5 cool camouflage homes
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Industrial designer Russell Wright designed this retreat, called Dragon
Rock, in the 1960s. Nestled into a rocky hillside among 75 acres of trees and
woodland gardens, the house and studio overlook a quarry pond. The home's
“camouflage features” include a vertical tree trunk supports in the dining
area, jutting rock-face in the great room and bathroom, a living green roof and
a naturalistic terrace overlooking the quarry lake.<br />
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Carved into the dunes of Atlantic Beach, Florida
these two psychedelic apartments are pure 1970s. Native landscaping on the
exterior ensures comfortable 70-degree temperatures indoors. Created by
architect William Morgan, they were constructed using technology that was
devised to create gunite swimming pools. The two-story suites include
beach-level terraces, lower level living spaces and upper level bed- and
bathrooms accessible via a common stairway. The home is currently on the market
for $1 million.<br />
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This modern cube, which stands behind a San Francisco
row house, is actually an art studio. The verdant plant life that grows on its
walls was introduced to make the boxy building blend into the property's
adjacent parkland. Where the cube is now, there used to be a humble storage
shed. Scott Green Landscape Architects redesigned the structure. It now serves
as both a garden sculpture and a shelter.<br />
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What looks like left-over boulders from the Stone Age is actually a house.
Casa do Penedo or the 'House of Stone', was built until 1974 with four
different boulders. The Portuguese getaway has no electricity so the homeowners
use candlelight to see when indoors. That said, the house the boasts a cozy
fireplace, a swimming pool carved into stone and logs for stairs.<br />
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This mini-dwelling is disguised as a pile of wood that's been stacked for
the winter. In actuality, the building is a pre-fab structure made of steel and
plastic. The log-like appearance was achieved by applying a wood veneer. When
its windows are popped open, light pours in, making it perfect for a recording
and practice studio for musician Hans Liberg.<br />
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If you’ve ever wished you could just disappear, a camouflage home may be the
answer. Noticeably unnoticeable, the sometimes-quirky, sometimes-glorious homes
run the architectural gamut from sprawling modern estates to funky little mud
huts built by hand. So, what’s the one thing they all have in common? Design
that emphasizes disguise.<br />
Consider the Casa do Penedo, or House of Stone. Fashioned from a space
created by four monolithic stones, the house blends into the landscape in a way
that is as fanciful as it is comical. The house was built in 1974 as a getaway
for the Portuguese family that owns it in a location that was remote and
private. But now its owner reports having to vacation elsewhere to escape the
droves of curious onlookers who visit it each year.<br />
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