Photographer Leonardo Finotti has sent us his set of photographs documenting a recent residential project by Portuguese architect Bak Gordon.
Located at Sobral da Lagoa in Óbidos near the west coast of Portugal, the house occupies a plot between two existing houses.
Windows in the white facade are glazed in different colours.
A swimming pool on the roof of the garage overlooks fields behind the site.
The following text is from Bak Gordon:
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House in Sobral da Lagoa
Portugal 2008
In a rural, vernacular village near the west coast, a white volume fills-in the void left between two houses.
The house has two faces: one facing the access and another facing the fields. In both cases, it’s the character of the coloured window openings that animates their composition.
The roof extends the house perimeter to the depth of the adjacent houses and plots.
Facing the fields, the pool sets the line of the horizon while giving a roof to the storage and garage underneath.
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Posted by Rose Etherington
March 16th, 2009 at 1:49 am
I love it!
March 16th, 2009 at 2:07 am
good photography.
March 16th, 2009 at 3:09 am
exquisite. the pool set up is fabulous. this house design has such great integrity. a simple idea about color expresses itself in a way that is deeply resonant with the local venacular, landscape and light.
March 16th, 2009 at 5:33 am
after a long, long time……..
heart-touching, simple and profound…….
as much to the ‘ONES’ outside..as to the ‘COUPLES’ inside….
KUDOS!……………………..
March 16th, 2009 at 5:49 am
nice adaptation
March 16th, 2009 at 6:51 am
The house has probably just a few windows, because this is the traditional way down there to avoid the heating up of the houses – and not because they love the darkness… vampires or something.
If so: What is with the pool? The water will boil in there!
March 16th, 2009 at 7:38 am
super simple but very beautiful. nice work
March 16th, 2009 at 7:39 am
WONDERFULL!!!
March 16th, 2009 at 8:09 am
so fresh and so clean!
March 16th, 2009 at 8:30 am
nice rail
March 16th, 2009 at 9:08 am
nice work. love the pool
March 16th, 2009 at 10:15 am
nice house with nice scenery..love it!
March 16th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Don’t know if I like the house so much, but the view is marvellous and of course swimming pool on the roof is great as always.
But all the houses around look more dirty than they are because of comparison with such a new and white building.
March 16th, 2009 at 10:20 am
adorable!
March 16th, 2009 at 10:33 am
yeah super hand rail
March 16th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Замечательно. Просто и лаконично.
Beautiful. Simply and succinctly.
March 16th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Two things.
1. wonderful house to live in, wonderful to use it.
2.architecturally it is not too difficult to reproduce it meaning, generic value but in lesser degree exclusive…
In this current world where almost everything is possible what is then the criteria to say if this is on top of a, for example, Zaha Hadid architecture? Naturally the projects are of entirely different nature…
March 16th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Beautiful house!
Beautiful posture of respect to the surroundings!
Very sensitive … congratulations!
March 16th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
this 0ne is all about atmospheres and spatial qualities… so many great spaces and rooms here i can almost feel the beauty of the daily life! really love it and its attention to details in combination with the reduced architecural language makes it feel perfect!
@ One
in this current world almost everything is possible… that makes poeple go crazy about spectacular things and forget about the beauty in many things… i dont like simplicity for its own sake but i think that most human beeings are not capable of doing complicated stuff with the same amount of precision and atmosphere… so go for the goals within your range
March 16th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
beatiful, clean… I love it
March 16th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
@ Ste
Once morernity was defined with the use of taoe windows etc. Now? Recent mode applies windows everywhere, I wonder if there is new spirit for seeking freedom build into it? Looks as if this is so called ‘Fresh Conservative’…
March 16th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
decent and pleasant~
March 16th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I wouldn’t say that shutters on the inside are kind of stupid but… well… they are, aren’t they? (portugal – heat inside = baaaaad)
March 16th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Bak Gordon… love it. Please come and help me in Extremadura, my building is going horribly wrong with uninspiring builders.
Simplicity and precision… great combo and great setting. I’m architecting in Doha, Qatar and dreaming of Feria, Extremadura, a dead ringer for Sobral de Lagoa.
March 16th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Who couldnt design that- nothing special
March 16th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
beautiful, sober, respectful (of the surroundings), with great care for details, architecture as it should be. well done.
March 16th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Good job. Great integration with existing buildings. Well done
March 17th, 2009 at 3:22 am
it has many interesting features, the deep of the windows, the angle in the facade makes an fluid interior, the colors. it’s a very good word.
March 17th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
It takes a lot of effort making something look effortless.
A lot of work has gone into this build. Love it, and find myself dreaming of my summer holidays….
March 17th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
great house. fits perfectly
March 17th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Interesting window system!,
Clean and could get dark if desired!
Less is more!
goot!
March 18th, 2009 at 3:23 am
“I come not to bury Siza but to praise him . . .”
March 18th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Just love that contrast. New white washed walls versus the old gritty ones. Terracotta tiles overlooking into the pool area just look awesome. Wonderfully simplistic design utilising good space. Very well thought out. Same principles I’ve tried to utilise for my own home design.
I just find the kitchen rather un-inspiring – especially for a Portuguese village type home. I would have imagined it bigger and livelier.
March 18th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
simply beuatiful
March 19th, 2009 at 1:58 am
very very very very nice work..well done
March 19th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
As the owner of this house y must (once more) congratulate may dear friend Bak Gordon who contibue to surprise me on the integration, open spaces and retirments ones. I’m suspect but i looooooove my house. Thank you Leonardo for great photos.
March 20th, 2009 at 7:19 am
Fantastic! This is just a great work! I couldn’t have guess that colored glass windows like this can adapt so well to such environnement before to see it on a photography.
And the interior with this sunlight reflections… it’s beautiful and i can feel the fresh air flowing thru the house from here!
March 20th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Fantastico!!!!!!
Great work! well inserted in the context…. great job!!!!
March 21st, 2009 at 7:36 pm
beautiful architecture, beautiful finish, beautiful details. nice shading device. could you post some plans?
March 27th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
as the others that Bak Gordon as offered us until now [check is site!], this house is fantastic!
as before, he proves is an extraordinary creator of atmospheres. someone, that as the rare wisdom of making a house a place you want to be in.
you arrive and you want to layback and stay.
cheers!
March 28th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Inspirational!!! simple, elegent, sympathetic, sharp, intelligent, rooted…
March 31st, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Lovely!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Sign of time. All the comments are glorifying what is just “normal” within the surrounding. Columbus egg story still stands.
March 31st, 2009 at 3:18 pm
i’m just wondering if it’ll look as majestic after some rain stains the pristine walls
March 31st, 2009 at 3:24 pm
A dream house!!I love it!
When I think about a house outside my hometown,its like this one.
Thank you for sharing.
kostas
April 1st, 2009 at 9:39 am
Så fantastiskt vackert…
This is what architecture is about…
Can´t stop dreaming about a house like this now.