Portugal’s Stone House
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Aug 2010
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© Feliciano Guimarães
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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haha this is a crazy idea. But the house look pretty good. Maybe I will visit this place some time :) Thanks for sharing the photos with us.
haha this is a crazy idea. But the house look pretty good. Maybe I will visit this place some time. Thanks for sharing the photos with us.
damn, this house looks very nice:) but I think is pretty cold inside.
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12:12 PM Aug 18th
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2:11 PM Aug 18th
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3:24 PM Aug 18th
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4:50 PM Aug 18th
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5:44 PM Aug 18th
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6:35 PM Aug 18th
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9:31 PM Aug 18th
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10:41 PM Aug 18th
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11:02 PM Aug 18th
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3:51 AM Aug 19th
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6:02 AM Aug 19th
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6:31 AM Aug 19th
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4:08 PM Aug 19th
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5:04 PM Aug 19th
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5:38 PM Aug 19th
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5:44 PM Aug 19th
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10:10 PM Aug 19th
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6:41 AM Aug 20th
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10:24 AM Aug 20th
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5:20 PM Aug 20th
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5:23 PM Aug 20th
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5:46 PM Aug 20th
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10:08 PM Aug 20th
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3:34 AM Aug 21st
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9:36 AM Aug 21st
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7:36 PM Aug 25th
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4:33 PM Aug 26th
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1:40 PM Aug 27th
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7:25 PM Aug 29th
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7:27 PM Aug 29th
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9:27 PM Aug 29th
포르투갈 Fafe 산에 위치한 건물. 두 개의 거석 사이를 콘크리트로 연결하여 만든 집. 재밌는 모양새를 하고 있다. // Portugal’s Stone House http://bit.ly/dntzuw #한국건축_ #건축설계_
9:29 PM Aug 29th
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7:34 AM Aug 30th
이런동화속에나올법한집같으니라고!! 나는내부사진도보고싶은데..ㅋ Portugal’s Stone House: http://goo.gl/zpV8
12:56 AM Sep 8th
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11:44 PM Sep 9th
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I love this.
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2:13 PM Sep 21st
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5:25 PM Sep 22nd
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3:57 AM Oct 2nd
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3:58 AM Oct 2nd
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4:55 PM Oct 14th
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1:49 AM Dec 19th
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7:54 AM Jan 20th
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10:06 PM Jan 20th
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6:00 AM Jan 21st
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1:44 PM Jan 21st
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10:33 PM Jan 23rd
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6:48 AM Feb 3rd
Can I go here please?! http://www.archdaily.com/73745/stone-house/
11:13 PM Feb 4th
http://www.archdaily.com/73745/stone-house/ epá que cena incrivel! E em Fafe!! Circuito turistico de arquitectura, já!!
7:25 PM Mar 5th
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10:56 PM Mar 18th
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2:21 PM Jun 16th
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8:24 AM Sep 26th
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8:24 AM Sep 26th
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8:24 AM Sep 26th
This is a TRUE STONER house. http://t.co/VumlcbE1
8:24 AM Sep 26th
This is a TRUE STONER house. http://t.co/VumlcbE1
4:06 PM Sep 28th
Coolest house I ever saw – http://t.co/hHdlo0cw For a Hobbit?! #fairytale #architecture
10:02 AM Nov 17th
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