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Rural Brazilian home with an impressive cantilever is the ideal getaway retreat

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Nestled in green Upstate São Paulo is a rural Brazilian retreat called the MJE House. Designed by Jacobsen Arquitetura, the MJE House is located on a high ground, which enables the home to have stunning views of the rolling green hills in the region. It was designed to be an idyllic and picturesque holiday home for a family to seek refuge in when they needed a break from their hectic urban life.

Designer: Jacobsen Arquitetura

The home is deeply influenced by the modernist architecture roots of the country, as well as contemporary style and technology. The culmination of these different influences led to an ideal getaway home for a family. The house comprises of two main volumes, which have been placed on top of each other, at a right angle, to generously utilize the views and light. The volumes feature a long and low rectangular shape which allows the home to stay close to the ground, and perfectly merge with the surrounding landscape. A rather long wall built from stone connects the structure to the ground, while also providing a bit of texture to the building.

The upper section of the home features a series of freijó wood panels that function as privacy screens, and provide shade to the bedroom areas. This section is the one that artfully cantilevers over the landscape, and provides a platform for residents to enjoy the lovely views from. Much like the architectural style seen in the region, the MJE House also maintains a strong connection between the indoors and the outdoors. The living space on the ground floor features a vibrant and open-plan interior that includes multiple lounge arrangements and connects with a paved garden equipped with additional seating. A swimming pool is also added to one of the terraces, creating a truly awesome weekend home.

Another impressive feature of the home is a sculptural white staircase that spirals beautifully. It is situated at the main entrance of the home, at the intersection of two horizontal blocks. This creates a rather warm, inviting, and dramatic welcome to the home, one that perfectly complements the rural 21st-century Brazilian architecture of the building.

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Circus tent-inspired holiday home in Japan was built to accommodate a car lover and his cars

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Have you ever truly observed a circus tent? They’re quite unique and amusing! They feature a round shape with subtle repetitive facets and a geometrically intriguing form. And this holiday home in Japan’s Chiba prefecture is inspired by a circus tent! Called, the Circus, the home is designed by architect Hitoshi Saruta of the Tokyo-based studio Cubo Design Architect. It was commissioned by a client who is a massive car lover, and wanted a space that would hold him, and his cars!

Designer: Hitoshi Saruta of Cubo Design Architect

The home was designed to enable the client to ‘spend time with cars’.  The circular tent-like shape of the home was selected since its quite flexible and provides a spacious interior, where the client’s cars can be showcased and displayed with ease. The generosity and openness of the interior allow each car to be shown off proudly. However, as flamboyant as the home is on the inside, it is as simple and mysterious on the outside. The exterior of the holiday home features a rather dark color. The tensile form of the tent-like home adds to this mysteriousness, creating a facade that is quite discreet. “In contrast to a typical house with a built-in garage, the aim here was to blur the boundaries between people, cars, and rooms in a relaxed environment,” said the architect.

“Viewed from below, the frame of the house evokes an open paper umbrella, an intentional reference to Japanese design. The client has a playful personality and suggested many fun ideas that we incorporated throughout the house, and on weekends it is filled with car-loving friends. Like a grown-up version of the secret hideouts we built on empty lots as children, the project was as much fun to design as it is to inhabit.” concluded the architect.

The monochrome outer walls are slanted and join on top to create a 24-sided volume. The interior of the structure is built using advanced prefabricated timber and precision steel hardware manufacturing technologies. This produces a space that is like a sophisticated and refined garage. It can be quite aptly coined as ‘garage living’. It allows people and cars to coexist and live in synchronicity side by side. The second floor of the home is on a raised level and holds the private living space of the owner. It consists of a bedroom and a central Jacuzzi with a waterfall shower.

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