Interesting Design

Windows and natural light surround the living room with a locally made Haiku Home ceiling fan.

The main room opens to the quad through a large pivoting garage door.

White concrete panel cladding and corrugated steel roof panels give this cabin a crisp, geometric form that almost melts into the landscape on bleary, snowy days.

As if undertaking an archaeological dig, architect Carles Oliver peels back layers of his home over the course of three years. Cities that are inundated by tourists, such as Palma de Mallorca, Spain, can suffer severe housing shortages that call for the reappropriation of unused space. Architect Carles Oliver undertook just this task, rehabbing an old, empty building with a budget of just over $21,000. Through an urban sharecropping contract, the work on the home was done in exchange for three years of rent.

Natural light floods the space from both sides

The pool feels as laterally finite as the house feels spacious—but the view goes up forever.