it serves as both as a studio and as guest accommodations. The tree house is completely self-sufficient with a water closet, fireplace, refrigerator, daybed, and television. Outside, a quick walk down the stairs leads to a protected and private outdoor shower.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rockefeller-pa.com/">Rockefeller Partners Associates (RPA)</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ericstaudenmaier.com/" style="font-style: italic;">all photos are courtesy of Eric Staudenmaier</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> for RPA</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Other Four Nominees</span></span><br />Also nominated for <span style="font-weight: bold;">Arch Daily's Building Of The Year</span> are some of my other favorites:<br /><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/03/anton-garcia-abrils-hemeroscopium-house.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443424913391803586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFp0M7XVIKnM_8ByTIaMk1spHgwVycPBOyGlg2ArhQ3I4DderbGaNFuizs8bAwahaZByCd8k6ikGlNTa7mVqnbRZCSOLtDtkQcOdq0-AnDs-JmZQsfYlggcMlg1QATEbscEI6MPX8onXc/s400/hemeroscopium_cover.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/03/anton-garcia-abrils-hemeroscopium-house.html">the Hemeroscopium house</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sousasantos.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443427400298458802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-jLTqLnHeiw90LHfVRKfmL7GK5gPVEiDYrYjKU1a_wrQEDIsaPSTej0LHdX4mmz9Ut6Z7WuZw37ko7ITDThsfGW07ejce7BNX1vLBfj2ZS11e_jsrYYsKXcpFsvd2Kb-V5v4by3VkyYw/s400/Picture+53.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px;" /></a><a href="http://www.sousasantos.com/"><br />The Casa Y House by Sousa Santos Architects</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nrja.lv/index.php?id=28" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443427094891910786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaaALAvwG8DJmEbdXOlGEZiPW8mr223Ofst4ZcIk2LmPfbfLm5bBGQTslJdk41BqXkLurPnc7OS-GvUkXCYEe2u8JLpoMskjWSDHCv26CRoTsdXGl0AhJZ0FXwbK45v-pegT2V3cNHUEc/s400/House+oh+drupas+thumb2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nrja.lv/">The House Of Ruins by NRJA</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.villavals.ch/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443428716080753010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73HXNyZwich4CCYQmioejOCL7Ct6UV6qh6HokGyYCb06C5fdMx0AY57ycRxAuUdiv8cmEy4NAfyDZZBsqTNcRPk88ZAiTEbhhiNU3rzAWdsePw1mFEAbEGEBEH77OCInV5Fscgw1clvs/s400/Picture+55.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.villavals.ch/">The Villa Vals Underground home</a> (which I'd actually written a huge post on but then it appeared on so many sites and blogs, I refrained from publishing it)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The voting has now closed. The winner was:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaA1sfaSv4xMxI95U5o5Dt4zBYtVd-IkqQu4fr3k-SvDg2DNsyjpZvNs-5pp0sVKlDoWBu9SCb2BcumthZPavk5SaesCyjx0eF5UvkWKjL-awtzrF01ePmMr8I_HHrNdWZw-VqFwd6tA/s1600-h/Picture+7.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444897719460913122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaA1sfaSv4xMxI95U5o5Dt4zBYtVd-IkqQu4fr3k-SvDg2DNsyjpZvNs-5pp0sVKlDoWBu9SCb2BcumthZPavk5SaesCyjx0eF5UvkWKjL-awtzrF01ePmMr8I_HHrNdWZw-VqFwd6tA/s400/Picture+7.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 412px;" /></a><br />read about the <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/14450/house-of-ruins-drupas-nrja/">House of Ruins project here.</a><br /><a href="http://www.archdaily.com/building-of-the-year/2009/vote/category/Houses#start" style="font-weight: bold;"></a><br><br>

Modern Treehouse is 1 of 5 Finalists For House Of The Year. Voting Ends Today!

Rockefeller Partners Associates ' stunning Mandeville Canyon Treehouse is presently up, along with four other modern homes, for Arch Da...

