This contemporary private residence located in Münstertal, Germany, was designed in 2016 by Uberraum Architects.

Description by Uberraum Architects
London practice UberRaum Architects have built a mountainside house with dramatic interiors and framed views inspired by its surrounding landscape.
Cloud Cuckoo House in the Black Forest, Germany, sits at an altitude of 800m above sea level. When fog drifts into the valley, the home for a young family appears to float above the clouds, enjoying magical uninterrupted views across the fairytale landscape of the Upper-Rhine area.
The steeply-sloping site was home to a humble detached house, which the occupants had outgrown. Part of this was removed, leaving a one-storey concrete plinth which now houses the bedrooms, which the new building soars above. Cloud Cuckoo House grows out of its steeply sloping mountainside location, with rooms and spaces cascading down the hill, creating a living landscape of terraces on different levels, all under one roof. The staggered levels are all interconnected and allow the individual family members to get together on the wide plateaus, yet also find their own private niches tucked away in the hill.
The building consists of two parts: the original 1950s ground floor, and a new wedge-shaped timber structure sitting perpendicular on top.
A new terrace lies to the side of the new extension, and creates one of several landscape platforms.
The existing plinth has been reconfigure...