Article source: Dan and Hila Israelevitz Architects

Two level house, ground floor and basement. The building’s concept is an integration with the natural landscape in the area and in the plot, while creating a dramatic entrance façade that is still restrained and mysterious toward the street. Instead of highlighting the large and regular windows, and the doors, the idea was to hint at the building by creating two concrete beams with a line of trees between them.

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• Architects: Dan and Hila Israelevitz Architects
• Project: House in Shfela
• Location: Shfela, Israel
• Plot area: 12,000 square meters
• Gardened area: 5,000 square meters
• Built area: 750 square meters
• End of construction: 2014
• Plot/ environment analysis: a house on an estate

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