Petrolheads are those with limitless passion for automobiles. So where do petrolheads live? Maybe this house answers your question. What you are looking at is the Auto Residence and its sister project called ‘Das Auto’ or ‘The Car’ located near Salzburg, Austria. Alright, we understand that you are trying to figure out which car the house resembles and it is a difficult one to guess as they are based on the VW Beetle.
Hit the jump for the complete story and pictures of the Car Residence. Pictures of Das Auto Restaurant will follow.
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It all started when owners of an old house wanted to get theirs to look like a car. Architect Markus Voglreiter was happy to oblige and the result is what you see here. Completed in 2003, the house resembles the original VW Beetle. It features interesting styling touches like its unique shape, headlamp shaped windows and suspension-themed columns inside. The “Auto Residence” is also eco-friendly making use of what Voglreiter describes as “a 3-liter energy heating and insulation technique that optimizes all current building technologies, drastically reducing energy consumption.”
As you would expect, the Auto Residence has turned so popular that four years later, Voglreiter went ahead and designed another one larger in size in the form of a restaurant and bar called the “The Car . Das Auto”. Located north of Salzburg, the car-shaped restaurant is said to have cost approximately €1.6 million to build.
[Carscoop]
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