House in the Landscape
Russian studio Niko Architect has sunk a Teletubby-style house underneath an artificial hill punctuated by conical skylights that pop out of its planted roof.

Called House in the Landscape, the three-bedroom home near Moscow is hidden under lawn-covered hummocks.

The funky green roof is reminiscent of the green domed house was the house of the Teletubbies, a popular British children’s television show.
Towards the north it opens out with glazed walls that wrap around a courtyard overlooking a pond.

Contrasting the green landscape, the flowing walls of the home are finished by Niko Architect in smooth white render.
Photography by : Vasiliy Khurtin
Winding paths and staircases on either side follow the contours of the hill to provide. they lead to a large, curved concrete front door. House in the Landscape’s roughly U-shaped plan is organised according to the movement of the sun throughout the day.

Light enters through the skylights above the living areas in the morning, and from those above the bedrooms in the evening.
Photography by : Vasiliy Khurtin
 
The large living, dining and kitchen area is finished with a cave-like roof that follows the shape of the hill above.

In the living area, a sunken circular seating area sits underneath a large skylight surrounding a ceiling-mounted log burner.

A curved wooden partition separates it from the dining area.
An open corridor leads to the western wing, where the master be...