Is This the Best Modern House in the World? (House Tour)

[@BCJDM]

A man can dream, all I did for 8 minutes was imagine my own life living in that house.

[@sneat2028]

... Or, a man can work hard and build a house for himself, it doesn't have to be this type of house.

[@makarandpawar6223]

How beautifully you said it ❤

[@originaluddite]

While I just imagined visiting it for a really good party.

[@annakeye]

@Jesus is coming. Read the Gospel. Don't spam this video with your nonsense.

[@RB-jn4lk]

May Allah fulfils your dream, not for 8 minutes visual dream tour but a real one, one that you can call a dream home…( in sha Allah) 🙂

[@CAMOBAP795]

The house looks simple, but ... I can't imagine how many smart decisions were made and how many difficult technical challenges were solved to build it. Great job!

[@hazelwray4184]

You can't image many smart decisions were made?

[@janjan55555]

@@hazelwray4184 For this house?! Come on, you 've seen these designs before...

[@jmc8076]

@@hazelwray4184 Obv a typo. Read whole comment.

[@karroketo]

Nothing simple here, this house costed MILLIONS of British Pounds, surreal house Tadao Ando and FLLW would be delighted

[@unistudent4002]

@@karroketo it’s in Australia, not Britain.

[@yeaimzeus]

This place is absolutely amazing omg. The rock exposures, all of the greenery! It looks so warm and homey even though it's all concrete. Possibly the best looking house I've EVER seen.

[@ChrVoigt]

I see it the complete opposite: outside & greenery nice, setting into the landscape nice, inside so cold as we were some stoneage people living in a cave...sorry but inside a lot is missing for me. Compare e.g. to kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3bYYaF-ltWknJI where a good balance fro my opinion was made.

[@kerosene4751]

Warm and homey? What are you smoking? The whole place would echo like one big bathroom. At night when winding down after a long day, you don't want to be surrounded by concrete everywhere.

[@pollyseip]

7:28 … taking a moment to appreciate the musical score. Everything is beautiful about this. The house, the landscape, the filming, the commentary, the intent, the music, etc.

[@RaphaelAguirre]

The execution level is incredible. The way the windows rails and ceiling fixture are directly attached within the structure means that the planing has been meticulous. This is a testament to the arquitect(s) and builder(s). This level of simplicity is remarquably hard to produce. Kudos.

[@RR-rv3hm]

Is This the Best Modern House in the World? Absolutely not! You have to see villas in Bali, they have the best villas I've ever seen

[@Mega_Cribs]

Wow

[@Mega_Cribs]

Wow

[@ref2491]

This is quite literally my dream home design! So beautiful and elegant. Embracing it's place as part of the environment rather than removed from it. Thank you for sharing.

[@bmbullman]

I'm not alone! As of this comment, at least 229 people like this style of house! My wife hates it though, so I don't think it's ever in the cards for me, sadly.

[@Loooppp]

239 people with concrete in their dreams....

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... its* place (it's = it is) ...

[@JP-xd6fm]

@@bmbullman So all of you people are, I would call, a type of "psychopaths", this concrete cold design are for people who have no feelings whatsoever and can't enjoy being home. It looks too cold, aseptic, sad, lonely... I don't know, I can appreciate the design itself but I'll never consider this a home.

[@bmbullman]

@@JP-xd6fm That's a bit extreme... You could have just said, "well, it's not for me, but I'm glad there's something out there for everyone!" See how much more positive that is?

[@juanpablocorreiaecheverria2857]

That’s a beautiful house! I love when architects make the building an extension of the nature.

[@RR-rv3hm]

Is This the Best Modern House in the World? Absolutely not! You have to see villas in Bali, they have the best villas I've ever seen

[@amorfo9127]

What?, extension of nature?, use your eyes pls, is fu.ck1ng box of concrete...

[@michaelnicola5210]

I’m speechless. This house will be famous and revisited many times over the years. It is already iconic.

[@ASkippingRock]

I love the clean lines and simple palette of materials. Keeping the structure visually simple makes the detail of everything else exaggerated. Really lovely.

[@ericgrigorof1509]

Simply incredible how the house blends into the landscape, like a rocky outcrop

[@xelvhd2778]

This has got to be THE best looking house I have EVER seen in my life! Total goosebumps while watching!

