The residents of this house in São Paulo, designed by local architecture firm Studio Arthur Casas, can bathe in a cantilevered swimming pool and play golf on the roof.

NVD House by Studio Arthur Casas is a three-storey home in the Brazilian city's luxury golf course community, Quinta da Baroneza, which also contains lakes, forests, an equestrian centre and Brazil's Atibaia River.

A grass roof covers over the series of L- and T-shaped volumes clad in stone, glass and wood-like aluminium that make up the 1,277-square-metre residence.

Arranged together, the geometric volumes form cantilevers and lookout points across the residence, including private terraces, gardens, a rooftop that serves as a golf course, and an elevated swimming pool wrapped in pale stones.
"Placed in a land with a native forest surrounding it in the interior of São Paulo, the project has the house's programme distributed in a dynamic mix of volumes with great spans and cantilevers," said Studio Arthur Casas.

The studio designed NVD House as a weekend residence for a couple with their three children. The aim was to take "advantage of the maximum integration between the ambiences and of the amplitude of the spaces".

The house includes a master suite, office and three children's bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms on its top floor. Private balconies have glass railings, and the L-shaped volume is clad in a wood-like aluminium skin.
Below, on the middle level, is a cross-shaped floor t...