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Nature first, design second. An Indian home teaches its residents to live greener

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Wallmakers's concept targeted the creation of a building that would let the landscape remain in focus. - Syam Sreesylam
The two-bedroom home emerges from the rock bed. - Syam Sreesylam
Beams fashioned from precast poured debris earth and 4,000 discarded plastic bottles wrap around the site’s three large tamarind trees. - Syam Sreesylam

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Design, Architecture
Client
Private
Floor Area
197 sq-m

A house in Shoolagiri – a village in Tamil Nadu, India – embodies the idea of ‘camouflage architecture’, blending into its surroundings with sustainable d

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