[@isabellewhite3505]

I agree wholeheartedly

[@lorranv3112]

I agree with you and I have seen many dream houses but this one is THE ONE in the right place.

[@chinthadanansooriya9442]

Me too

[@marcoziervogel6957]

Agree

[@sm3675]

Same!! I brought a notepad- there's so much to love about this home ✍️!

[@artel6225]

I watched this 9 times as fan of Fallingwater house & TLP. TLP this is one of the best ever house's you've shown us imo. Board formed concrete, floor to ceiling glass Crittal styled in some places, integrated electricals/HVAC, beautifully selected wood, blended light wells & house merged into rocks knockout, not forgetting living roofs. Arresting, breath taking work JSA.

[@Troy-Moses]

An overlooked and subtle detail which I really appreciate is that dimensional lumber was used for the roof concrete formwork, thus imprinting the wood grain and planks into the concrete... Though the style of the house itself may not be unique, the execution is superb.

[@ThePeej]

Fighting back tears… what an absolutely beautiful monument to humanity’s union with nature & with one another.

[@kerosene4751]

Oh please. It has a tennis court - the furthest from a union with nature you can get. Concrete everywhere, it's an assembly of grey blocks.

[@ThePeej]

@@kerosene4751 our ancestors sought refuge in stone caves for millennia. For some of us, those genes still express themselves & invoke a feeling of comfort & safety in such an edifice.

[@kerosene4751]

@@ThePeej That is so pretentious. Are you aware every human being alive today is connected to cave-dwelling, spear-throwing, ancestors? We all come from early humans who painted cave walls. That has NOTHING to do with chopping down trees today and placing large concrete blocks, driveways and tennis courts on the land.

[@julieuk5855]

Everytime I watch a The Local Project short file, I learn something new each time. You cannot take your eye off it for a minute, as you will miss so much.x

[@KaliMaLover]

INCREDIBLE. James Stockwell Architects are genius and master artist for being able to build a house where concrete and glass come together in a way that blends in harmoniously with nature. I would have loved to see a link to get more details about the cost and amount of time the build took to completion. In addtion, how the garden aspect of the entire house and property were created. This truly feels like next level kind of architecture, quite inspiring....I look forward to the possibility of one day when this level of mastery and artistry is available for EVERY house built on this planet....one can wish and imagine....

[@y0landa543]

every video on this channel makes me want to pack my backs, go to australia and become an architect- just to be a part of these beautifully breathtaking projects

[@shortfattoad7317]

.... And then you realise the lockdown fiasco, the authoritarian dictatorship that the Aussies lived under for two years and you have second thoughts. I know we did, cancelled all plans to ever visit or live there. Even though a perfect job was offered.

[@alexanderabbott123]

You are clearly watching way too much Fox News and other conspiracy garbage. I was born here and have lived in Australia my whole life. Like a lot of places in the world during Covid, there was a lot of false information spread overseas in order to justify certain views in other countries. “Authoritarian dictatorship” is a very strong term. Perhaps look up what it means before making yourself look naive and uneducated.

[@SheepyLib]

@@shortfattoad7317 You're a loon. Had little to no impact on me and almost everyone I know. You cop it, deal with it and move on.

[@diracflux]

Welcome to Australia with our world leading levels of private debt and poorly designed, poorly constructed residential housing.

[@anon8774]

It’s a big country, it’s not all the same. The gov has very little involvement most of the time, if you switch off the news it’s easy to forget they exist, especially if you’re not in a city. There’s been a bunch of protests and they’ve backed down on most of their rhetoric. Aussies aren’t very political and mostly just want to be left alone

[@michelfortier9563]

I've seen a lot of houses on The Local Project but this one has done the best job of becoming one with the topography. Beautiful home, piece of art! PS-Love the art....

[@Transit_my-way]

Love this home. Concrete, stone, steel, and glass. Outstanding. This would last centuries.

[@Mega_Cribs]

🤩

[@Patriciamazzini]

I would love the peace this house can make u feel…

[@miminjuu]

Imagine living in the house and everything you see is just an art. What a beautiful home

[@Mega_Cribs]

Wow

[@systemwizardry936]

Perfectly designed for letting in all sorts of Australian critters and wildlife.

