Rustic and Country Houses [antikvár]

Rustic and Country Houses The idea of the country house immediately conjures up a whole series of images associated with proximity to nature and the desire to live in a landscape, to live life at a less hectic pace. In today's society, centred on cities that impose their geometric landscape and their speed, the country implies a shift towards a different class of activity. Anyone who decides to build a house on a prairie or on the edge of a forest assumes an initial decision: the desire for a degree of isolation, the achievement of greater tranquility, and the beginning of a twofold journey: toward a heightened awareness of simple, irreducible things — mornings in the shade of the trees, afternoons by the river, the starry night sky, the sight of the horizon and the sun setting - and at the same time a gradual release from the webs of relationships and obligations which make up the urban fabric, and a move