Ten bedrooms tucked away on cosy mezzanine levels

A forest cabin and an apartment in a New York warehouse feature in this lookbook, which shines a light on ten homes with snug bedrooms raised on mezzanine levels.

Mezzanines are half-storeys inserted between a floor and ceiling to create extra space or distinct zones for different activities.

They are popularly used as platforms for bedrooms, particularly in open-plan residences, because they create privacy from adjoining living spaces.

The examples below demonstrate the potential of a mezzanine bedroom as a space-saving tool for small homes, but also as a way to take advantage of tall ceilings in lofty residences.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks including warm wood-clad kitchens, relaxing wet rooms and space-saving bunk beds.

Photo is by Anna Positano

House for a Sea Dog, Italy, by Dodi Moss

An exposed roof structure, floors of unvarnished wood and a plaster wall create a rustic look for the mezzanine bedroom in this loft apartment in a 17th-century building in Genoa.

The home was designed by Dodi Moss to feel as open and spacious as possible, so the level change is used to provide privacy for the sleeping area as opposed to solid partitions and walls.

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La Dominique, Spain, by RÄS

Sliding polycarbonate panels line one side of the sleeping platform in this Barcelona residence, allowing light to enter the space while separating it from the floor below.

Its designer, RÄS, finished the space with black decorative tiles that contrast with the rough-painted white brick wall that borders one side.

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Photo is by Michael Vahrenwald

Bed-Stuy Loft, USA, by New Affiliates

New Affiliates inserted this mezzanine above the study and kitchen area of the Bed-Stuy Loft apartment in New York to create a bedroom beneath its high ceilings.

The sleeping area, which sits alongside a raised dressing area, is finished with plywood and white metal-mesh panels that nod to the industrial heritage of the building in which it is located.

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Photo is by Alex Delaunay

Hike, France, by SABO Project

Alternating tread stairs lead up to this cosy bedroom, which SABO Project placed on a half-level when optimising floor space in a 72-square-metre apartment in Paris.

The bedroom provides a sleeping area for guests and uses a skylight and a wall of translucent glass panels to maximise light while ensuring privacy.

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Photo is by Stephen Kent Johnson

UWS Apartment, USA, by Stadt Architecture

Stadt Architecture introduced a mezzanine to a narrow 1970s condominium in New York in order to create a larger bedroom and bathroom for its owner.

Set against exposed brickwork walls, the platform is finished with a dark walnut floor that helps unify it with the level below. The bed's headboard doubles as a balustrade, while its base contains hidden storage.

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Photo is by Anton Rodriguez

Barbican Mezzanine, UK, by Francisco Sutherland Architects

Set under the vaulted ceiling of an apartment in London's Barbican Estate, this children's bedroom forms part of a wooden mezzanine structure that also contains a bathroom and wardrobes.

Francisco Sutherland Architects lined the sleeping element of the volume with a wall of shutters that provide privacy while opening the room out to an adjoining bedroom below.

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Photo is by Michael Moran

Soho Loft, USA, by Julian King

A mezzanine with sculptural white walls was among the features that architect Julian King introduced in his reconfiguration of a tall and long warehouse apartment in New York.

Taking advantage of the home's high ceilings, the intervention allowed King to relocate the bedroom to a higher level and create a more fluid, open layout for the owner.

Find out more about Soho Loft ›

Photo is by Maja Wirkus

K907, Poland, by Thisispaper Studio

This sleeping area is hidden within a boxy plywood volume that Thisispaper Studio inserted into a pared-back holiday apartment in an old print warehouse in Warsaw.

Its design helps maximise floor space while drawing attention to the lofty dimensions of the apartment, which enhances its minimalist aesthetic.

Find out more about K907 ›

Photo is by Ricardo Oliveira Alves

Rural House in Portugal, Portugal, by HBG Architects

Built within an old granite community oven in the village of Aldeia de João Pires, this holiday home contains a wood-lined mezzanine that maximises space below its original gable roof.

The platform, which also contains a second bathroom, is accessed by steps that double as a table and concealed behind slats of wood that ensure privacy while allowing light inside.

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Photo is by Martin Dimitrov

Inhabit, USA, by Antony Gibbon Designs

This mezzanine bedroom sits above a kitchen in a stilted wooden treehouse built by Antony Gibbon Designs in a forest in Upstate New York.