Read more »

Anton Garcia-Abril's Hemeroscopium House: Cool Cantilevered Concrete

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPyLNQga6Mju-GyUyAs_rMLXMWNXIK9lXEgKGE0fE55ev5xYrpjq7fzTnnGUf7LEiuz3oh1IpkLRvEMmshdHL39cyX6XjaBC0eV17us1shgjpBGisR1oh6TY4Eq9TOmc60GdEKrRgErNB/s1600-h/hemeroscopium_cover.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315737182233681266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPyLNQga6Mju-GyUyAs_rMLXMWNXIK9lXEgKGE0fE55ev5xYrpjq7fzTnnGUf7LEiuz3oh1IpkLRvEMmshdHL39cyX6XjaBC0eV17us1shgjpBGisR1oh6TY4Eq9TOmc60GdEKrRgErNB/s400/hemeroscopium_cover.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 410px;" /></a><br /><br />Located in Madrid, the Hemeroscopium House, designed by <a href="http://www.ensamble.info/">Anton Garcia-Abril and Ensamble Studio</a>, took a full year to engineer but only seven days to actually build (including that amazing cantilevered swimming pool).<br /><br />Albeit, it's not being embraced by the eco friendly community given its large carbon footprint (apparently 1 ton of concrete = 1 ton of carbon dioxide) and the fact that reader comments suggest it's 'blatantly wasteful'. Even <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/">Treehugger</a> author Lloyd Alter smartly suggested that the beams should have been reappropriated 'from a dismantled highway'.<br /><br />Regardless of its potentially negative effect on the environment, it's certainly has an aesthetically positive effect on me (although I do wonder who is gonna clean those two swimming pools and all those windows).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1DSWm4tQxpK1qte2g5tDbh5JLI6FRR9GEWV_fJywKceaPIWuFY07iZpcR6BRLyO9Ljj4uiSMWRa0BuXqvV1_c2XxKf3d5V1_8oofLyEIOYtSk1tzsPvRdSi6oFbgWMfaMWOKCA37B3eF/s1600-h/Picture+1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315741185674766530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1DSWm4tQxpK1qte2g5tDbh5JLI6FRR9GEWV_fJywKceaPIWuFY07iZpcR6BRLyO9Ljj4uiSMWRa0BuXqvV1_c2XxKf3d5V1_8oofLyEIOYtSk1tzsPvRdSi6oFbgWMfaMWOKCA37B3eF/s400/Picture+1.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 351px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqYmJdwmCDVPg42PSxA-oJzgWN_Eqy_U-i5qZHoZIU7WO-9t1ZuVXcGwq13MHDPBm7gpN2BtrXShkwrx9qyF8fjvGpGqzXtyEMaagGGoMzhOLZvAh2QkuSjXxZj1C51_IbIVIdPNzM5Of/s1600-h/Hemeroscopium-House-Ensamble-Studio-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315738051899736338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqYmJdwmCDVPg42PSxA-oJzgWN_Eqy_U-i5qZHoZIU7WO-9t1ZuVXcGwq13MHDPBm7gpN2BtrXShkwrx9qyF8fjvGpGqzXtyEMaagGGoMzhOLZvAh2QkuSjXxZj1C51_IbIVIdPNzM5Of/s400/Hemeroscopium-House-Ensamble-Studio-1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 316px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0YdboAsWDx4zDW3DbxRkGCS2Uiwr3a9znYUZ5xREDGqQzccS0Cal_T7DdIofSaU8ZEs5_T2qoBXGTHvAwWNbd_-vx77tSAX_dRwlWsOF8vjxrw-BBXvz-7uLlh3MMhmhEa_4Ds1KE4pe/s1600-h/Hemeroscopium-House-Ensamble-Studio-5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315737454716500434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0YdboAsWDx4zDW3DbxRkGCS2Uiwr3a9znYUZ5xREDGqQzccS0Cal_T7DdIofSaU8ZEs5_T2qoBXGTHvAwWNbd_-vx77tSAX_dRwlWsOF8vjxrw-BBXvz-7uLlh3MMhmhEa_4Ds1KE4pe/s400/Hemeroscopium-House-Ensamble-Studio-5.