[@safiakhan628]

Not to mention seepage

[@blakec3323]

First thing that came to my mind as well 🤣. Beautiful but no thank you haha

[@johny4088]

Lol

[@RaphaelAguirre]

or as we normaly call them: diner.

[@munchyman3]

Imagining falling asleep on the couch with all windows open and then wake up with a venomous viper on your chest.

[@miriamritzel1576]

A dream house! Being in nature near to the ocean... love the planted roofs!! The forest around is beautiful... So relaxing and magical. I imagine the sunrise and moonlight. It honours the space with nature including and inclusive. A dream house made real with peace in mind and hart.

[@jemimamey6676]

The house adapts to the landscape rather than the landscape adapts to the house. This is so beautiful, I am never concerned about the view, I agree with him. The simplicity, the elegance ...... ❤💜

[@nativetexson]

Love this property. I did something similar with my house in the Texas Hill Country. It is built into the hillside by blasting the limestone and the limestone that came from the blasting was used for the external walls visible from the road. The back of the house was three floors of glass looking into the trees and the Colorado river at the base of the hill.

[@pixelfire6121]

That sounds gorgeous bud. I’m looking at building my own house someday soon and I’d love to get some inspiration. Can you advise me to any material for learning about the style?

[@JR-si8iu]

Cool would like to see!

[@maxducoudray]

But you have to live in Texas…

[@nativetexson]

@@maxducoudray I no longer live in Texas. I now live in the south of France. When I put that house in Texas on the market, it sold in 48 hours for more than twice what I had invested in it.

[@IronLordFitness]

@@nativetexson I live in the south of France and I'd like to live in Texas. How ironic is life? XD

[@bkizzle290]

The houses on this channel keep getting better and better

[@NewDoughs]

Love how the rock that the house is sitting on and incorporating is beautifully well graded sand and gravels with crossbedding, which in itself describes a evolving world.

[@sandovalient]

This is maybe the best photography in an architectural video I have ever seen. The one behind the camera was able to project to the audience the architect's view perfectly. I'm really surprised on how great this match is. It's wonderful!

[@acesmith837]

100%

[@zavugaderek3306]

Luis, he timed a very cool lighting day to work with. It was a hard video to pull off but he or she nailed it

[@ZONE38]

The transformation is just wow! So impressive!

[@jasonmatthews4522]

Incredible! This fits into the Australian landscape so well. Proud of our world class design. For the foreigners - yes, you’d get some exciting critters in there every now and then, but nothing a good dustpan and brush can’t toss back into the bush - all worth it for those views! 😍

[@jamesstockwell3770]

cheers

[@middler5212]

The setting is the central feature. The house is the bonus.

[@barend415]

yes, proof how even a cold BUNKER can become a great livingspace because of the landscape.

[@steveraglin7607]

STUNNING in every way, deserving of the world's best claim. The architect's calm demeanor as he describes his wonderful work legitimately makes this the best video tour of a home, ever.

[@toosense]

The architects did an amazing job in creating a phenomenal, modern home that blends in so well with nature. Not always an easy task to make concrete look natural, the living roof is stunning as are all the views. The rock room is definitely my favorite space. Fabulous.

[@justgivemethetruth]

For me that rock room is just a bit too subterranean. It could make a great bomb shelter though. I like that shower with the plant growing up to the light from a small atrium, and the spacious rooms overlooking the beach.

[@josephforsuh6929]

A beautifully woven tale..... It certainly has a magic to it. Credit to the Architect. A fine, fine piece of work.

[@robdiaz13]

Wow. Mind blown. Lot of steel inside that concrete. Technical and so well done.

[@BigdaddyG420]

Wow. This is the first home that has really inspired me in a long time. Ready to bring that inspiration back into my practice

[@Zjaan321]

Stunning work on every level. Looking from a passive perspective, how does it perform in terms of energy and airtightness, moisture etc. Does it require a lot of heating and cooling? Would love to see the detailing, for example I barely notice any drainage for the level entry. Great work James Stockwell.

[@michaeldiana8281]

bedroom scenes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmWnmIijd6mKY9k

[@dartology]

I wondered this too. What it’s like to live with comfort-wise. And how it was certified. Agree with drainage too. Very inconspicuous.

