The Hall House was designed for a couple without a child in Shiga, Japan which wanted to have enough space for spare time activities on a small site. The house has parking lot, billiard-theater, dining-kitchen and bedroom with bathroom which all are contained in one hall changing their heights according to the slope of the front road. The frame made of reinforced concrete with about 180mm-thick walls in order to create soundproof environment. There are many exclusive things in the Hall’s House interior design like the glass bathroom, not isolated bedroom, rustic yet sophisticated look of concrete walls, unusual sloped roof and so on. It is great example of the new age’s architecture. [ALPHAVILLE]

Villa with Ocean View and Bad Weather Conditions – H-House by WRB

This house is located in Trosa, one of the wealthiest communities in Sweden. 40 minutes south from Stockholm and can find great villas with ocean views and better weather. Although the weather isn’t as good as it could be. Summers are light but short and the wind sometimes is a problem in that area. In spite of that WRB Architects tried to erase the border between indoor and outdoor. H-shape helps to create protected from winds courtyard, partly covered under roof. The main veranda is fully under roof and an open fireplace keeps temperature up during spring and fall. Main materials used during the construction are: concrete, rusty steel, untreated pine wood and oiled wenge. Even though the exterior looks a bit rough the interior made in dark wood is comfy enough. [WRB]