The Marble House

Lassus Residence is one of the most striking house iv seen, with clean marble cuts that allows the eye to praise the simplicity of the house. This sophisticated touch of the marble allows the interior design allows the space to look bigger. By using clever design tricks. Schlesigner Associates Architects, created this illusion of  space by using as much natural light as possible, allowing the light to jump off the white walls. Another clever way to create the illusion of space was the emphasis placed on towering volumes seen by the massive black marble columns.

The fun part of this residence, is the fact that marble was used as one of the main materials acting in the interior. With only 1800sqr meters, the first floor has the fire place that is a long plane whose plinth cantilevers along the length of the living space. The kitchen is defined by a drop in ceiling height, with a swath of light above that gives the illusion of height and visually connects it to the dining room. Dark marble columns hide the necessary pipes, stacks and ducts, while contrasting with while walls around them.

The second floor has a central glass spine that separates public space from the private functions of bath and bedrooms without requiring doorways. This spine contains closets, lit from within, whose frosted glass allows hints if the shape and colour of the clothing to peek through.

This house is not only sophisticated, it gives a whole new look to how to use marble. However with marble being an expensive material not alot of people can afford it. Also the disadvantage of using marble like this is, you will need extra thermal insulation as marble can get really cold.

However this house just looks amazing!!!!