Get Premium
Dark mode theme is available exclusively for premium users. Learn more about the benefits of subscribing.
No fees, cancel anytime.
Dark Mode 
No fees, cancel anytime 
User submission
94.6K
1.2M
This House Hidden In A Cliff Has Amazingly Terrifying Views Of The Sea
Two Greek architects have created a striking house design called ‘Casa Brutale’ that perfectly complements the powerful modern architecture style known as brutalism – they’ve embedded their luxury brutalist home into a sea cliff, creating a severe yet inviting structure with an at once terrifying and beautiful views.
Architects Laertis Antonios Ando Vassiliou and Pantelis Kampouropoulos, who formed OPA Works together, envisioned the house design as a “poetic homage to pure Brutalism.” The roof-top pool (at ground level) and underground walls help insulate the cliff house and keep it cool.
There’s clearly something about cliffs and seascapes that excites architects’ imaginations, because the architects at Modscape Concept also created an amazing cliff-face house concept.
Scroll down below to check the amazing architecture design piece for yourself!
More info: opaworks.com | Facebook (h/t: designyoutrust, demilked)
RELATED:
1.2Mviews
Share on Facebook
What do you think ?
RonenLevi 9 years ago
sorry, it looks very Depressing. it doesn't look or feel like a home, mabe a museum
NayefMudawar 9 years ago
This is not a built project, although it would be awesome, these are renderings.
TheFrog 9 years ago
If you can afford such a house, you can surely pay professionals to do the window cleaning.
Load More Replies...
BeckoningChasm 9 years ago
It looks so...sterile. Doesn't look like an inviting place to live, though it might be fun to work there.
ShanaRicher 9 years ago
They call it "severe yet inviting." I just don't see the inviting part at all. I felt like I needed to put on a sweater in order to look at the pictures.
LyoneFein 9 years ago
If such a place were to be built--out in the middle of nowhere--it would be environmentally unfriendly. Any isolated home is--it takes huge resources to pipe electricity,sewage, potable water, etc. out to a lone habitation like that. So groovey.
BruceMitchell 8 years ago
All of which can be done on site without need of piping in.
Load More Replies...
KathyLaPan 9 years ago
This is a beautiful house, but as a hydrophobic I feel I would be huddled in the corner rocking myself...
ThomasNorris 9 years ago
To build this would be a feat in itself, the expense would be prohibitive unless of course you had the money of Bill Gates. I don't think anyone in Greece at this time can afford it.
JannaGillard 9 years ago
These are not photos of the actual house. These are concept images. This is CGI, Computer Generated Imaging. Archivis is the term for architectural visualization.... made to sell an idea or a dream. For example, the car in the first photo isn't the right perspective; it's just been photoshopped in. This info from an experienced graphic designer who creates similar work.
JannaGillard 9 years ago
These are not photos of the actual house. These are concept images. This is CGI, Computer Generated Imaging. Archivis is the term for architectural visualization.... made to sell an idea or a dream. For example, the car in the first photo isn't the right perspective; it's just been photoshopped in.
SuheriKoes 9 years ago
Am I the only one who finds the perspective a bit 'skewed' in the first image? Shame. Rest of the renderings are nice!
RosemaryMooy 9 years ago
Amazing concept, I have a fear of heights, but would like to be able to be inside to see the view.
Ouzodaki 9 years ago
Apart from the zillion dollar cost and the struggle to build this...cave, one will freeze one's a*s off, being some 10 meters down in solid rock bottom. BTW. It's ugly as hell too.
Theresa Kennedy-DuPay 4 years ago
The starkness is beautiful yet intimidating also. This is not a very inviting place. Add a few bookcases, framed paintings on the walls, some soft and comfortable looking furniture. You could combine the savage starkness of the extreme modernism with quaint objects that would provide an interesting parallel to the ambience. It looks like the kind of place where someone would want to engage in some very strange behavior, perhaps criminal...
Eva the Ravenclaw Bookworm📚💖 4 years ago
I wnat to live there!!! But I'd spruce it up a bit and make it look WAAAAY more homey! With warmer lighting! And bright colors!
Anna-Carin Rahm 7 years ago
I think it it is awesome, personally I would much rather prefer having the sky above, than a pool. But still...cool.
JetteJulkov 9 years ago
år man lige ser dt sr det vildt flot ud,men som skrevet ligner det ike et hjem,men kunne d bruges som ferie bolig.Tanken er smart jeg tænkte straks på isolering,Det er sådanne huse vi skal havde i Skagen,her stormer altid og trækker ind alle vejne.
OnionSpirit 9 years ago
this does not exist.... they are all models. None of the pictures look like real photographs
ZooneyLooney 9 years ago
I like it except for the square shapes and stiff lines. In my opinion, that kind of design is getting old and i think architects should explore organic shapes more.
DiegoBelli 9 years ago
First , this should be in a category, of projects... the first thing to a news like this, should be CLEARLY DIVIDED between REAL structures , and CONCEPT ONES... THEN you (bored panda staff) can give us, not the usual sensationalism of the media, but the good stuff. i can make a house in the Sun, like this one... in my pc... but!!! REALITY is paramount ...
