Moebius House by Tony Owen Partners in Australia

Moebius House is the family house in Sydney, Australia, that faces onto views of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge. Designed by architects Tony Owen Partners, Moebius House explores elastic home design with micro changes to design criteria, a more environmentally sensitive form of design called ‘micro design’. Micro design utilises parametric modelling software which can respond to very small changes to design input criteria. The unique form is a response to the requirements to maintain view and solar corridors.

Tony Owen Architects started by responding to the site with a series of movements which folded and twisted the space in order to maximise the changes of level, view opportunities and potential for connectivity to outside spaces at various ground planes. They created a dynamic model capable of responding to changes in these variables and allowed the models to run in real time. The architects then stopped the model when they felt they had a model which satisfied their concerns. The house has a fluidity of space which is a direct result of having a strong relationship with the surrounding landscape. Due to the complex geometry of this house and the need for such fine tolerances, we had to evolve a completely new system of fabrication and assembly for this house which more closely resembled that of a car.

Gallery of Exterior Design

This house at Swettenham Green is a exclusive residence located off Holland Road. On the level of aesthetics, home exterior design provides an external and sophisticated compliment to the architecture of a house. The exterior can also make home owners feel good about the state of their house. Such a thing can be achieved with simple paint jobs on siding or with more elaborate work such as more elaborate roofing, painting, chimney work, and windows or even adding additions such as bay windows, porches or extra rooms.

Minimalist Home Architecture

Outdoor Living design ideas (photos)

Fences design ideas (photos)

Contemporary rendered facade with good street appeal. Fence adds security but without blocking any views from the lower level.

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Exterior design ideas and photos

My home, lots of sun

A mother makes a layer of the glass area of 4 m2 in ceiling spaces guests. The optimal light successfully get it, but hot enough in the space-especially when the blazing sun is shining.

To overcome the sting of summer, the mother had to install AC in the room. Result, the temperature in the room to be quite cool, but it still feels hot, so AC should continue to work with a relatively low temperature! The desire to get the ideal light, but has met the high temperature in the room had spent much energy and money. This story illustrates that the real light to enter the house without planning would create inconvenience.

The main problem when designing natural lighting in the home is how to overcome the heat and glare due to sun radiation. Meanwhile, for the quality of light, similar principle, such as artificial lighting (light from the light source). stars ?????- architect who designed several times skylight-menuturkan, natural lighting design begins from the determination of the function room followed by a list of activities in that space. Of analysis can be found a list of needs, including the needs of light.

In general, the inclusion of natural light divided into 2, side lighting (light from the side) and top lighting (light from above). Side lighting (such as a window) have other advantages, that is, the view outside to enter the room. In many cases, the window often can not be made-usually because the wall adjacent neighbors. Thus, light can only enter from the top (top lighting). With top lighting (such as a skylight), we do not get many view as a window but the light that is more equitable and quality.