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 430px;" /></a><br /><br />Hemeroscopium house materializes the peak of its equilibrium with what the Ensamble Studio ironically calls the “G point”, a twenty ton granite stone, expression of the force of gravity and a physical counterweight to the whole structure:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1_wqhPFt3doLbKoOWs-6g3X1IZXWfP3ialMflUr8rRORx5e0wA2MA2WfVhmUHQlabrDDz9Dyxd90fiO31JY_UTEq_fknFI7MdAM0cK1eHOJAFbeicPOHmMdN9nYtZATbi8g4SSr9J1zZ/s1600-h/Picture+8.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315748908155933730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1_wqhPFt3doLbKoOWs-6g3X1IZXWfP3ialMflUr8rRORx5e0wA2MA2WfVhmUHQlabrDDz9Dyxd90fiO31JY_UTEq_fknFI7MdAM0cK1eHOJAFbeicPOHmMdN9nYtZATbi8g4SSr9J1zZ/s400/Picture+8.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 541px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsh9-mDravw_JVbU0Es8TVkj-7M8CBzM9S5jn8bwoM66VJcfyyKYC66yRkmtORKj48mnlX7p6xJzFNoVdKq1ehaKcJl1rDgCeTOMEkTtczk573knHBJxwBV-1rHjMF-QDmQ1HJsxt7GxL/s1600-h/Hemeroscopium-House-Ensamble-Studio-6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315737354670189058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsh9-mDravw_JVbU0Es8TVkj-7M8CBzM9S5jn8bwoM66VJcfyyKYC66yRkmtORKj48mnlX7p6xJzFNoVdKq1ehaKcJl1rDgCeTOMEkTtczk573knHBJxwBV-1rHjMF-QDmQ1HJsxt7GxL/s400/Hemeroscopium-House-Ensamble-Studio-6.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 610px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_gKcERGmBI4zmrhxgHOvrVY8RDy2aUx0CotKXnwaOmY5b0ymlFIdrGHlQVPjkcBD18zkmnMXglYJld_Nb07DEwOqmLK1_QLZYzB6W04E6btmV99UrKBKwaKzaM13Yi0A0pn9GMv2k1kM/s1600-h/hemeroscopium_02a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315737269546208018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_gKcERGmBI4zmrhxgHOvrVY8RDy2aUx0CotKXnwaOmY5b0ymlFIdrGHlQVPjkcBD18zkmnMXglYJld_Nb07DEwOqmLK1_QLZYzB6W04E6btmV99UrKBKwaKzaM13Yi0A0pn9GMv2k1kM/s400/hemeroscopium_02a.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 780px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hIeUYkIJnpm-Dlo877vholu9Db09KNGuZXmJJJfQixtmiZMqtHiZXwERGDjo5N9VoWFwuH_VAq3VYNcB7g03fezw5zHPTAewzuFdH9yQeFoR6Tq8bU76EF-3zfdcoqodhvGQekewPWDM/s1600-h/Picture+5.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315740967460980818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hIeUYkIJnpm-Dlo877vholu9Db09KNGuZXmJJJfQixtmiZMqtHiZXwERGDjo5N9VoWFwuH_VAq3VYNcB7g03fezw5zHPTAewzuFdH9yQeFoR6Tq8bU76EF-3zfdcoqodhvGQekewPWDM/s400/Picture+5.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 485px;" /></a><br /><br />The order in which these structures are piled up generates a helix that sets out from a stable support, the mother beam, and develops upwards in a sequence of elements that become lighter as the structure grows, closing on a point that culminates the system of equilibrium. Seven elements in total.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocCcnB5iZ5zcVwr6fHi1BG18vBGJ-kAX0GO07VneHij5zDF-y3bnVKftzVdvCEu-EI87tjaprpTGFHqyFhRO9MoDvAH_img5uayM4SVZEMN8t0RqtFn_OY0pa3xivJ_A3nTqs83MNiEWG/s1600-h/Picture+14.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315750723582623026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocCcnB5iZ5zcVwr6fHi1BG18vBGJ-kAX0GO07VneHij5zDF-y3bnVKftzVdvCEu-EI87tjaprpTGFHqyFhRO9MoDvAH_img5uayM4SVZEMN8t0RqtFn_OY0pa3xivJ_A3nTqs83MNiEWG/s400/Picture+14.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 477px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCyDxCIjTg0rsAQ-8gY3e38spdJmwVs-qGfr-wc9fMdVhauQgHGlchEZYkNFXrrZMkd7zuJGOMCldytEbXKlt6vT3F5_qF1ewZsinC1KXYHjI4CEcMbEi0SixdGRBHDc5sYZwuaEGVCvZ/s1600-h/Picture+11.