Albizia House is a modern family home designed by Metropole Architects. The house is located in Simbithi Eco-Estate, South Africa.

阿尔比齐亚住宅是由大都会建筑师设计的现代家庭住宅。这座房子位于南非的Simbithi生态庄园.

Description by Metropole Architects: We were commissioned to design a contemporary family home on a one acre site, situated at the end of a spur, in Simbithi Eco-Estate. The client’s brief called for a home with an overriding sense of simplicity but with a high degree of sophistication.

描述由都会建筑师：我们被委托设计一个当代家庭住宅，在一个占地一英亩的地点，在一个支线的尽头，在辛比西生态地产。客户的简报要求建立一个具有绝对简单感但高度复杂的家。

All the living areas and bedroom suites face onto a panoramic vista, which includes a dense forest down-slope from the house. The palette of natural materials including timber screens, decking and cladding, off-shutter concrete and stone cladding juxtapose with the aggressive architectural form making, creating a home that is not only visually and spatially exciting, but also comfortable and intimate.

所有的起居区和卧室套房都朝向全景，其中包括一片从房子下坡下来的茂密的森林。天然材料的调色板，包括木材屏风，甲板和覆层，关闭的混凝土和石头覆层与积极的建筑形式并置，创造了一个不仅在视觉和空间上令人兴奋的家，而且舒适和亲密。

The extensive use of water in the design of the home includes a 25 metre lap pool with a glass panel between the water and the basement cinema room, and a shallow but expansive reflective pond on the approach side, which mirrors the building day and night, and evokes a sense of tranquility.

住宅设计中广泛使用的水包括一个25米长的膝池，在水和地下室电影院之间有一个玻璃板，在入口处一侧有一个浅而宽的反光池，它日夜倒映着建筑物，让人产生一种宁静的感觉。

The architectural style of the home is heavily influenced by the Googie architecture of the American architect John Lautner. The origin of the name ‘Googie’ dates to 1949, when architect John Lautner designed the West Hollywood coffee shop, ‘Googies’, which had distinct architectural characteristics. Googie architecture is a form of modern architecture and a subdivision of futurist architecture with stylistic conventions influenced by, and representing 50’s American society’s fascination and marketing emphasis on futuristic design, car culture, jets, the Space Age, and the Atomic Age. ‘Googie’ was also characterized by design forms symbolic of motion, including upswept roofs, curvaceous geometric shapes, and the bold use of glass, steel and neon, the spirit of which is embodied in Albizia House. For more info visit Metropole Architects

住宅的建筑风格深受美国建筑师约翰·劳特纳(JohnLautner)古吉建筑的影响。“Googie”这个名字的起源可以追溯到1949年，当时建筑师JohnLautner设计了西好莱坞咖啡店“Googies”，它具有鲜明的建筑特色。古吉建筑是现代建筑的一种形式，是未来学家建筑的一种细分形式，它受50年代美国社会对未来主义设计、汽车文化、喷气式飞机、太空时代和原子时代的迷恋和市场营销的影响，代表着50年代的风格惯例。“Googie”的特征还包括象征运动的设计形式，包括上扫的屋顶、曲线的几何图形，以及大胆使用玻璃、钢和霓虹灯，其精神体现在Albizia楼中。欲了解更多信息，请访问大都会建筑师