JaneRockley 9 years ago
As much as I love water, the sea, and unusual swimming pools, this doesn't appeal to me at ALL.
KuangweiHwang 9 years ago
Fascinating, one earthquake and the swimming pool comes shattering down and massive water damage to all your furniture, computers and appliance. Not to mention if you happen to be swimming at the time, probably the glass will break and you will be flushed out into the cliff. The whole design looks very uncomfortable to me.
CharlotteAuxFraises 9 years ago
It reminds me a bit of what I imagine living in a large fishtank minus the water, would be like. I certainly would
ElenaMendoza 9 years ago
I would love to visit this house but but not live in it. I will feel isolated and cold being underground. But no doubt, it has an amazing view of the ocean, sunrise and sunset !
SusannaVesna 9 years ago
These are not real pictures. It's good as an art idea, but in reality not cozy as a home at all.
LiteWorkerNoor 9 years ago
I love this place, does it really exist? I would live if i wad living with a friend n family.
Jean-MarcWatson 9 years ago
Yeah, cliff erosion was obviously not on the agenda when they dreamed this up?
JeremyLideros 9 years ago
Need some epiphytic plants to merge it with the earth. Also a garage.
EnidKnight 9 years ago
Our local cliffs recede at the rate of 1metre a year, making a house like that very temporary.
MaryAnnMaddox 9 years ago
Not inviting at all. The side of a cliff in the middle of nowhere? How do they get electricity and water?
RoseanneJames 9 years ago
It reminds me of a scene from Oblivion...very sci fi. I could never live in a house like that. Water terrifies me & even more so since the tsunamis...but that apart it's just so cold & sterile.. bleak & unfriendly. Where would my window boxes go? lol...I like the comforts of cushions, carpets & books around me, somewhere cosy but with artworks on the wall & flowers in a jar...& yes, that does look more like a prison, or a place where you go to pay parking fines :D
texasjamboree 9 years ago
One slight shift in the plates and this place would be history. Not for me...
DoreenMeyer 9 years ago
These appear to be renderings and not 'the real thing,' as Nayef has noted. Where would one build this and what about ground movement (thinking of the pool here and how the separation from the house might fare in an earthquake--if you haven't guessed, I'm from California)?
AndrewTurner 9 years ago
On the bottom, I mean, so you're swimming above nothing but the base of the cliff below.
KayleenCondrick 9 years ago
Did you not read that the pool and earth/stone insulate it.
Load More Replies... 
TimmyGriffin 9 years ago
The house looks like it came out from a Bond movie. I'd totally live there without a single regret, if only I had the opportunity.
AllaDanyliuk 9 years ago
That is fantastic. I think, it's so reliable home. Nothing can destroy it, only tsunami, maybe ;-)
RokSraka 9 years ago
Wrong! Cliff faces can be very unstable, as they are very susceptible to both wind and water corrosion. Additionally, building a house inside the cliff, would weaken it considerably. It would be downright dangerous to live here in the long term. :) at least that's what I learned in architecture school...
Load More Replies... RonenLevi 9 years ago
sorry, it looks very Depressing. it doesn't look or feel like a home, mabe a museum
NayefMudawar 9 years ago
This is not a built project, although it would be awesome, these are renderings.
TheFrog 9 years ago
If you can afford such a house, you can surely pay professionals to do the window cleaning.
Load More Replies... BeckoningChasm 9 years ago
It looks so...sterile. Doesn't look like an inviting place to live, though it might be fun to work there.
ShanaRicher 9 years ago
They call it "severe yet inviting." I just don't see the inviting part at all. I felt like I needed to put on a sweater in order to look at the pictures.
LyoneFein 9 years ago
If such a place were to be built--out in the middle of nowhere--it would be environmentally unfriendly. Any isolated home is--it takes huge resources to pipe electricity,sewage, potable water, etc. out to a lone habitation like that. So groovey.
BruceMitchell 8 years ago
All of which can be done on site without need of piping in.
Load More Replies... KathyLaPan 9 years ago
This is a beautiful house, but as a hydrophobic I feel I would be huddled in the corner rocking myself...
ThomasNorris 9 years ago
To build this would be a feat in itself, the expense would be prohibitive unless of course you had the money of Bill Gates. I don't think anyone in Greece at this time can afford it.
JannaGillard 9 years ago
These are not photos of the actual house. These are concept images. This is CGI, Computer Generated Imaging. Archivis is the term for architectural visualization.... made to sell an idea or a dream. For example, the car in the first photo isn't the right perspective; it's just been photoshopped in. This info from an experienced graphic designer who creates similar work.
JannaGillard 9 years ago
These are not photos of the actual house. These are concept images. This is CGI, Computer Generated Imaging. Archivis is the term for architectural visualization.... made to sell an idea or a dream. For example, the car in the first photo isn't the right perspective; it's just been photoshopped in.
SuheriKoes 9 years ago
Am I the only one who finds the perspective a bit 'skewed' in the first image? Shame. Rest of the renderings are nice!