[@tracejohnson6273]

Agreed. Lovely, but details would be iffy. Sound, too. While travel through concrete walls is surely limited, overall attenuation seems difficult in a concrete structure. Safety would also be a concern with lots of hard, smooth surfaces and even a part of the sliding glass door that drops into a stairwell across the threshold.

[@bentonblanchard9118]

I can't wait to build a house of my own someday. each video is inspiration for my future, a collection of ideas that I will continue to build off of

[@yeaimzeus]

Same here!

[@iplay1944]

This kind of house keeps me motivated to go to school everyday. Because I always remind myself that if I do the right thing as a student, I believe I can achieve such a house like this, for me and for my family.

[@sharonwebb945]

Spectacular. Love how it grows out of the rock… I love how the windows/doors glide to bring outside in. And… I love all the rooftop gardens. Architect’s homes are gorgeous! Full of passion and intentionality, beauty and practicality and so energy efficient making the most of light, direction etc … fascinating.

[@markaralvin7919]

Hello Sharon

[@allsaintsacademy9344]

Absolutely exquisite.... I have always been in love with the architect of traditional homes... but my love in architect has shaped a new love and appreciation for the context of more earthly living environments. There appears to be levels of natural lighting through out this home which I found truly beautiful in how James was able to give the expression of natural light . I imagine being a concrete home it's quite cool in the summer time, I wonder to the colder months? This here has the presence to change ones mind in the presence of ones environment ... I'd give over my traditional for this earthing environment. Simply stunning.

[@rabmcleod3508]

This is indeed simply stunning, well designed and imagined.

[@allsaintsacademy9344]

@@rabmcleod3508 Absolute!

[@drewt9829]

Some of the best concrete work I have seen. Beautiful design.

[@Whatta33]

Big concrete walls long hallways is always stunning to look at. Almost brutally stunning 🤩

[@TheLocalProject]

It really is!

[@michaeloconnor1479]

@@TheLocalProject as previously mentioned, the integration is everything. And as a minimalist at heart I was a little taken aback by the comment concerning allowing the family to bring all their own stuff in. I'd really hate to see a lot of clutter added to the "brutally stunning" design.

[@martinrogers4904]

Every now and then I see something that stops me and my jaw drops...this house has done that and given me inspiration, thanks for the video

[@TheLocalProject]

So glad!

[@joshmcguigan2407]

Absolutely breath taking!!! Love that James Bond cellar too

[@mylessandison6550]

Without doubt the best house you have featured!! Amazing 🏆

[@Goldcrest7]

I'm not easily impressed but damn this house blew me away. The attention to detail is breathtaking

[@MiauZi69]

Hahaha. Really. Why?

[@neo5kali]

The Goldstein Residence in LA is amazing, as well.

[@philleach6271]

The contractor has done an incredible job on what’s obviously an intensely complex structure. Hats of to them !!

[@pf5658]

Absolutely beautiful. Love how you can see the imprint of the wood in some parts of the concrete and you showing both day, night scenes of the house. Also got a little Frank lloyd wright vibe from this design too. Fantastic design!

[@kathleenv8993]

The best looking house I've seen in a while. So beautifully designed.. and that location!

[@joaovasco3059]

This is just fantastic, amazing, and some other words I dont remember right now

[@drakedrones]

Clean, minimalist and open; perfectly peaceful and elegant. Love the design and color choices!!!!

[@Snayps]

Wow, that is really something here. ✨ Wonderful vibes, details and the cellar? I love the lines of the corner window.

[@jaderoulade9792]

You guys have great editing and photography skills. Every showcase makes me feel glad to be a viewer.

[@forgotten_world]

This house exudes FLLW Organic principles famously shown in the Fallingwater, with some contemporary twists.

[@heidihill3073]

I love this house, the lines and the textures are incredible.

[@bboybelieber]

The director ended his statement with an impact. With Architecture, human creativity could blend along with nature, creating a relationship that respects both aspects and connects with everyone. Great house!

[@dreamskeepmesane]

This is unreal, it looks so beautiful. All I kept doing was imagining myself living there

[@dannychen1281]

Yes! My dream home... I've envisioned something like this for a long while, taking into consideration the landscape, sustainability, off-grid living and disaster-proofing. Its all there. One thing I'd change though, I'd use a natural pool instead. Otherwise, its perfect!

[@gocarlogo]

ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR HOME!

