Villa Astrid is a beautiful building on West Swedish Landscape. Designed by Wingardhs design studio this villa was dictated by the local building code, which stipulates a 3.5-metre eaves height and a roof pitch between 14 and 27 degrees. The two storey villa with exotic interior design, the first floor contains the bedrooms and other private space, and the second floor has an open-plan kitchen, a separate dining room and a large lounge, for outdoor relaxing it has an outdoor lounge with outdoor fireplace. The exterior was made from concrete, insulated with foamglass and the clad with metal sheeting. . The glazed sections resemble holes cut out of solid copper armour plating. The structure is very robust. Concrete roof beams insulated with foam glass repose on the walls of lightweight concrete, giving a totally impervious structure beneath the skin of patinated copper. Copper ions are neutralised by crushed limestone round the foundation.

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