A house is not a museum. And the clients for a 3,000-square-foot weekend retreat in Connecticut clearly knew that.

Record Houses 2010: Mountain House Pittman Dowell Residence Project X Tree House Villa Vals Woodstock Farm Well Hall Project Specs Project X Almere, The Netherlands Ren' Van Zuuk Architekten << Return to article the People Client: René van Zuuk & Marjo Körner Architect: Ren' Van Zuuk Architekten Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Office: René van Zuuk Architekten b.v., Almere  / NL Design: René van Zuuk Structural Engineer: Van de Laar, Eindhoven  / NL Photographer(s): Christian Richters   the Products Walls: Rockwool; Alvon; Rigips; Calduran; Cembonit Floors: Unidek Roof: Dow Corning; Hertalan Ventilation: Stork Plumbing: Duravit

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Record Houses 2010: Mountain House Pittman Dowell Residence Project X Tree House Villa Vals Woodstock Farm Well Hall Project Specs Tree House Tokyo Mount Fuji Architects Studio << Return to article the People Architect: Masahiro Harada+MAO/MOUNT FUJI ARCHITECTS STUDIO Akasaka heights 501 9-5-26 Akasaka,Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0052 *tel+fax +81(0)3-3475-1800 Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Architect of record: Naoto Ishii Engineer(s):Jun Sato structural engineers Consultant(s): Shin-ei General contractor: Asterisk Builders Photographer(s): Ken'ichi Suzuki +81 4 7171 0186 Shinkenchiku-sha +81 3 3811 7101 CAD system, project management, or other software used: Vector works   the Products Structural system: Wood

Inspired by that magical space sheltered beneath leafy, deciduous branches, Tree House, designed by Mount Fuji Architects Studio, revolves around a single column measuring 4 feet in diameter that supports frames (aka “branches”) of engineered wood.

Record Houses 2010: Mountain House Pittman Dowell Residence Project X Tree House Villa Vals Woodstock Farm Well Hall Project Specs Villa Vals Vals, Switzerland SeARCH and CMA << Return to article the People Architect: SeARCH and CMA SeARCH bv Hamerstraat 3 NL - 1021 JT  Amsterdam T +31 (0)20 788 99 00 F +31 (0)20 788 99 11 info@search.nl www.search.nl Design: Bjarne Mastenbroek and Christian Müller Christian Müller Architects Delftseplein 36 NL - 3013 AA  Rotterdam T +31 (0) 10 213 67 63 mail@christian-muller.com www.christian-muller.com Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Assistants: SeARCH > Louis Toebosch, Ton Gilissen,

Record Houses 2010: Mountain House Pittman Dowell Residence Project X Tree House Villa Vals Woodstock Farm Well Hall Project Specs Well Hall Lantian, China maDA s.p.a.m. << Return to article the People Owner: JADE VALLEY Wine & Resort Corporation Ltd. Architect: MADA s.p.a.m. No 2,Lane 134 Xinle Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 86-21-54041166 86-21-54046646 Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Architect of record:  Qingyun Ma General contractor: 15 Lantian local old craftsmen lead by Qingcai Zhang and Jingtan Zhou  in Xiao Zhai Village Photographer(s): Sunny Chen   the Products Exterior claddingMasonry: Red bricks masonry; Blue bricks (Fire-clay Brick)