{"id":10376,"date":"2025-11-28T10:30:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T11:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/?p=10376"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:20:32","slug":"twisting-slate-roof-tops-coastal-latvian-home-by-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/twisting-slate-roof-tops-coastal-latvian-home-by-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Twisting slate roof tops coastal Latvian home by Made"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A curving slate<\/a> roof intended to evoke a sand dune tops The P\u0101vilosta House, an annexe to a home on Latvia<\/a>‘s western coast by local architecture studio Made<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named The P\u0101vilosta House after the town in which it is located, the 300-square-metre annexe is designed for the owner of the home opposite, who desired a larger gathering space and additional guest bedrooms.<\/p>\n

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Made has added an annexe to a home on Latvia’s western coast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The client’s wish for the home to evoke its coastal setting informed Made<\/a>‘s design, which took the barn-like volume of the town’s typical dwellings and introduced subtle curves and twists, mimicking the area’s sand dunes shaped by coastal winds.<\/p>\n

“P\u0101vilosta, a coastal town in Latvia, is a unique place where the wild sea meets the historic town structure and its long-established traditions,” said Made partner Linda Kr\u016bmi\u0146a.<\/p>\n

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The P\u0101vilosta House’s barn-like form mimics local architecture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“We felt strongly that any new architecture should respect the scale of the existing buildings, while at the same time responding to the client\u2019s vision to incorporate the feeling of the sea, wind, dunes, and waves,” Kr\u016bmi\u0146a told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

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“It would seem that wind and water have shaped the geometry of the house, just as they eternally shape and transform the P\u0101vilosta dunes.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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The structure curves around the corner of the plot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The form of The P\u0101vilosta House begins as a narrower, gabled volume to the west, which curves around the corner of the plot to form a wider, curved mono-pitched volume to the north.<\/p>\n

Positioned on concrete foundations, the annexe was constructed from a glue-laminated timber (glulam) frame infilled with panels of cross-laminated timber (CLT), which has been left exposed throughout to define the interiors and emphasise its changing geometry.<\/p>\n