House

In the Canary Islands, architect Patricia Betancort Ramos revived a crumbling house that had been in her husband’s family for generations.

The house is contained between two brick walls.

The façade unfolds to reveal the bedroom windows.

The main façade hides windows and doors within a same covering.

A view of the main living room, which to one side is nestled against the trees and to the other side enjoys expansive views of the vineyard.

The house was meant to float above the landscape, particularly its great room seen here.

The house is clad primarily with weathered steel.

The house has two living areas, each with a fireplace.

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

The primary bedroom includes a reclaimed-wood headboard extending to the ceiling.

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

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

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

At one end of the house, the home's glass-ensconced great room extends over the hillside, anchored by a steel-reinforced concrete chimney.