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The 5,000-square-foot home has a striking reflective facade

By Liz Stinson
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The exterior of a house which has concrete walls and a front facade which consist entirely of glass. The house is surrounded by trees. Photo by Maxime Delvaux via Dezeen

The Hercule house in Luxembourg might be a simple box, but it’s likely the fanciest box you’ve ever seen. Built from concrete, reflective glass, and wood, the materials rise above their commonality to create a stunning and unexpected modern abode.

Architecture studio 2001 designed the house with a glassy front facade that reflects the surrounding landscape like an infinity room. The home’s front door is built into the slope of the land; visitors enter the house almost like waking into a bunker.

A living area with concrete floors, floor to ceiling windows overlooking a patio, and a yellow couch. Photo by Maxime Delvaux via Dezeen
A living area with a yellow couch, black table and chairs, and an attached patio area. The walls are concrete. Photo by Maxime Delvaux via Dezeen

Once inside, the house opens into the lowest of three floors where there’s a sprawling living space that includes the kitchen, dining area, and living room that opens onto an enclosed patio. Upstairs, three bedrooms and bathrooms comprise the part of the house that juts up from the plot of land.

A bedroom area with concrete walls and ceilings and floor to ceiling windows overlooking a yard. There is a bed with grey bed linens and grey curtains on one wall. Photo by Maxime Delvaux via Dezeen

The entire house adheres to a consistent palette of concrete, wood, and glass, resulting in a home that luxuriates in details—large, open bathrooms, parquet wood flooring in the bedrooms—rather than sheer variety.

A bathroom with a wooden floor and tub and one concrete wall. Photo by Maxime Delvaux via Dezeen

Via: Dezeen

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