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In reply to the discussion: If you were to build your dreamhome, what would it look like? Show us a picture. [View all]Xyzse
(8,217 posts)Being originally from the tropics, I like solid cement and stone construction. However, since I've been living in the US, I now know how central heating is uber important.
I like the idea of clean spartan lines from the outside, and the idea of having part of the house boxing off a square garden.
I have oriental and occidental influences, and so I like the idea of the sense of control and utilitarian design in Japanese houses while I enjoy the Western sense of coziness.
I mean, the closest thing I can think of at the moment for it is this house:
http://www.home-designing.com/2012/01/when-a-stranger-calls-movie-house


Perhaps one day I'll scan it, but it is in a large sheet that I used during college ARCH class before I decided that I didn't want to be an architect after all.