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At one end of the house is the primary bedroom, which enjoys floor-to-ceiling glass views and its own porch.

A view from the kitchen looking toward the glass-ensconced great room, with a custom Olson Kundig-designed dining table in the foreground.

The kitchen cabinets are clad with black walnut, with a black steel built-in bookshelf nearby.

The primary bathroom allows the residence to bathe with a view.

The shutters create the right balance between new and old and daylight and privacy. “Her kitty can still sunbathe with the light that does stream in and the holes create a fun effect that bounces around the space when the shutters are closed,

The 300-square foot living room is located on the main floor and overlooks the front yard; it opens up directly to the entryway and into the dining room.

The fireplace itself was an original feature in the Tudor Revival living room, but the original tile was chipped, stained, and needed a refresh.

When designing the shutters, privacy was a concern, but so was allowing the right amount of daylight in, especially on rainy, gloomy days. Leader and Sarah liked the way the circular cutouts created balls of light that danced around the room.

"The design intent was to calm down the geometry of the house," says Blue Truck Studio’s Peter Liang of the renovation.

The cherry wood kitchen features sleek storage and a soapstone kitchen.

The children's bedroom with a pullout storage area.

An old cistern found on the original site is now a black concrete plunge pool.

A narrow threshold evokes the warren-like feel of the original interiors.

The original 16th century stone walls are left exposed in the kitchen.

A clean-lined bathroom of stone and concrete.

A dialogue between ancient and contemporary can be seen in the bedroom.

Contemporary materials like concrete and steel are a wonderful contrast to the ancient stone walls.

In the medieval city of Girona, Catalonia, a Spanish architect saves a 16th-century townhouse by converting it into a five-bedroom rental.