PERFECT HOMES MAGAZINE - ISSUE 15 issue 15 | Page 169

EDGELAND HOUSE, USA As featured by Perfect Homes Magazine this beautiful glass encased house designed by Bercy Chen Studio, has been designed to blend effortlessly with its environment. The roof of this fascination underground home looks like a couple of sloped grass banks and most people walking by might never even realize that there is a large, spacious and stunning modern residence beneath them. Crafted out by excavating the area, the Edgeland House uses the earth’s mass to maintain a moderate temperature inside the residence, while the green roof also helps in natural insulation. STEWART ILLES MALATOR IN DRUIDSTONE, WALES This contemporary home is touted as one of Wales’ architectural masterpieces. According to their website: “The turf roof, steel chimney and peephole doorway inevitably gave way to its local nickname as ‘the Teletubby house’. The basic design of Malator is very simple, with essentially one room inside, divided by prefabricated coloured pods, while on the outside, the house melds with the surrounding landscape.” ECO HOUSE, ENGLAND Designed by Make Architects for British football star Gary Neville, this structure manages to combine beauty with functionality in a new and unique way. The residence covers nearly 8,000 square feet but not in the way you would expect it to. It’s a one-story structure that was built underground. One of the main goals when designing the residence was to create something that would keep energy consumption to a minimum and that would be an ecofriendly version of a standard home. PERFECT HOMES INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE 169