Though the couple ran into a number of complications along the way - mostly due to lack of proper preparation - they ended up with a gorgeous home that meshes well with the surrounding landscape and blew away everyone involved. Homeowners Jon and Gill Flewers bought the steep plot because of its resemblance to their property in New Zealand, thinking that British builders would be able to construct their ambitious home much in the same way. Though built in Malvern Hills on a plot purchased site-unseen, this home was actually inspired by the countryside of New Zealand and the ways in which homes are situated within rockfaces and rolling hillsides. #2 Modern Cliffhanger Residence by Jon and Gill Flewers in Malvern Hills, EnglandĬhronicled in Season 15 of the British television series Grand Designs, this stunning curved-facade home boasts a terraced backyard garden and visually powerful entryway. Speaking about the design of House on a Slope, Salis explains that “‘the varying projections of the storey ceilings form terraces and protruding roofs, creating specific exterior spaces as counterparts to each interior space.’" Building a terraced home not only fosters a rewarding connection between the constructed property and its surroundings but it also maximizes living space and minimizes cost and damage to the land. They also offer a special take on indoor-outdoor living, notes Mairs as she quotes the architect Gian Salis. Terraced designs are common when building on steep lots set into hillsides because they reduce the amount of excavating needed to construct the home. Mairs writes that this “glazed house built from thick concrete slabs was designed.to follow the slope of a plant-covered hill in Germany's Rhine Valley.” Appropriately named “House on a Slope,” this German home “sits on a hillside that was once used as a vineyard but is now overgrown with mature trees, shrubs and grasses.” Jessica Mairs explains Salis’ intentions for the build and his approach to hillside architecture in her article “Gian Salis' House on a Slope steps down a hillside in the Rhine Valley” for Dezeen. First on our list of hillside homes around the world is this terraced build - designed by Gian Salis and constructed in the hills of the Rhine Valley.
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