Architect Pierre Minassian of aum chose to call this adorable adobe ‘The Biscuit House’ after the first French magazine who published it termed the composed shapes of its exterior ‘biscuits’. Now, you must be wondering, what brought this house here? So, let’s see- Located outside a small village near the French town Lyon, this two-floor house is made of natural and untreated concrete envelope and floors, steel pillars and window frames, and the exotic iriko wood exterior. The building stands apart from its neighbors in more than one ways.

The wooden curtain, which happens to be the specialty of the house, is composed of biscuit like shapes which serve purposes like insulating and reducing the impact of the sun on the east-facing bedrooms upstairs. This drape fuses the house into the surrounding landscape as well. The ground floor consists of the living-room and the music-room separated by a steel fireplace filled with refractory concrete to provide thermal inertia and heating comfort. The rooms are lined by floor-to-ceiling windows which give you the panoramic view of the garden all day long.

The house fuses modern design with contemporary style to pleasure the inhabitants and perfectly fits into its ambiance. I guess now we know, why its here!

Via G Living