Price estimate for a house similar to The Quest by Strom Architects

Research indicates that it is a concrete structure with wood cladding. Since you were initially just looking for ideas during a search, I don’t assume you want to implement the house 1:1. You can probably also imagine a normal double garage instead of letting 1/3 of the house float just so the rented vintage car has space underneath ;)

It must be built in accordance with the energy saving regulations. Concrete construction is not the most expensive building method, but this house can also be built with masonry. Details would then differ, but I believe it’s not necessarily about the material concrete for you now, but rather about the nature-oriented character, combined with flat roof construction and lots of window areas. In this respect, this architect-designed house will have “its” price, but a capable architect will be able to fulfill quite a few of your wishes for 3000/sqm. So again: keep us updated :)

I have mixed feelings about The Quest:

In my opinion, the evolution of this design culminates in:

GOOGLE: [Geben und Nehmen: Villa von Paul de Ruiter]

The Quest looks somewhat like the daydreams from the (previous) last decade. The Quest visually mixes the building materials concrete, wood, and glass in similar proportions. With my (rather modest) taste for style, I would tend to focus on only one of the mentioned materials in the year 2019.

I think TE feels the same; after all, the title asks for a "similar" house. It would just be interesting to know how he envisions the whole thing.

In the end, an architect-designed house in this class should also be a statement, tell a story, represent something. But with The Quest, I find it hard: for example, what is the statement of the (even additionally illuminated) bookshelf in the center of the great room? Who still uses books nowadays to that extent as reference works, who stores already read literature so prominently? Museum? Then the DBS Vantage would also fit well: yes, it was sold back then without external mirrors, but if someone seriously moved the car, he would at least have gotten the original external mirror on the driver's side from the later model years. What does all this have to do with architecture: nothing. But it contributes to the overall appearance, and I find that inconsistent.

PS: Don’t be blinded by the "cantilevered" covered great room area, there are columns inside behind the windows... :-(

You forgot to emphasize that yours is also in this price range.

Wrong! Our house is significantly cheaper... it was ONLY about the pure house. We are >1 million including land, expensive garden, expensive furniture, etc. The house is about only half of that..

: Add another zero to your budget: You only build a house like this if you have the money for two Dobermans, an originally restored 308 GTS, and a Higgins who takes care of everything when you’re away :-)

In the UK, you often see older cars without side mirrors (if they were delivered that way). The traffic volume, driving style, and roads outside urban areas are not comparable to our roads full of inconsiderate, hectic drivers.

The British surround themselves a lot with their old houses, with history, and many new buildings try to copy that or adopt representative parts – like bookcases. New buildings very often look like the old houses in the surroundings. And then again, in the middle of nowhere, there is a house where an architect has gone wild. Modern, a mix of elements, but usually it still fits into the environment.

@TE
just enter "house" on Pinterest and then start a visual search.
Then you get
Summer house in Brandenburg by Doris Schaffler
Island retreat by Ström Architects
Gallery of Pagoda House

Many bungalows with large glass windows, but somewhat different style and materials, as well as two-story houses that somehow fit in.

I would collect some pictures and give the whole thing to an architect. The house has to grow, fit you and the property. A house from a glossy magazine, changed too much, does not work.

Off Topic! And what's funny: In 2014 or 15 the house existed with different furnishings: the fireplace and the kitchen front are uniformly clad in wood, the floor is different. There are also photos with a different vintage car - but all of that belongs in the advertising category. Of course, the architects as clients :) I've taken a lot of photos, but THAT would really be a highlight!