The cosy wood-lined bedroom looks out through a wall of glazing that runs upwards from the ground floor of the cabin, framing views of the surrounding trees and Catskills mountains.

Find out more about Inhabit ›

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks including warmwood-clad kitchens, relaxing wet rooms and space-saving bunk beds.

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Snøhetta to add entrance shaped like "canted shells" to St Louis' Powell Hall

Architecture studio Snøhetta has unveiled its design for an expansion to St Louis Orchestra's Powell Hall that will feature scalloped walls, a grainy brick facade and glazed arches.

The 65,000-square-foot (6,039-square-metre) expansion will add new lobby space, backstage space and educational facilities to the historic building in St Louis, Missouri.

Snøhetta is managing both the structural and landscape architecture for the addition to the home of the second-oldest orchestra in the United States.

Snøhetta revealed the plans for the expansion of Powell Hall in St Louis

"Drawing on the spatial language of historic concert halls and the instruments within, the new entry is shaped as a series of canted shells assembled from raked masonry units, creating a front-of-house addition defined by simple inclined surfaces and arched openings inspired by the musicality of the historic building and its program," said Snøhetta.

The entrance will have a grainy brick facade that will wrap around the current 1920s brick-and-stone structure. The addition will be shorter than the current building and decrease in height as it wraps around the building.

"The scalloped walls of the new front-of-house building, as well as the eastern addition’s exterior, are clad in light-coloured brick echoing Powell Hall’s ornamental terracotta," said Takeshi Tornier, project leader for Snøhetta.

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Where the new structure meets the old will be a pane of vertical glass, which the architects call a "glass ribbon", that corresponds with the paned, vertical glazing on Powell Hall's face.

A glazed archway will serve as the primary entrance to the lobby. Through this entrance, a spiral staircase will take visitors into the multiple levels of the concert hall.

The existing 1920s structure houses the second-oldest orchestra in the United States

Within the lobby, the staircase will branch out onto mezzanines that look over the volume and out through the glazing of the arch into the outdoor plaza.

The plaza will replace an existing parking lot on the corner of Grand Boulevard and Samuel Shepard Drive.

With multiple pathways through the plaza into the hall, the space will be a way for the public to gather and for the concert experience to extend outside, according to the architects.

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"Inspired by the music created and performed within the building, the site design works to create light and lyrical entry groves that frame the new addition," said Tornier.

The structure is set to be completed in 2025, in time for Powell Hall's centennial.

Snøhetta was founded in 1989 in Oslo and now has offices internationally. Its recent projects in the United States include an extension to Dartmouth's Hopkins Center for the Arts as well as a curved glass research centre for Ford in Dearborn.

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WeStudio and Made insert mezzanines beneath gabled roof of Porto house

Double-height volumes in this gabled house in Porto accommodate mezzanine levels and light-filled living spaces that look onto a courtyard.

Named House in Rua Direita de Francos, the residence was designed by local architecture studios WeStudio and Made for a family who wanted to live near the Portuguese city's centre.

WeStudio and Made have created a gabled house in Porto

The single-storey house replaces an existing stone dwelling on the 341-square-metre plot, which had been orientated to face the Rua Direita de Francos – the street from which it takes its name.

WeStudio and Made chose to preserve some of the original building's stone walls but designed the replacement house so that its living areas look onto the private garden instead.

The house folds around an enclosed garden

The L-shaped building comprises two wings arranged around the enclosed garden, with its bedrooms facing east and an open-plan kitchen, dining and lounge area facing south.

It follows the line of the existing stone wall facing the street but its gabled roof projects up above it, maintaining a consistent height along its length.

It incorporates stone walls from a building that previously occupied the site

WeStudio and Made took advantage of the height provided by the pitched roof to incorporate additional living spaces along with clerestory windows and skylights that brighten the interior.

"The single floor arrangement with a gable roof allowed opportunities to explore flexible areas as mezzanines, attached to the main rooms but at a higher level," the studios explained.

Mezzanine levels slot beneath its gabled roof

"These can be used to study or play," added the architects. "The relationships between spaces, sizes and dimensions were co-designed in conversation with the family."

