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Outdoor Horizontal Fences, Walls Wood Patio, Porch, Deck Wire Fences, Walls Woodland Design Photos and Ideas

Architect Kengo Kuma designed a floating, transparent structure supported by very thin steel columns. Transparency was a common design goal for the entire project.

Inspired by the surrounding landscape of chestnut trees, rocky hillside, and bubbling stream, Portuguese architecture firm 3r Ernesto Pereira chose to blend into, and take advantage of, the local geography rather than fight against it at this sleek, modern home near the coastal city of Porto. At a cost of €100,000 (approximately $125,000) and measuring about 140 square meters, this stunning, wood-and-glass retreat took about four months to construct.

On the entry side, the house is a single-story long gable structure.

The exterior decks are made of silicon-modified pine from OrganoWood.

Elevated on steel posts, the central volume and exterior deck project west toward the sea.

Pictured on the left is the former cottage that's located on the north side of the house. It houses two bedrooms, a kitchenette, dining area, bathroom, and a mud room.