RosemaryMooy 9 years ago
Amazing concept, I have a fear of heights, but would like to be able to be inside to see the view.
Ouzodaki 9 years ago
Apart from the zillion dollar cost and the struggle to build this...cave, one will freeze one's a*s off, being some 10 meters down in solid rock bottom. BTW. It's ugly as hell too.
Theresa Kennedy-DuPay 4 years ago
The starkness is beautiful yet intimidating also. This is not a very inviting place. Add a few bookcases, framed paintings on the walls, some soft and comfortable looking furniture. You could combine the savage starkness of the extreme modernism with quaint objects that would provide an interesting parallel to the ambience. It looks like the kind of place where someone would want to engage in some very strange behavior, perhaps criminal...
Eva the Ravenclaw Bookworm📚💖 4 years ago
I wnat to live there!!! But I'd spruce it up a bit and make it look WAAAAY more homey! With warmer lighting! And bright colors!
Anna-Carin Rahm 7 years ago
I think it it is awesome, personally I would much rather prefer having the sky above, than a pool. But still...cool.
JetteJulkov 9 years ago
år man lige ser dt sr det vildt flot ud,men som skrevet ligner det ike et hjem,men kunne d bruges som ferie bolig.Tanken er smart jeg tænkte straks på isolering,Det er sådanne huse vi skal havde i Skagen,her stormer altid og trækker ind alle vejne.
OnionSpirit 9 years ago
this does not exist.... they are all models. None of the pictures look like real photographs
ZooneyLooney 9 years ago
I like it except for the square shapes and stiff lines. In my opinion, that kind of design is getting old and i think architects should explore organic shapes more.
DiegoBelli 9 years ago
First , this should be in a category, of projects... the first thing to a news like this, should be CLEARLY DIVIDED between REAL structures , and CONCEPT ONES... THEN you (bored panda staff) can give us, not the usual sensationalism of the media, but the good stuff. i can make a house in the Sun, like this one... in my pc... but!!! REALITY is paramount ...
JaneRockley 9 years ago
As much as I love water, the sea, and unusual swimming pools, this doesn't appeal to me at ALL.
KuangweiHwang 9 years ago
Fascinating, one earthquake and the swimming pool comes shattering down and massive water damage to all your furniture, computers and appliance. Not to mention if you happen to be swimming at the time, probably the glass will break and you will be flushed out into the cliff. The whole design looks very uncomfortable to me.
CharlotteAuxFraises 9 years ago
It reminds me a bit of what I imagine living in a large fishtank minus the water, would be like. I certainly would
ElenaMendoza 9 years ago
I would love to visit this house but but not live in it. I will feel isolated and cold being underground. But no doubt, it has an amazing view of the ocean, sunrise and sunset !
SusannaVesna 9 years ago
These are not real pictures. It's good as an art idea, but in reality not cozy as a home at all.
LiteWorkerNoor 9 years ago
I love this place, does it really exist? I would live if i wad living with a friend n family.
Jean-MarcWatson 9 years ago
Yeah, cliff erosion was obviously not on the agenda when they dreamed this up?
JeremyLideros 9 years ago
Need some epiphytic plants to merge it with the earth. Also a garage.
EnidKnight 9 years ago
Our local cliffs recede at the rate of 1metre a year, making a house like that very temporary.
MaryAnnMaddox 9 years ago
Not inviting at all. The side of a cliff in the middle of nowhere? How do they get electricity and water?
RoseanneJames 9 years ago
It reminds me of a scene from Oblivion...very sci fi. I could never live in a house like that. Water terrifies me & even more so since the tsunamis...but that apart it's just so cold & sterile.. bleak & unfriendly. Where would my window boxes go? lol...I like the comforts of cushions, carpets & books around me, somewhere cosy but with artworks on the wall & flowers in a jar...& yes, that does look more like a prison, or a place where you go to pay parking fines :D
texasjamboree 9 years ago
One slight shift in the plates and this place would be history. Not for me...
DoreenMeyer 9 years ago
These appear to be renderings and not 'the real thing,' as Nayef has noted. Where would one build this and what about ground movement (thinking of the pool here and how the separation from the house might fare in an earthquake--if you haven't guessed, I'm from California)?
AndrewTurner 9 years ago
On the bottom, I mean, so you're swimming above nothing but the base of the cliff below.
KayleenCondrick 9 years ago
Did you not read that the pool and earth/stone insulate it.
Load More Replies... TimmyGriffin 9 years ago
The house looks like it came out from a Bond movie. I'd totally live there without a single regret, if only I had the opportunity.
AllaDanyliuk 9 years ago
That is fantastic. I think, it's so reliable home. Nothing can destroy it, only tsunami, maybe ;-)
RokSraka 9 years ago
Wrong! Cliff faces can be very unstable, as they are very susceptible to both wind and water corrosion. Additionally, building a house inside the cliff, would weaken it considerably. It would be downright dangerous to live here in the long term. :) at least that's what I learned in architecture school...
Load More Replies...
Related on Bored Panda
243
114