A cranked staircase ascends from the kitchen and dining area to a study on a mezzanine, which has been slotted in above the garage.

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The study has metal mesh balustrades that ensure daylight entering through a skylight above can filter down to the lower level.

Mezzanines also feature in the bedrooms, where they are positioned above storage cupboards or en-suite bathrooms and accessed by ladders.

There is an open-plan kitchen and dining room

Externally, brown brick cladding applied across all of the House in Rua Direita de Franco's elevations extends onto the roof, giving the building a monolithic appearance.

Different brickwork patterns on the garden-facing elevation create a datum that is continued internally in the material finishes used to separate the main rooms from the mezzanine levels.

The bedrooms have mezzanines accessed by ladders

Openings throughout the House in Rua Direita de Francos are carefully positioned to optimise natural light and outward views. These include full-height glazed walls, light tunnels and skylights that serve more than one space.

"The light openings were designed taking into account the type of space and its orientation," the studios said. "The light is an unexpected play to the rooms with variations throughout the day."

Elsewhere in Porto, Fahr 021.3 recently completed a playful family home with a turquoise exterior and Bak Gordon Arquitectos added a concrete "garden pavilion" to a 19th-century residence.

The photography is byJosé Campos.

Project credits:

Architects: WeStudio and Made
Team: Nadia Santos, João Francisco Sousa and José Mendanha **
Engineer:** VM Projectos **
Constructor:** Pacato Elogio Construções, Lda, Carlos Sousa

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WeStudio and Made insert mezzanines beneath gabled roof of Porto house

Double-height volumes in this gabled house in Porto accommodate mezzanine levels and light-filled living spaces that look onto a courtyard.

Named House in Rua Direita de Francos, the residence was designed by local architecture studios WeStudio and Made for a family who wanted to live near the Portuguese city's centre.

WeStudio and Made have created a gabled house in Porto

The single-storey house replaces an existing stone dwelling on the 341-square-metre plot, which had been orientated to face the Rua Direita de Francos – the street from which it takes its name.

WeStudio and Made chose to preserve some of the original building's stone walls but designed the replacement house so that its living areas look onto the private garden instead.

The house folds around an enclosed garden

The L-shaped building comprises two wings arranged around the enclosed garden, with its bedrooms facing east and an open-plan kitchen, dining and lounge area facing south.

It follows the line of the existing stone wall facing the street but its gabled roof projects up above it, maintaining a consistent height along its length.

It incorporates stone walls from a building that previously occupied the site

WeStudio and Made took advantage of the height provided by the pitched roof to incorporate additional living spaces along with clerestory windows and skylights that brighten the interior.

"The single floor arrangement with a gable roof allowed opportunities to explore flexible areas as mezzanines, attached to the main rooms but at a higher level," the studios explained.

Mezzanine levels slot beneath its gabled roof

"These can be used to study or play," added the architects. "The relationships between spaces, sizes and dimensions were co-designed in conversation with the family."

A cranked staircase ascends from the kitchen and dining area to a study on a mezzanine, which has been slotted in above the garage.

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The study has metal mesh balustrades that ensure daylight entering through a skylight above can filter down to the lower level.

Mezzanines also feature in the bedrooms, where they are positioned above storage cupboards or en-suite bathrooms and accessed by ladders.

There is an open-plan kitchen and dining room

Externally, brown brick cladding applied across all of the House in Rua Direita de Franco's elevations extends onto the roof, giving the building a monolithic appearance.

Different brickwork patterns on the garden-facing elevation create a datum that is continued internally in the material finishes used to separate the main rooms from the mezzanine levels.

The bedrooms have mezzanines accessed by ladders

Openings throughout the House in Rua Direita de Francos are carefully positioned to optimise natural light and outward views. These include full-height glazed walls, light tunnels and skylights that serve more than one space.

"The light openings were designed taking into account the type of space and its orientation," the studios said. "The light is an unexpected play to the rooms with variations throughout the day."

Elsewhere in Porto, Fahr 021.3 recently completed a playful family home with a turquoise exterior and Bak Gordon Arquitectos added a concrete "garden pavilion" to a 19th-century residence.

The photography is byJosé Campos.