[@sahiljada9548]

Wow… To see such things out of paper or screen totally amazed the viewer. Beautifully crafted piece.

[@bo.szaaaa]

Absolutely beautiful architecture and design to make the house so otherwordly and peaceful

[@ttt773]

Absolutely stunning building. And the concept behind it. So very well considered and delivered. You genuinely should be proud of you what you did!

[@dougm659]

This has come along at the perfect moment, I’m off to look at a plot of land in the remote islands off Scotland and this is the kind of house I want to build (albeit with a fraction of the budget that this beauty obviously had!

[@jamesstockwell3770]

its all in the approach and size determines cost

[@OMAHNDESOSIPIL]

a very beautiful and extraordinary house design

[@nikkilogan7726]

Wow! Just wow! Sustainability yet livability! Thank you Local Project 😎

[@seandelaney1700]

It's beautiful houses like these, layered and integrated with nature which continues to keep Frank LLoyd Wright's "Falling Waters" as a prime candidate for your "best modern house" title.

[@quentincrisp6933]

Exactly! They should have called it a contemporary house.

[@Tech_Planet]

It's like the house from Ex Machina with no killer robots.

[@perrrry]

Yeah, that's a hotel pretty much where I grew up called Juvet here in Norway.

[@doal92]

no killer robots, just killer animals

[@jo_magpie]

Very similar to the NorwegianJuvet hotel and private residence seen in the movie Ex machina.

[@Liza_horbunova]

I have no words. It’s the house I’ve been dreaming about for years 🏡

[@rebeccamontague9811]

It blends beautifully with it's surroundings........but all I could think of were SPIDERS. It looks like their cup of tea.

[@moshans8906]

why soooo niceee... omg how I wish I can visit this one

[@goldilocks3593]

Haha - well my initial instinct was “no, it isn’t” but yeah it is probably right up there. Very Fallingwater-esque. Except with more visible concrete. Pretty amazing.

[@rachel3297]

This is an amazingly designed home, perfect in so many ways

[@issith7340]

Very nice spaces, and positioning and discussion with the environment. The color of cement dominating the interiors, gives, though, a sense of airport, or barracks not-finished building, or a public institution.

[@diobrando6147]

That light from above is just insane

[@fldaniel7]

Beautiful house I like the design and how open it feels great job the location amazing you got this house spot on 👍🏻

[@anudeep6123]

Coming to some practical questions, How do you deal with Mosquitoes and snakes? I imagine the bug infestation especially during rains to be insane. The windows mostly would always be locked. Also, I've always wondered how to do they keep these types of houses safe from thieves? It seems relatively easy to break and enter.

[@greencoolmoss]

Good questions

[@rubyd5231]

I imagine they will only open the house up like that when entertaining guests or only open up the doors of rooms their specifically using that day so easy to watch for snakes and bugs

[@nicolarollinson4381]

They should have a pond with fish to eat the mossies. Mossies only come in the evening and night. Ants!!...they are my bugbear.

[@lotusspider7]

I don't doubt a peacock could kill a snake or a cat, but to be eco-friendly a gumtree with a hollow or nesting box suitable to house a family of kookaburra would also work to keep snakes away. Mind you out of the hundreds of different species of snakes only about 10, if threatened are deadly to humans. So a snake sunbaking on your patio isn't necessarily a bad thing, it may keep unwanted guests away!

[@Sp4mMe]

It's the same with how clean they always look - imagine living in this with a few kids that leave their toys around (instead of a stack of deliberately placed magazines nobody's ever read) and whatnot. Bam, all that "stark elegance" sabotaged by, uh, people being people. Half the time it feels these houses are build to be looked at instead of to be lived in ... though it is nice to look at, certainly.

[@woocheongan1437]

Envy of such a house, not only his decoration style, but also his geographical location. The hustle and bustle and fast pace of the city are exhausting, and sometimes we need to slow down ourselves and our lives to feel every bit of everything around us.

[@LanceHamright]

5:22 - 5:27 is editing GOLD!!!!

