This amazing modern mansion, dubbed “Glass House” is located in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was designed by Nico van der Meulen Architects. It features 27,000 square feet of luxurious living space with an open layout. Most of the indoor rooms open up to the outside making for perfect indoor/outdoor living. There is a grand foyer with stainless steel and glass staircase, a 2-story indoor swimming pool, an art gallery, a 12-car garage, an outdoor swimming pool, a raised koi pond and much more. This home certainly has a WOW factor to it, don’t you think?
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A very, very cool house. A bit of an airport feel to it, but I think it is spectacular. Photo 4 would be enough for me to buy it. Only thing I question is how obscene that koi pond is. Screw the fish, I’d turn it into a spa! Now about that location…
PS. I think it is unbelievably cool how the water feature from the koi pond goes all the way into the house and under the foyer. I just wonder how long it would be before condensation, muck, mold and the other associated terrors would start showing through…
My aunt did that in her house 20 years ago. Of course you have to live in a warm climate to do it. Hers was not as large as this. She ran it like an aquarium with goldfish and whatnot in it and a pump and filter and never really had any issues I can think of. Hers was half inside the house and half outside the house with the water extending underneath the staircase.
There is a Chinese restaurant in London, Ontario that has a glassed-in stream in the floor running through the whole restaurant. That is one of the most badass things I have ever seen in my life, no idea whether it is practical though.
I absolutely love it. It’s textural, it’s dimensional, it has surprises, and it uses a perfect combination of man-made and natural materials. This is an excellent example of how a modern house doesn’t have to be cold and unwelcoming.
It has nothing on El Nido:
http://www.archdaily.com/235082/single-family-property-in-marbella-a-cero/
I wonder where this house is…
The house is located on the corner of Calle Las Merinas and Calle 4 between the town of Puerto Banus and Marbella, Spain. This is my favorite house by A-Cero Architects. The house sits high up in the hills overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
Do you have the coordinates? I can’t find it.
LOL!
Google doesn’t even have the house! The image is so old.
Try this address on Bing Maps. (Hope it works)
“Calle 4, 29602 Urbanización Cascada de Camojan (MA)”
Eh. See, that one feels like a giant tomb or mausoleum. Definitely prefer the Johannesburg home.
It has some interesting architectural elements, but it feels very cold. It’s like the Vladislav Doronin house in Russia: http://www.decoist.com/2012-11-21/futuristic-spaceship-home-for-naomi-campbell/. It’s interesting, but if the interior is anything like the renderings, it will be a sterile-feeling house, unlike this Johannesburg house.
Love the massive cantilever that El Nido has, along with the edge-less pool. Apart from that, it is far too monotonous for my liking.
The only thing I hate about it is the interior. It is so tacky…
Definitely and conclusively this one looks like a convention center for the performing arts, a long with museum offices for memberships. Plenty space to dine for tourists and visitors. One thing missing is a box office to get tickets, but in a space such as this, I am sure it could be arranged. I do see a space in the fifth photo, where there could be a gift shop.
Stunning house. That staircase is a work of art. The only thing I would change would be a few of the light fixtures.
Absolutely spectacular, a piece of art that you can live in. Really something else, whoever gets to live here is lucky!
Fantastic home, I would but it just for the staircase. Unfortunately it is in crime ridden South Africa.
This would be a great vacation house for this summer!