Emerging out of the landscape like a series of boulders, the Kanuka Valley House set into a lush valley in Wanaka, New Zealand mimics the large schist rocks that punctuate the pristine landscape. Wellington-based architectural practice WireDog Architecture designed the angular home for a winemaker and his family, who wanted the house to respect the beauty of the natural landscape. To that end, the architects not only modeled the building off of local rock formations, but also used a natural material...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/rammed-earth-ties-a-contemporary-home-to-the-rocky-new-zealand-landscape
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