[@christianemeiners9224]

This is amazingly beautiful; congratulations on this achievement of Architecture 👏👏

[@annakeye]

There's not many new builds that get me really excited but this one certainly does. Although I think it would be better suited to Aotearoa-New Zealand where we don't have issues with spiders or snakes that can kill you. I could imagine this looking out of the West coast bush, surrounded by native plants such as ferns, pittosporums, cabbage trees etc.,. If I was in Aussie and staying in _Bunkeren_ I would wonder if something was going to slither in. Also, the swimming pool looks like it would get filthy really quickly from all the foliage.

[@AlexShults1]

First thing that popped up in my mind. If the house becomes a part of the landscape in Australia, it will be home for creatures of all kind😅

[@Iamthebestever]

I've lived in the outback bush backdrop all my life here in rural northern NSW/QLD and have never felt threatened by a snake or spider that could kill. We would walk to school through tracks in long grass, camp and run around barefoot as kids and the most I ever got hurt by was a bee sting! Obviously we are surrounded by an abundance of Australian wildlife who bare no threat and I'd rather them than corrupt, crooked humans in my community who bare more danger than a snake who just wants to be left alone.

[@michaeloconnor1479]

@@Iamthebestever Thank you for that input, I was beginning to get a little concerned with all the comments about dangerous critters and such.

[@Iamthebestever]

@MICHAEL O'CONNOR - Tbh the local wildlife instinctively get to know you and become very protective of you and your property. They actually adopt you! 😊

[@cindyhollings2079]

What an exceptional video, content obviously was magnificent, but also filming, production, music, and the architect was so at one with their creation, I could watch it all day and dream of this lifestyle for all of us

[@darkspeed62]

4:49 is amazing! Literally my favorite feature! of the house. How cool!

[@paulatkinson3389]

Such a beautiful design, captured by mesmerizing cinematography, leaves you spellbound, in an almost hypnotic state! This house would be enjoyed by a few, admired by many and left to envy by the rest.

[@jamesstockwell3770]

Paul thankyou

[@arisasis7502]

Wide open windows to let venomous snakes, spiders, and critters that Australia is known for, inside your house. Great idea!

[@WilliamFiler]

Beautiful concrete. I can't fathom the work that went to forming it all together.

[@maryjudielangus3301]

Someday I also want to have that kind of house, his taste is similar to me though, I don't know what modern house is at first, but then this video appeared and now I understand what MODERN is AND I LOVE IT! I also don't want to obsess about the views, and I don't want to obsess being devoted to that. like more keen on family and landscape. like I want the house designed for quite a lot of family to gather and have quality things that are important and being in nature... yeah I LOVE THAT!

[@SPD_RZR]

From someone who formed curved walls on a 7+ million dollar home. I can appreciate those beautiful curved walls in the interior. To get the finish great enough to used a an interior finish is amazing from the builders and those who actually worked on them.

[@giuliocolombo.]

I'm not a big fan of the concrete look, but the design is great Overall incredible house

[@Dragon-ee7pj]

自然と触れ合い自然と調和 素晴らしい設計で空気が美味しい👍❤️

[@tilda8990]

Imagine waking up early in the morning going down to the beach being surrounded by the sea and sand the beautiful birds singing their sweet song with a cup of tea in hand. Then making breakfast with your loved ones and listening to the radio wow a true dream.

[@Jaricko]

It looks like a fancy minecraft house.

[@ankurtitan]

When you as a designer can fill the space or connect the owner with the space he she reside in its joyous peace and harmony .... its beautiful and now in wishlist :) Have a good day

[@Sulaiman281]

I liked the way he presented the whole thing And that music in the background took me into another world. Sensational!!

[@tutythejow]

When I look at this house I can only think about one thing: what about the spiders?

[@AngelWings1983]

Snakes wild life bugs etc

[@nakymawlot]

The insect will love to live there especially SPIDERS

[@tjmarx]

What about them?

[@robjohnston7464]

right... and the indigenous drop bear. No can do!

[@fluffythebunnyslayer20]

@@tjmarx Spoken like someone who has never discovered a huntsman in their bed at night.

[@ThinkingBetter]

As a Dane living in Southern California, this house definitely looks nice and reminds me about some houses in Beverly Hills here but they generally lack such seamless integration with nature. Personally I don't like to see spiders or other insects crawling around my house too often and hopefully that is not an issue for this house.

[@megapaul13]

All Australian homes have that.

[@carlosandradeep]

Those views are incredible.

[@trevormerlock9524]

This place looks amazing, I liked the caller built in with the rock