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There are very few houses which have natural surroundings incorporated into their design, let alone houses which are actually and entirely incorporated into their surroundings. The finishing technique used in this project is called beton brut,which gave the name to the brutalist architectural movement and this house, but we like to think that the house is called Casa Brutale because it looks totally brutal.

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Live on the Edge with OPA's Casa Brutale | via Unclad and simple, the house is all about modesty, making no impact on the landscape beyond a surface swimming pool and a set of steps. Descending these steps, though, brings you to the entire point of this home; an enormous glass façade set flush into the cliff face, bringing an incredible view of the Aegean sea to the entire residence. Upping the stakes, the living quarters are topped with a skylight that turns out to be, in fact, the swimming pool - made of reinforced glass, it functions as the only other window in the house, diffusing the sunlight to soften the hard surfaces of the building itself and giving you views that could plausibly claim to be 100% water. With jaw-dropping features like these, OPA chose to keep the rest restrained. Simple, raw concrete surfaces and slabs set off by aged wood and steel form the rest of the project, placing an open living area around the main stairs and a master bedroom on the mezzanine floor, making the incredible water views perfectly visible from the bed, which is also made of cast concrete. The whole thing is cooled by the landscape and the swimming pool, thanks to the design's clever twist - aside from the big chunk of rock removed from the cliff, there's very little impact on the landscape. Images: OPA Works CJWHO:  facebook  |  instagram | twitter  |  pinterest  |  subscribe

There are very few houses which have natural surroundings incorporated into their design, let alone houses which are actually and entirely incorporated into their surroundings. The finishing technique used in this project is called beton brut,which gave the name to the brutalist architectural movement and this house, but we like to think that the house is called Casa Brutale because it looks totally brutal.

Casa Brutale