This home in Oregon by <a href="https://www.seallp.com/">Scott Edwards Architecture</a> has many lovely features that are only possible on a huge private tract of land. You can't put a glass house in a neighborhood unless you want to be the view! It's very wide, but it doesn't require too much of a level surface because one end is cantilevered to, you guessed it, enhance the view. The back of the house appears more accessible, but still has plenty of mountain-viewing area.

The interior is ultra modern, but also incorporates nature because you can see mountains for miles from almost any room. One caveat from my experience is that in the cantilevered room, you may experience vertigo near the glass walls, which I once alleviated by placing large houseplants in that area so you don't step too close to the glass. The aerial view shows us there are fairly large gardens around the property as well. But I'd like to know what that huge building off to the right of the house is for. Maybe it's a workshop, or maybe storage for all the things you must remove from a home to make it look this minimalist.

See more pictures of the gorgeous <a href="https://www.contemporist.com/modern-house-goes-wide-instead-of-high/">home built for the view</a> at Contemporist. -via <a href="https://nagonthelake.blogspot.com/">Nag on the Lake&nbsp;</a>#architecture #view #glasshouse

A Home Built for the View

You know what they say about world travel- by the time you can afford it, you're too tired to do it. Pandemic restrictions are also putting a damper on traveling these days. But there's a workaround. Alex Shakespeare built what he calls the Window to the World. It's an LED screen in the shape of a window that displays livestream views of places you'd like to see! People have done that before, but this one comes with a control panel, a map that allows you to select what window you want to look out of in the world. Just move a cute little magnetic airplane to the location you want to see.

But there's more! A thermal sensor above the window knows when you are looking, and it can shift the perspective of the video feed according to your angle at the window. Cool. This is not (yet) a product for sale, but Shakespeare <a href="https://alexshakespeare.com/2021/12/world-window/">has the project posted at his site</a> if you want to make it yourself. -via <a href="https://gizmodo.com/drop-a-magnet-on-this-map-and-a-fake-window-provides-li-1848184939">Gizmodo</a>&nbsp;#window #view #DIY