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successful system it has developed
as well as in its professional team. By
combining modern technology with
natural materials and unusual forms,
the Gilė House team is able to build
unique houses and exclusively mod-
ern, integrated eco-residential areas.
An earthly home
THE ORGANIC
LIFESTYLE –
from unique residential areas
to pet-house design
Founder of the Gilė House
Nadežda Stefanova
Offering organic housing
projects and exclusive
interior and exterior
design for everything from
unique eco-residential
areas to homes for pets,
Gilė House has created
an entirely original
lifestyle philosophy.
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In search of inspiration
Wishing to escape from their every-
day routines, people travel as far as
possible to the most distant places
on Earth. But what if our home
were a place for peace of mind?
One of the main goals of Nadežda
Stefanova, the creator of the Gilė
House concept, is to turn the
time we spend in our homes into
a time of harmonious restfulness.
In order to develop this feeling,
unusual spaces are used. ‘Com-
ing back home, you’re best able to
disconnect from the outside world
if your space is different. Unusual
shapes are just a tool for creating
this feeling of dissociation,’ explains
Stefanova, who took inspiration from
the biggest European capitals, as well
as the Greek island of Santorini, ‘until
the feeling crystallised into a plan’.
The company was launched in 2011,
and since then it has gone through a
few transformations. It began by creat-
ing green rest areas for healthy, harmo-
nious relaxation and eventually grew
into the idea of bringing this concept
into people’s homes. Gilė House homes
take a strong stand in response to the
values of consumer society: ‘They’re
nothing like what society is offering;
they’re free, flowing, and do not have
any boundaries,’ says Stefanova.
Despite their disobedient nature,
these houses are highly practical and
convenient. Their design has been
thought out to the smallest details: even
the house for your pet is built in a way
that he will feel most comfortable to
live in. The secret is in a modern ap-
proach to natural substances: ‘We use
only organic materials when building
our houses. We’ve learned how to coop-
erate with new technology and to use
the right substances for implementing
architectural forms. We’ve invested a
great deal in improving house con-
struction,’ says the company’s founder.
Today, Gilė House can rejoice in the
According to Stefanova, the compa-
ny’s homes are not made for showing
off. Instead, they present architecture
that comes from peacefulness and
personal maturity within, architec-
ture that goes hand in hand with
aesthetics and beauty, architecture
that blends perfectly with the envi-
ronment yet also catches the eye.
It is important to note that
Gilė House does not aim to destroy
the concept of traditional housing
– its goal is to offer an alternative to
those seeking to live in a more natural
environment. With the help of nontra-
ditional architectural decisions, the
company also hopes to help develop
children’s creativity. Gilė House cre-
ates flexible houses for a flexible way
of thinking.
‘Creating a fantastic space for your
own living, in which you feel great,
is not simply a gain but a mission to
carry within ourselves and to pass
on to our children. When you come
to realise your own nature, it seems
natural to seek out a space that is
not polluted or damaged visually,’
remarks Stefanova.
A Gilė House home is a place where
nature and humankind meet. But
where does this meeting take place?
Perhaps we do not think enough about
how Earth looked before the emer-
gence of all-consuming industrialisa-
tion, before humans started to build
smoke-spitting factories, jungles of
apartment buildings, and giant shop-
ping malls. Nature will never be the
same as it was before the interference
of human beings.
Gilė House believes that it is
possible to live in nature without
harming it. Housing should not be a
foreign body to nature – it can exist
in harmony with it. ‘Some may think
our houses are from another planet,
but for me it’s the complete opposite –
they’re earthly homes. They have a
spectacular, organic architecture that
feels at one with nature and creates
a beautiful oasis for the eye amongst
the boring forms and buildings that
are, in fact, strange to our planet,’ says
the entrepreneur.
Stefanova lives in an organic house
herself and notices that it is well ap-
preciated not only by humans: ‘The
martins make their nests, there are
rabbits jumping on the terrace, and
even the cranes, who usually do not
come near civilisation, drink water
from the pond nearby. It means that
this house is acceptable to nature
and its creations. This is real symbio-
sis – nature’s creatures feel comfort-
able and are not scared by what
has been built.’
Stefanova has previously lived in
big cities, and she says the experience
was very useful in developing her
ideas: ‘I’ve spent a lot of time in a city
and have come to understand the con-
trast of concrete jungles quite well. It
seems that what I’m creating today
came from wide range of experience.
You have to know one extreme well in
order to create an alternative for it.’
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