The Live House in Los Angeles

In America there is a The White House, there are high houses... now there was a Live House.

It was constructed by the Canadian architects of company Bricault Design. The house facade is covered by plants it is not simple an ivy which distinguishes long-term houses and the natural cover decorates walls, and.

Through huge glass doors on the ground floor you get to a court yard. Upwards on picturesque steps, you get on the roof where the special open part is equipped. For furnish almost all parts of a facade have chosen cedar wood with which also have issued windows — mobile panels from cedar boards carry out function of jalousie; and bedroom walls have outside decorated with a live, breathing skin.

Thus architects have solved a task in view; it was necessary to expand the existing house, for fine evolved family. The new, green extension has increased the areas almost twice.

Designers have recovered not only a facade, but also many internal elements of registration. Glass per capita it is decorated by a twisted decor, and on tiled to a floor, in drops of falling water, "live" small fishes float.

Californian the building site differs very favourable climate, the most part of year there warmly.

Naturally, the house is ecologically steady: on a roof there are solar panels, the is high-effective boiler delivers heating, the system of constant circulation of hot water thanks to what water can be used repeatedly that reduces consumption total amounts is equipped, on a roof vegetables for which irrigation the combination of the rain and used water water will be used will grow.