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315750504858546178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCyDxCIjTg0rsAQ-8gY3e38spdJmwVs-qGfr-wc9fMdVhauQgHGlchEZYkNFXrrZMkd7zuJGOMCldytEbXKlt6vT3F5_qF1ewZsinC1KXYHjI4CEcMbEi0SixdGRBHDc5sYZwuaEGVCvZ/s400/Picture+11.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQ2UXGwtCYnSs-sM5E3l4IkP6JcZNHmlpGhirhKHG5FC6E8cDnMwqOwXUKrmhf7Dx8a-ZSEllZKszeajKxLrjZkOjPBPQBb1EPkVk2gTQbUDT82nS_v1iBiB10L08vrpaqWfPBdezY57L/s1600-h/Picture+15.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315750342730298770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQ2UXGwtCYnSs-sM5E3l4IkP6JcZNHmlpGhirhKHG5FC6E8cDnMwqOwXUKrmhf7Dx8a-ZSEllZKszeajKxLrjZkOjPBPQBb1EPkVk2gTQbUDT82nS_v1iBiB10L08vrpaqWfPBdezY57L/s400/Picture+15.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 543px;" /></a><br /><br />The design of their joints respond to their constructive nature, to their forces; and their stresses express the structural condition they have. By the way this structure is set, the house becomes aerial, light, transparent, and the space kept inside flows with life. The apparent simplicity of the structure´s joints requires in fact the development of complex calculations, due to the reinforcement, and the pre-stress and post-tension of the steel rods that sew the web of the beams.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ipn0BZzXKuxOOm6p6C2CJThCYeMapJK2i5aL2HeXcBAmtBOGu7pN3wazLfkBWC8ohQeJs9C8k9RHUGmzb70gsiY_-rn7gK6hpEb3SRqg_sA0FIRPNznqFAjnOUMrn65HL9uJrsDl962B/s1600-h/Picture+16.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315750126726640178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ipn0BZzXKuxOOm6p6C2CJThCYeMapJK2i5aL2HeXcBAmtBOGu7pN3wazLfkBWC8ohQeJs9C8k9RHUGmzb70gsiY_-rn7gK6hpEb3SRqg_sA0FIRPNznqFAjnOUMrn65HL9uJrsDl962B/s400/Picture+16.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 608px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qhVNDZpVCsk9RoYA6cFNk0LKpU8jWEecvFqHNp9_qS5w8EsqHJsjJmp1jXIaO0Jd7lzA6MzlwGQwVyWVDdLjiuc2phEumJX_YiWrCX1Ses87c3CXtk_QQfnygqxXUM5fvAE9xXtoiII1/s1600-h/Picture+12.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315750913325250386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qhVNDZpVCsk9RoYA6cFNk0LKpU8jWEecvFqHNp9_qS5w8EsqHJsjJmp1jXIaO0Jd7lzA6MzlwGQwVyWVDdLjiuc2phEumJX_YiWrCX1Ses87c3CXtk_QQfnygqxXUM5fvAE9xXtoiII1/s400/Picture+12.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 414px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhVNYHDUtNxPj07IUXsHCBIQr0g80bqeGSf0Yd7Dx2UsbmmwArXbythKXlugxbPZe-VEWsyng7nHMJShJns0EoFmsiGDGtm_NX1tKKdsYGo04kCyzyebEO87UceBqQlme2ULniDIeXMDG/s1600-h/Picture+10.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315749937012857810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhVNYHDUtNxPj07IUXsHCBIQr0g80bqeGSf0Yd7Dx2UsbmmwArXbythKXlugxbPZe-VEWsyng7nHMJShJns0EoFmsiGDGtm_NX1tKKdsYGo04kCyzyebEO87UceBqQlme2ULniDIeXMDG/s400/Picture+10.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 506px;" /></a><br /><br />The Building Process:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHcDCpWOTb9bAg6AahldoTf5IHb0bG2HxSOWIzkxbnhWWMPyCP0s5NtGT_412bIXlWKYuOWk-D97F_tXanRDI5jB9E-gFosQ8dk5qSNbopZ4BUdAQI2UmqyuFnsotHjTJUVaTHBaYIYyy/s1600-h/bldginprocess.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315740247216938706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHcDCpWOTb9bAg6AahldoTf5IHb0bG2HxSOWIzkxbnhWWMPyCP0s5NtGT_412bIXlWKYuOWk-D97F_tXanRDI5jB9E-gFosQ8dk5qSNbopZ4BUdAQI2UmqyuFnsotHjTJUVaTHBaYIYyy/s400/bldginprocess.