Comments on: Pirihueico House / Alejandro Aravena

By: AD Round Up: Stone Houses Part I - Style of Design

AD Round Up: Stone Houses Part I - Style of Design — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:25:52 +0000

[...] Pirihueico House / Alejandro Aravena A volcanic site, 4.000 mm of rain every year, strong winds from the north and east, views towards the lake (east) and the forest (west), considerations of the difficulty of bringing materials to this remote place, erasure of any a priori architectural language (be it old or contemporary) were the ingredients of this unknown dish, that should have the capacity to sound familiar once developed. eing the weather condition very extreme, we started taking as less risk as possible; that’s why we began from the double sloped conventional roof (read more…) [...]

By: LargoJax

LargoJax — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:33:39 +0000

A dream house. Great use of materials and color for the exterior. Would’ve been great with some accent colors on those bland interior walls. The views are great through those awesome windows especially the kitchen!

By: Arman

Arman — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:03:40 +0000

Amazing.

By: links for 2008-05-11 « thedysh

links for 2008-05-11 « thedysh — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:37:45 +0000

[...] Pirihueico House / Alejandro Aravena | Arch Daily fly concept, very straight mies-planned basement sleeping floor, and messed up tricky angular upstairs living area (tags: plan house cottage architecture modern) [...]

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:27:41 +0000

Really amazing architecture in the deep south of the world…