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La Cornelia Rammed Earth House

Posted by admin on May 9th, 2010 under - La Cornelia House, Concept Design Ideas Tags: , ,  •  Comments Off

A touch of contemporary mixed with clean geometry and tied together with natural colors, materials and textures = a good recipe. That’s what we believe and is the result of the inspiration to blend indoor and outdoor living with style.

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A close up of the entrance on the north side.

La Cornelia-south

South view. All rooms have vaulted ceilings with an abundance of light. The kitchen is on the left, living room in the middle and the master bedroom is on the right.

La-Cornelia-Master-Bedroom-Patio

Master bedroom patio with round opening in green roof to let in  direct sun.

La-Cornelia-South-West-View

South west view.

La-Cornelia-Rammed-Earth-House-west

West view. There is an open courtyard between the yoga studio and kitchen.

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Closeup of the yoga studio which is semi-detached from home, perfect to host yoga classes.

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A closer view of the courtyard between the kitchen and yoga studio.

La-Cornelia-Kitchen

The kitchen is very spacious, plenty of seating and counter area. The table doubles as a large work area when needed and is at the same height as the rest of the counters.

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The view looking out of the kitchen and into part of the living room.

Master-bathroom

Master bathroom with curved teak vanity. We used stone to give a little contrast to the rammed earth.

La-Cornelia-Aerial

Aerial view showing the green roof with the interesting roof line of the house.

Insulated Rammed earth wall building workshop – April 19-28

Posted by admin on March 28th, 2010 under Uncatgorized Tags:  •  No Comments

Learn to build insulated rammed earth walls, including footings and more in our next workshop from April 19-28. Follow the workshops/training link on the right hand column to learn more.