House in the Czech Paradise | Gabriela Kaprálová
Czech Republic / Czech Rep. / 2008
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Partial renovation work eventually resulted in the complete renovation of this original barn, which had been sensitively converted in the 1970s into a holiday home. Our initial survey of the house resulted in two very valuable findings which guided us through the whole process from design to setting our goals. The first was that the house owners have a great outlook, a sense for aesthetics and understanding of modern technology, which was seen in the original state of the house. The second was that the house needed to be reshuffled in order to have immediate contact with the garden and extract the maximum from the height difference of the terrain and ceilings. This was when we remembered Adolf Loos’s ‘Raumplan’ ….
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Partial renovation work eventually resulted in the complete renovation of this original barn, which had been sensitively converted in the 1970s into a holiday home. Our initial survey of the house resulted in two very valuable findings which guided us through the whole process from design to setting our goals. The first was that the house owners have a great outlook, a sense for aesthetics and understanding of modern technology, which was seen in the original state of the house. The second was...
- Year 2008
- Work started in 2007
- Work finished in 2008
- Main structure Mixed structure
- Status Completed works
- Type Apartments / Multi-family residence / Country houses/cottages / Interior Design / Recovery/Restoration of Historic Buildings / Restoration of façades
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