Residences that take cues from the canal houses in Belgium and the Netherlands, and minimal wood-clad homes in Scandinavia feature in this new development on the outskirts of Atlanta.
The new community called Serenbe was founded by Steve Nygren, who describes himself as a "developer by default". He purchased 60 acres (24 hectares) of the area, complete with a farm, in 1991. Now, the sprawling area is ever-growing with housing and commercial ventures.
Serenbe includes a community called Grange, featuring a row of white townhouses and a farm
Located in Georgia's Chattahoochee Hill Country, and a 30 minutes drive from Atlanta International Airport, Serenbe is characterised by its red clay earth, rolling hills and dense pine forests, as well as its dense neighbourhoods. A stone house forms part of Selbroune, the development's first neighbourhood
Nygren sought to harness the area's natural charm by creating a new type of neighbourhood in this undeveloped area south of the city ? one that focused on community, rather than space and isolation often found in America's sprawling suburbs.
"I wanted to be focused on being a town versus a development," he told Dezeen.
A minimal white house with a glass front also features at Serenbe
As an attempt to save the area from cookie-cutter houses on large plots, Nygren chose to build free-standing homes close to one another and have them centred around a main commercial strip, complete with several townhouses structures.
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