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Located in Piracicaba, Brazil, the residence you are about to enjoy is a fantastic modern architectural response to its surroundings. Displaying 21,500 square feet of living spaces – both entertaining and private rooms, the Piracicaba House is only 250km away from São Paulo. Designer Isay Weinfeld constructed the architecture in complete harmony with the surrounding landscape – following the terrain’s contour and displaying a North orientation. According to the architect, “the distribution on 3 floors arranged in perpendicular axes allows the land displacement to be overcome naturally, and makes the garden accessible from any floor: the lower ground, semi subterranean and positioned in the lowest level of the land, parallel to the contour lines, houses storage areas, the mechanical room and garage – that standing on grid pillars. The ground floor, laid out as an L and accessible from the street through an S-shaped ramp, houses the service areas and the lounge/dining room – the latter, fully encased in glass, on one side overlooks the back portion of the land and merges with the pool deck through wide sliding doors; on the other side, is shielded from the sun and secluded from the street by a long sun baffle made of large vertical concrete slabs, unevenly placed along the whole facade. The upper floor, a volume that stretches perpendicularly to the contour of the land and that, at one end, cantilevers towards the street, and at the other is planted on the higher section of the land, houses the bedrooms and the den – the latter opening onto a large wooden deck, build on the ceiling slab over the lounge/dining room.” Surprisingly comfortable, the  Piracicaba House also features a rectangular swimming pool located in the interior of the L-shaped interior spaces display. Could you call this a dream home?

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Ada Teicu 27 Sep, 2011

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Comfortable Home in Harmony With Its Surroundings: Piracicaba House

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Ellis Residence was designed by Coates Design and is a 2,560 square foot contemporary home located in Bainbridge Island, a city in Washington state, USA. According to the architects, “the owners' goal was two-fold: they wanted to prove that sustainability can be achieved without compromising a modern aesthetic design and they wanted to motivate others to follow suit.The design limits its impact on the environment with a multitude of sustainable practices. Through implementation of geothermal, photo-voltaic, solar hot water, and advanced heat-recovery technologies this home has succeeded in reducing the energy consumption by more than 70% compared to a typical home construction. The home also makes use of rain water cisterns for irrigation of native landscaping and a vegetated roof. The project's ecologically small footprint was not just constrained to the construction of the new house. Rather than demolishing the existing structure on the site, the team deconstructed, it effectively diverting 98% of its material from the landfill“. Aside from having powerful sustainable features, the residence displays a tasteful interior design, with plenty of inspiring arrangements. Have a look!

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Lavinia 27 Sep, 2011

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Replaceface is a website where portraits are being done in a more or less noble manner. The concept (found on My Modern Met) is based on the works of George Dawe, an English artist who painted no less than 329 portraits of Russian generals active during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia for the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia. The author of these particular celebrity portraits is not mentioned on the official website. What we do know is that, following the example of George Dawe, new “generals” were created: “I’m using digital copies of these paintings as a basis for my own work which involves incorporating my friends, family and even some celebrities into the paintings using Photoshop“-says the developers of the portraits below. There are no information on the website regarding the possibility of having your own portrait done this way. But the question is: would you like to?

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Lavinia 27 Sep, 2011

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Celebrities Portrayed as Russian Generals by Replaceface