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 549px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCzJRinr-mXzdN0gKLGytJ51Daiirm54eKysXFtPJ4VRmvkuy0PNbtQRizZHLb7YHAD7CQF5b2KiwbHzmFDBAugEmxvYPHhErMCKjRICt_HKNT8jW3pvm4PnyCmz0BVCU3cAljTtLVHu_/s1600-h/Picture+1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315737111081804610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCzJRinr-mXzdN0gKLGytJ51Daiirm54eKysXFtPJ4VRmvkuy0PNbtQRizZHLb7YHAD7CQF5b2KiwbHzmFDBAugEmxvYPHhErMCKjRICt_HKNT8jW3pvm4PnyCmz0BVCU3cAljTtLVHu_/s400/Picture+1.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 293px;" /></a><br />The Architect with his team:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqP2pCvuyzAbOYf3TZ9v08DB0OK5W975z6PXpOjndiMFpqu1UCc12Fl6Rewtc95rBrgtIoZXqeygQprEdbi8fAYpBp7mF1qssDDwvjTJYYtfaiRtZQsegQ_gT6XRTfgT51pjpJ2Lg8Qds2/s1600-h/Picture+2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315736987754475842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqP2pCvuyzAbOYf3TZ9v08DB0OK5W975z6PXpOjndiMFpqu1UCc12Fl6Rewtc95rBrgtIoZXqeygQprEdbi8fAYpBp7mF1qssDDwvjTJYYtfaiRtZQsegQ_gT6XRTfgT51pjpJ2Lg8Qds2/s400/Picture+2.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 415px;" /></a><br /><br />The Architect:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Pk774HdGqGimXPRwBbeKWZ4jtOlDdMlvJz1IgA0UBdBPyhPdZRq_XrUIELu0kfFOq7Db9OvLOJDzuaC5oOPNyYUpeRNojMIBCa-WAfaUa-rJITHZQWeH9dFvR5U1gisy61vxtWY3PV93/s1600-h/Picture+7.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315742767838066338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Pk774HdGqGimXPRwBbeKWZ4jtOlDdMlvJz1IgA0UBdBPyhPdZRq_XrUIELu0kfFOq7Db9OvLOJDzuaC5oOPNyYUpeRNojMIBCa-WAfaUa-rJITHZQWeH9dFvR5U1gisy61vxtWY3PV93/s400/Picture+7.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" /></a><br /><br />To see the entire building process including sketches and the architectural renderings, go to <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/16598/hemeroscopium-house-ensamble-studio/">Arch Daily here.</a><br /><br />Architects: <a href="http://www.ensamble.info/"><strong>Ensamble Studio</strong></a><br />Location: <strong>Las Rozas, Madrid, Spain</strong><br />Principal in Charge: <strong>Antón García- Abril</strong><strong></strong><br />Collaborators: <strong>Elena Pérez, Débora Mesa, Jorge Consuegra, Marina Otero, Ricardo Sanz</strong><br />Technical Architect: <strong>Javier Cuesta</strong><br />Promotor: <strong>Hemeroscopium</strong><br />Contractor: <strong>Materia Inorgánica</strong><br />Project year: <strong>2005-2008</strong><br />Constructed Area: <strong>400 sqm</strong><br />Photographs: <strong>Ensamble Studio</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ensamble.info/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315736498639418290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYes9tNJuA_ATp7M3l932O5c9wB6kAXc4jfjC9Cxu7FXV_AJazW4axIJR1AUSskvwF-MDKE5lz1qR5ASEk6EB6ze5Tbv3_6KeQk_Biij09bVFPjsZyRt_n5BFOLE45Y3cH2YKJNzxzflBo/s400/Picture+15.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 146px;" /></a><br /><br />special thanks to <a href="http://www.ensamble.info/">Ensamble Studios</a>, <a href="http://archinect.com/">Archinet</a> and <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/">Archdaily</a> for the images and info.

Anton Garcia-Abril's Hemeroscopium House: Cool Cantilevered Concrete

Located in Madrid, the Hemeroscopium House, designed by Anton Garcia-Abril and Ensamble Studio , took a full year to engineer but only seven...

Read more »