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The Radius House simply had to be ceiling number one in this ideabook, as the ceiling itself is made up of beautiful timber radii, and rules over all of the resulting architectural moves made in the house.

I feel sorry for whoever gets relegated to sitting on the black settee in this living area. That poor soul ends up missing out on all this...

Some additional steel posts can be seen near the perimeter: supporting beams that traverse doors, for example. This house echoes Frank Lloyd Wright's thinking, but instead of a fireplace, the hearth is this structural spiral about which the house pivots.

While the exterior looks out through glass walls to the trees, the interior is focused on a structural column. The wood beams radiating from this spot make the shape of the house clear, as well as one's position within the plan.More: The L-Shaped House PlanThe U-Shaped House PlanLiving La Vida Linear

First, by way of background, I participated in a Houzz ideabook discussion centered around some unusual elements of a project I had recently completed. The design was provocative and elicited many comments, some kind and some not. As much as I appreciate a compliment, I was most absorbed by the comments that began, "If this were my house, I would have … " Or, "If it were me, I’d have done … " This unearthed a common stereotype of an architect’s work: that we are arrogant egomaniacs who bully clients into building our own visions. I will consent that those architects do indeed exist (that sentence may have just cost me any future American Institute of Architects membership), and I often have to fight back this stereotype early on in my client relationships. But instead of discussing stereotypes, let’s discuss what architecture should be. My response to these comments? Of course. Of course it would be different. Of course it would reflect you.If I were a musician, and person A from a small town in Michigan hired me to write a piece of music that was a celebration of her life, that piece of music would be significantly different than a piece of music written to celebrate the life of person B, who lives in Los Angeles. That is how it should be, and architecture is simply frozen music (or so said Johann Wolfgang von Goethe).

ceiling & steel rod column

wood ceiling

great wood beams

the roof is very beatiful

Lights on and above beams

good...................

ceiling and windows

Spectacular!

Sue

Dramatic

Coffee table

Patio

what not to like?

pabellón tejido

Beauty

The roof and ceiling

I just died and went to heaven.

Butch office

Resort home

todo

could we do something like this with our ceiling?

nice wooden frame

Wow

:: drools:: everything

Architecture

Outdoor mad scientist's workshop

Patio

The layers and roof line

Sitting area

Structure

cool idea for patio

morden wood design

This is amazing

Brasil house

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incredible spiraling ceiling with different heights

ceiling

Ceiling and light

The roof trellis is a good idea for outside trellis.

Open space divided with consideration of ceiling and floor layout

Beams

Terrace shades,curved

Ceiling strucure

wow

Sala

Grate

like

This is a really striking use of different textures

The use of wood.. y glass

modern house

Roof

the feeling of being outside and the back landscape

wooden ceiling, mixed colour furn, cool space

this is it!!

unique archetecture

patio

FLW Radius House, Vivian Dwyer

The story that goes with it

Ceiling detail

Concept

Outdoor living ---decking feature.

beautiful space.

stairs at cottage

Mood shot for upcoming restaurant design, The Harp

furniture

Rock wall

Celinemy

2. texture: this room has a rough texture, it gives a uncomfertable feeling. with the concrete, the bars, the wood, etc, it just doesn't seem too comfertable.

Dynamic roof structure

al;fresco furniture

Look

Woodwork.

glulam beams

Indoor outdoor with rock and warm tones

wood

amazing ceiling design

Nice space outdoor room Art architect

double volume area

Segmented, rotunda roofline; would work well for an elevated end-piece, descending to the right (or Left) showing each individual beam. Similar to a folding fan.

nice

Ceiling or porch cover

Table!!!

Awesome ceiling

the architecture!

the wood and the shape

Wow

sunroom cieling color

Techo de chia

Ceiling beams are fenomenal !!!

awesome ceiling

Breathtaking, this ceiling. It's an archetectural symphony, the lines throughout.

design

Everything.

True talent!

lights on beams.

Diiferent

Great level change

Love the light, wood and windows that bring the outdoors inside.

HOW BOUT A PATIO - DECK ROOF LIKE THIS!

Wow.

Frank

ceiling is cool

roof design with steel posts instead?

Wow

rf

wow

Now that is a patio

Wow

Spectacular wooden ceiling with open top...

Radius hosue

cool

cool

Open room/ transition

Awesome roof.

Awesome

spiral wood repetition flowing through the architecture of the ceiling

The steps mirror the ceiling beams. The rock wall brings the side of the hill inside the home.

la separation en brique, les niveaux

Roof

dynamic indoor/outdoor space

wooden ceiling - dramatic without loosing the connection to the outside

unusually shaped roof

Beautiful structure suggests movement both above & below the inhabitants as they transverse the space.

Trusses in spiral, organic.

the wooden ceiling and its movement

use of radius

structure

Woodstock

Wood color

it my friends house

Love the wood..such a fabulous feature!

Think Deferent !

jh

All the wood over top

Cabaña (techo)

ceiling

Wow ceiling!

print

everything

Outdoor patio; circular beam pattern

Working with Structural Elements to produce space

Structure of ceiling is nice

Outdoor sitting area

wooden detail open space

Salon

i like the spoked beams and the windows on the other side.

Ахренеть!

Unique

roof

cool ceiling joists

Light, planter, stonework, furniture, ceiling

piso real

Ceiling

Cubierta

ceiling

The ceiling and the floor, spirals, fins, repitition

oooohhhhh

Quincho LT

design is easy to use and apply in many areas, even on a budget. great covered pergola for the rondelle outside

architecture

Look at that roof - amazing so open & interesting.

wooden porticos

Ceiling!

Cool

Padre

looking at the side steps as a way to get to outdoor seating near palms. Also patio or shelter of sorts could be in a fan shape, similar to what is seen here...

The fun it brings to the look. It is a magnificent focal point

Esta chevere el techo, no?

Interesting patio design

IT IS GREAT ARHITECTURAL PIECE

love the entire building, openness, the inside outside

映画みたい

Beams

Covered yet beautiful

Everything

Wheel cieling

dach vor allem

Amazing. Love exposed beams

pergola style

all Earth elements

LOVE

Ceiling

Casa loca

ceiling above entrance foyer and extended into living on mezz

just wow

funky

look at that ceiling, the rock work

for patio overhand

what a view

Externa

Ceiling

Good

ceiling

Great outdoor space. Fabulous architecture.