Breuer was hired to construct this impressive house by the Sayer family, and in doing so modified an earlier unbuilt design.
>the house was organized around a spectacular living room–kitchen, with private rooms tucked inside a hull, and covered by a hyperbolic-parabolic concrete shell resting on three polyhedral pillars. No supporting walls, no interruptions.
>Today, Villa Sayer is still a wonder to behold, an aesthetic shock. The double-curved roof, in communion with the Norman farmland, appears to float and evokes a supernatural force. This exhilarating architectural form claims most of the attention, yet Breuer’s true success lies in the design’s extraordinary attention to detail. The striking geometry of the three supporting pillars calls to mind the mysterious polyhedrons in Albrecht Dürer’s famous engraving Melencolia I. Although its facade is predominantly concrete, there are rhythmic tectonics and varied surface treatments—such as the burnt and sanded grain of the wood shutters
archineering says
Breuer was hired to construct this impressive house by the Sayer family, and in doing so modified an earlier unbuilt design.
>the house was organized around a spectacular living room–kitchen, with private rooms tucked inside a hull, and covered by a hyperbolic-parabolic concrete shell resting on three polyhedral pillars. No supporting walls, no interruptions.
>Today, Villa Sayer is still a wonder to behold, an aesthetic shock. The double-curved roof, in communion with the Norman farmland, appears to float and evokes a supernatural force. This exhilarating architectural form claims most of the attention, yet Breuer’s true success lies in the design’s extraordinary attention to detail. The striking geometry of the three supporting pillars calls to mind the mysterious polyhedrons in Albrecht Dürer’s famous engraving Melencolia I. Although its facade is predominantly concrete, there are rhythmic tectonics and varied surface treatments—such as the burnt and sanded grain of the wood shutters
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JMacRed says
Nice.
laks_srini says
Stunning.
Ivaninho02 says
Gosh, I wonder how much is it worth.
Holymolyyo says
Breuer <3