{"id":5868,"date":"2015-06-05T13:32:46","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T13:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=5868"},"modified":"2015-06-05T13:32:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T13:32:46","slug":"sometimes-architecture-isnt-always-about-look-at-me-but-look-out-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/sometimes-architecture-isnt-always-about-look-at-me-but-look-out-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes Architecture isn&#039;t always about &#039;Look at me&#039; but &#039;Look out there&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This house caught my eye on Dezeen this week:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.dezeen.com\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Sunflower-House-Cadaval-Sola-Morales_dezeen_468_11.jpg\" alt=\"Sunflower House by Cadaval &amp; Sol\u00e0-Morales\" class data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>\n<p>Link <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2015\/06\/01\/sunflower-house-cadaval-sola-morales-ten-cubes-different-viewpoints-cliffside-spain-mediterranean\/#disqus_thread\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> to full article<\/p>\n<p>Moreover it was more one of the comments:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The outside is a lot more striking than the inside.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And it got me thinking that sometimes when you have such majestic scenery it&#8217;s more important for the eye to be taken towards the view than the architecture.<\/p>\n<p>We did precisely the same on a house extension in County Clare a while back, where we created an inverted, gull-wing, De Lorean style roof that took your eye down and then up and outwards to the sea:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markstephensarchitects.markstephens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/img_38461.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5872\" 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