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Allandale House: A Creative Getaway

June 23rd, 2010








A-frame houses have always seemed like they would be strange places to live. The extreme roof angle just seemed like it would be a major space limitation. Of course, if I had the opportunity to stay in this modern vacation house by William O’Brien Jr., I wouldn’t complain. The interior is so pure and simplified. The use of space, from the smooth angles of the ceiling to the inset bookshelves gives the house its beautiful nature.

The house has a fairly large amount of space considering it’s vertical composition. It’s divided into three A-frames. The western A-frame (left side) contains a library, wine cellar and garage. The middle A-frame has two floors of bedrooms and bathrooms while the eastern A-frame (right side) has the living, kitchen and dining room areas.

How amazing this would be to wake and get creative next to the massive windows while the fog rolled in. Perhaps this house is more of a creative getaway than just a vacation house.

Images via Buzz Beast

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  1. Doug Sheets says:
    06/23/2010 at 9:46 AM

    Nice find, I would love to live and work in a place like that!

  2. Tweets that mention WANKEN - Blog » Allandale House -- Topsy.com says:
    06/23/2010 at 9:57 AM

    [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Nathan Bowers and Jon MacDonald, Shelby White. Shelby White said: A modern, A-Frame getaway for creatives http://blog.wanken.com/2010/06/23/allandale-house/ [...]

  3. Tristen says:
    06/23/2010 at 10:20 AM

    This is absolutely gorgeous. I always find simplicity and minimalist so stunning. I want to live there… but it’ll never happen I’m afraid. *sigh*

  4. Allandale House: A Creative Getaway | Design You Trust says:
    06/23/2010 at 11:06 AM

    [...] Source: Wanken Blog [...]

  5. Kevin says:
    06/23/2010 at 1:48 PM

    so crazy that these are renderings….

  6. Shelby White says:
    06/23/2010 at 1:50 PM

    I was hoping someone would pick up on that ;).

  7. J.Meyers / MNMT says:
    06/23/2010 at 1:50 PM

    Kevin – no kidding – these are NUTS!!!

  8. Kevin says:
    06/23/2010 at 1:54 PM

    more of the artist’s work. pretty amazing: http://www.peterguthrie.net/visualisation/

  9. Ian Houghton says:
    06/23/2010 at 5:45 PM

    I want a ski lodge modelled on this building, it’s gorgeous.

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  12. WANKEN - Blog » Peter Guthrie says:
    07/15/2010 at 8:02 AM

    [...] most realistic I’ve ever seen in this field. So good in fact that I only found out that the Allandale House images were 3D by digging deeper and coming across Peter’s [...]

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  15. architectural Illustrator says:
    01/03/2012 at 10:02 AM

    I love the minimalism in both the design and the illustration.

  16. Marius says:
    04/07/2012 at 1:43 PM

    I could just sit and watch that view for like forever.


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