we are prepared to be radical

this is so cool! a long time ago i heard a man speak about this super modern house he built around his family's 100 year old farm house. it was very cool...and i have been unable to find images of it since. google do not fail me!! i'm on the hunt. anyway this home reminds me a lot of that house. xo amanda

Via curbed national:

In Suffolk, England, there's a man named Ross Russell who, along with his wife, set out to build a house. He had some capital and some dreams, and so instead of building a normal, stationary house he enlisted the help of architect Alex de Rijke to build one that changes shape. Subverting traditional Suffolk architecture—a narrow, timber-clad building with a 45-degree pitched roof, they build a structure that comes complete with a motorized sliding roof, exposing a living room made entirely of glass. "On a summer's evening, it's a magical experience to just pull the roof back," Russell says. Have a look at the video, then head over to Gizmodo for more tips on turning your own, boring, non-moving house into a futuristic fortress, replete with robot vacuums and floorplans that automatically change shape.