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Contemplative Tunquen House on the Chilean Coast

A mysterious house sits quietly on the craggy Chilean coastline.

A deep porch is built in front to gather in the sun’s warmth, while rebuffing the harsh coastal wind.

The vacation home is on the first line of the waterfront on a cliff 164 feet up from the sea.

It sits on the oceanfront in a contemplative and respectful manner, framing nature and the environment.

A family home, the client’s brief included a sheltered courtyard where children could play safely.

A second sheltered courtyard offers protection from the coastal winds.

Opening from the back of the living room, an outdoor fireplace and long horizontal stack of wood invites the family out to the extended space at night.

The minimally furnished vacation home is supremely simple yet meets the family’s needs.

An open rectangle cut into the wall brings the warmth of a fire on cold winter night.

The house itself is a simple straightforward shape; just a narrow slice of spaces facing the sea, with sheltered courtyards behind them.

Like a beacon in the night, the sweet family getaway is sited 100 miles from the city of Santiago – which can be seen lighting up the distant coast.

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Casa Equis is an Ode to the Earth, the Sea, and the Sky

A wonderful beach house on the Peruvian coast at La Escondida Beach, Cañete, celebrates the earth, sea and sky.

Its bold shapes are delineated in colors that form a stunning contrast with the blue skies.

The earth is celebrated in its rocky, earthen steps and heavy construction in concrete, both natural and with a warm ochre pigment.

The vast watery ocean is represented in a theatrical blue glass box of water, amazingly suspended in front of the sea.

The weight of the earthy ochre is contrasted by the turquoise of the pool glass, representing the sea beyond.

Peru’s glorious cerulean skies are perfectly framed and contrasted with the concrete in natural; white, and ochre.

Richly colored Peruvian skies are also used to form a ceiling for an enclosed courtyard.

A bold play of earthy colors enlivens the heft of the architectural shapes.

The contemporary house in the bracing setting is from Barclay & Crousse Architecture.

A tender side of the warm colors of the Peruvian desert continue throughout.

A playful pink supplies a jolt of color under a trellised outdoor hallway.

Temperatures range from balmy to warm all year round, encouraging outdoor living.

Throughout the house, outdoor living predominates.

In front; a shockingly sheer artificial cliff created by road building on the dusty Peruvian coast makes a very earthy setting for a bold and striking beach home.

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A Floating House that Glides Effortlessly on its Pool

This magical surrealistic vision of a house by Pitsou Kedem Architects looks for all the world like a mirage of an elaborate H-shaped pontoon.

This sumptuous and elegant transparent house is aptly named Float House by the architects.

A raised roof also seems to float over the structure.

Even the bed itself appears to float in its exquisite master bedroom space.

The master bedroom suite appears to extend to the edges of the site, gliding effortlessly through its transparent walls.

Its elaborate and glossy interior is contrasted by a peak through a wall that is matt and textural.

The delineation between the waters beneath and the house itself seem paper thin, so that water is almost another sheet of building material.

Cool and glossy, the interiors are as exquisite as the interiors of pearly shells.
There is a cool Japanese “floating world” sense to the house..