Called the “Escu” House – escu being Old French for shield – the space is now bright, open and looks modern and distinct from the street. The original home had a large veranda on the front, which was ...

MAPA architects placed the kitchen, living room, and other communal spaces on first floor of the house and stacked the bedrooms up above on the second level. To reinforce the division of space, the ...

The concept, inspired by a slatted screen in the Giacometti sculpture room in Wohlert and Bo's Louisiana art gallery in Denmark, was to use the screen to support the staircase while retaining, in the ...