Tropical Wooden Eco-Houses In The South Of France Cap-Ferret, France

Tropical Wooden Eco-Houses In The South Of France
Cap-Ferret, France

France is dominated by old stone houses, but in the last several years, building wooden houses has become a major trend, with books and magazines devoted to the subject. Many French builders look to North America for inspiration on building wooden homes, but two brothers in the South of France have built a business creating tropical-style houses on the Cap-Ferret shore...

The Bartherotte borthers build made-to-measure pine eco-houses using only natural materials that look exotic on the outside, but still very French on the inside, with a cozy French style.

More photos from Les Cabanes at Cote Maison.

- Kristin Hohenadel blogging from rue Vieille du Temple, Paris, France. She can be reached at kristin @ apartmenttherapy . com

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posted by whytephoenix on August 21st 2008 at 4:50am
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Dude, I love the hammock idea! I love the idea of tropics. I love the idea of tropical FRANCE. I love French cuisine! I love food in general. I love so many things. Argh.

posted by islek on August 21st 2008 at 6:50am
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Oh so dreamy!
http://xobeau.blogspot.com/

posted by CornerstoneOutdoors on August 21st 2008 at 6:52am
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Aie aie aie... Cap-Ferret (read the article...), in southwestern France. Not at ALL the same thing as southeastern Cap Ferrat, on which these would be impossible to build (there's no more land to build on; what's not already built up is open to the public).

posted by fraise on August 21st 2008 at 9:32am
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Outside I do not like the home---seems like a place to eat lunch in the tropics. Inside seems OK for that off the cuff beach house look. Never been to South France---if this is what it looks like now a days, perhaps I will stay home!

posted by poptart on August 21st 2008 at 6:17pm
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Thanks for catching the typo, Fraise.

posted by Kristin Hohenadel on August 21st 2008 at 11:16pm
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