Sleek Swimmer's Retreat in Buenos Aires
This modern house in an exclusive waterfront Buenos Aires neighborhood takes the homeowner’s love of swimming into a different level. Principal architect Alejandro Amoedo helped his client, a surgeon using a passion for swimmingpool, achieve the house of his dreams by constructing a house celebrating the pool. “At first, of course, the house appears extravagant,” says Amoedo,”but if you’re knowledgeable about the region, there are a great deal of extraordinary homes here that have pool designs.”
at a Glance
Who lives here: A surgeon who likes to swim
Location: Nordelta, Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Size: 4,919 square feet; 3 bedrooms; a ceremony room; six baths
Vanguarda Architects
Vanguarda Architects
The pool’s simple lines reflect the angular architecture of the house. There’s the lagoon fronting the house and visual continuity between both indoor and outdoor pools. “It was my client who asked this interior-exterior pool placement,” says Amoedo.
Unadorned picture windows heighten views of the lagoon and an equally expansive house in the distance.
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The TV placement may seem odd, considering the prospect of water splashes in the pool. But that wall is the only place.
Vanguarda Architects
Vanguarda Architects
A steel bar describes the main entry in a facade of wood, concrete and glass.
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Amoedo oriented the living room and dining table in regions with plenty of natural lighting and views.
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From the main living room and indoor pool areas, the cooking station and kitchen island are obscured by cabinetry and modular appliances, but the cook still has a gorgeous view of the lagoon.
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Views of the environment are all magnified on the next floor. A narrow walkway leads the eye into a home office with sliding doors, which open to a balcony with stunning vistas of neighboring properties and an infinite skies.
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