What do you think of this crazy stone house tucked into the Fafe Mountains in Portugal? Constructed between two giant stones and linked with a concrete mix, the house is rumored to be inspired by the popular American Flintstones cartoon. Although quite unusual, the prehistoric-looking residence does feature some traditional components such as windows, a front door, and even a shingled roof. As you might expect, the house’s design attracts thousands of tourists each year.
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Via Gizmodo. Photos from Flickr via user Jsome 1, Feliciano Guimarães.
You realise that’s not a real building right? They’re just renders.
Or maybe I’m wrong judging by the film….
http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/08/12/stone-house-in-portugal/
Very strangely and poorly photoshopped images
For the record: poorly edited images – but the house is real.
I thought they were renders too.. The obvious Photoshop filtering makes you suspicious.
This house looks weird. It looks like it has some weird infection or a growing organism on it or something. In any rate, it still looks interesting and I would want to see it in person.
Is there really a need of having it between the two rocks? if it was connected with just one rock leaving the other detached, but close, wouldn’t it make a balanced composition?
Looks like its getting squeezed.
I agree these images look a bit odd, but there are actually many houses in Portugal built between and around and under giant boulders.
The town of Monsanto has some very good examples. And I don’t believe for a second that any of them were inspired by the Flintstones. The Monsanto houses have been there for at least a century.
see…..
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/58071/monsanto_rock_strength.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Portugal/North/Castelo_Branco/Monsanto/photo624823.htm&usg=__2ejQ01Cqyi4HSo1xi0bfy3WWRJk=&h=600&w=800&sz=179&hl=en&start=0&tbnid=r9DhgGZHGUUwUM:&tbnh=148&tbnw=182&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmonsanto%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26biw%3D1916%26bih%3D995%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=1253&vpy=376&dur=547&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=174&ty=128&ei=u3VsTP7ND8ijcYqtuFc&oei=u3VsTP7ND8ijcYqtuFc&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=31&ved=1t:429,r:27,s:0
Photoshop filters or not, these photos are not renders and the house is a perfect place for suicide. Interesting to think that Architecture can also harm people.
it may have better spatial quality than other white cube.
its looks like piece of vernacular architecture ..u dont need architect to do this… strange decision
where’s the section?! ;)
Threre are not interior images because it is solid inside.
For those who speaks but don´t know about what they´re speaking…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAh_HV0APUk&feature=related
the house is not solid inside, and it is REAL.
not a render…
:)
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