El Caracol retreat is a rustic-modern concrete dome
shape, cut into half slanted with an all windows façade. It has the shape of a
snail.
It is located on eight acres of Mediterranean pine forest
of Lleda, Argȯn, Spain. The building is owned and designed by Robert Collyer. The
materials used for construction are steel, wood, concrete and glass. The house
runs on solar energy. This retreat has two rivers for swimming, which one of
the swimming pools is heated.
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| slanted all windows |
This structure is a storey building and can accommodate 8
people. The ground floor has a spacious kitchen, the bar, dinning, entrance
hall, a pantry, the living space and a ground floor bathroom. V-shape steel
supports the space demarcations. The kitchen on the ground floor has a floating
counter top supported by steel.
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| V-shape steel support |
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| inbuilt BBQ |
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| outdoor sitout |
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| floating counter |
While the upper floor has 3 bedrooms, which 2 of the
bedrooms are en suite bathrooms. It has an outdoor space with an inbuilt BBQ
area.
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