OF Studio Designs Brutalist Concrete House Integrated into Argentine Mountainside
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Kate Mazade
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Summary
International architecture practice OF Studio has designed Brutal Honesty, a 571-square-meter concrete house built into a mountainside in Mendoza, Argentina. The brutalist-style residence features a cantilevered terrace and sloped foundations that follow the natural terrain, taking six years to complete. The design emphasizes integration with the landscape, with the house appearing to emerge from the mountain itself.
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Completed in 2024, the 571-square metre (6,146-square-foot) house known as Brutal Honesty took six years to construct on the edge of a canyon
OF Studio has designed a concrete house that grows out of a mountainside in Mendoza, Argentina
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