Studio Arthur Casas tops sprawling NVD House in Brazil with putting green
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...
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