Can a box express a mood? Like the mature trees of the deep forest, the simple shape tends to convey immobility by choice. Unlike the woods, these examples make a resolute statement of brutalist pride and are very simple creations. Even the pool in each of these images shows the water - intrinsically fluid in behaviour - restrained and confined. If you want modern architecture but aren't interested in anything "showy", these houses pulled from iterating through AI present possible directions you could take.
Before the natural patina begins to form, the lustre of the copper siding in this house mirrors the sunshine. After time passes, a greenish patina will develop in the same way a jacket of moss coats the trees nearby each winter.
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Two boxes and a slab, a nearly expressionless yet dominating arrangement. Strong and silent?
The motley collection of modern cabin-inspired wings below works better as a villa than as a single-family house, yet there is a common thread in their aesthetic: simple wood and metal planes. They are articulated enough to be interesting but simple enough not to distract from enjoying your retreat in the woods.
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The simple gable-topped form improves energy efficiency, the side walls and roof are weathered, reclaimed wood planks to blend in with the surrounding forest, and the reflective glass at the gable end mirrors the forest to camouflage the geometrically simple form.
This grouping of predominantly glass boxes topped by simple, deep overhangs suggests shelter.
There is no kindness to the forest here. The harsh, dark, twisted geometric forms are clad in charred, weathered wood siding as though wearing the flesh of trees they have butchered. The dark, reflective glass reminds you of the dead stare of a cold killer who shows no remorse for the building's disharmonious presence.
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Perhaps another small villa in this modestly expressive building. The metal gable roof and metal siding appear to show a dark patina - perhaps an alloy of copper and iron - that blends well with the dark green needles of the coniferous trees.
Do you prefer buildings that blend in with their surroundings or at least appear to fit? Do you instead want a building that is a bold architectural statement - a punctuation artistic expression to provoke discussion? During my RAD Study™, we determine what aesthetic you want and what you want your house to say.
This large and very simple guest house seems to be more of a vacation cabin than a full-time home. It's a blank canvas for a family reunion or for a corporate team-building retreat.
This brutalist house has the look of a house designed by a modern Japanese architect. Its irreverent positioning askew to the reflecting pool is one clue to it being instead a North American fixture.
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