Project credits:

Architects: WeStudio and Made
Team: Nadia Santos, João Francisco Sousa and José Mendanha **
Engineer:** VM Projectos **
Constructor:** Pacato Elogio Construções, Lda, Carlos Sousa

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Vallribera Arquitectes adds bright-blue mezzanine to renovated Spanish house

A blue-painted steel mezzanine provides space for additional bedrooms beneath the original timber roof of this narrow terraced house in Vallès, Spain, which was modernised by Vallribera Arquitectes.

The Barcelona-based studio led by Llorenç Vallribera and Aleix Gil worked on the project for a couple who were unable to find a property with outdoor space in the city centre.

105JON is a home in Barcelona that was designed by Vallribera Arquitectes

In Vallès, the clients purchased a simple, single-storey terraced house that needed extensive renovations but offered the indoor and outdoor spaces required.

The existing building consisted of a pair of facades and a pitched roof slotted in between two taller structures. The remaining space between the party walls forms an open yard.

The studio used oriented strand board across the interior

Working to a tight budget, the architects sought to improve the house's thermal performance and to increase the floor area to meet the clients' requirements.

It was decided early in the project that the existing building envelope should be preserved, meaning the only way to provide more space was to create a mezzanine level beneath the roof's ridge.

Exposed brick, concrete and wood cover the walls floors and ceiling

The mezzanine increases the house's gross floor area to 90 square metres, providing space for the children's bedrooms, as well as their bathroom and a small study.

The parents' bedroom and a second bathroom are located at the front of the house on the ground floor, with the rest of the space on this level used as an open-plan living area.

The studio added a mezzanine above the living area

The kitchen and dining table are positioned beneath the mezzanine structure, while the lounge and bedroom at either end of the building take advantage of the high ceilings.

Glass doors at the far end of the living space allow daylight to reach the interior and connect this space with the garden. A small shed at the opposite side of the yard contains the laundry facilities.

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Reducing the property's energy consumption and carbon emissions was a key aspect of the brief, which was addressed in part by insulating the building more thoroughly.

"The envelope is improved to provide the thermal performance of a contemporary home," said the architects, explaining that insulation was added to the roof, facades and the new concrete floor.

"The party walls are also insulated in the bedrooms," they added, "but are left exposed across the rest of the ground floor to avoid problems with moisture."

Blue floors were used throughout the private spaces

The architects used a simple material palette throughout the project that highlights the new interventions and their methods of construction.

Original features including the timber roof and the brick party walls on either side of the living space are left exposed to retain a sense of the building's heritage.

A simple material palette was used throughout

The characterful existing features contrast with the smooth polished-concrete floor on the ground level, and the blue linoleum used on the upper floor.

The steel structure supporting the mezzanine is painted a bright shade of blue that transforms it into a dominant feature within the interior.

The studio combined the home's original features with industrial materials

Chunky chipboard used for the walls, ceilings, staircase and furniture introduces texture and creates a unifying element throughout the spaces.

The house's facades are treated with lime mortar and the various openings are shaded by roller blinds that also extend out from the rear elevation to create a sheltered porch.

Grey lime mortar was used across the exterior

Elsewhere in Spain, Nua Arquitectures renovated an old home in the centre of Tarragona and reinforced its worn structure with pastel-coloured steel. In Cruïlles, Majoral Tissino Architects renovated a home with a studio and secluded terrace.

The photography is byJosé Hevia.

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CumuloLimbo inserts plywood-clad loft within UpHouse in Madrid

Inexpensive materials such as salvaged plywood feature in a compact apartment in Madrid that has been overhauled by Spanish studio CumuloLimbo.

The project, called UpHouse, entailed an extensive redesign of a small apartment in Madrid's Hortaleza district.

A mezzanine was added to the flat in Madrid

The clients, a young couple, wanted to create more space by raising the apartment's ceiling and adding a second level. They turned to local firm CumuloLimbo to design the fit-out. The project had a tight budget of $39,000 (£28,334).

To prevent the unit from feeling too dark and cramped, the studio suggested adding a mezzanine rather than a full floor.

The loft spaces sits above a bathroom

"UpHouse is the tale of an implant – the introduction of a space of intimate scale into another space, which, within a domestic diagram, is exposed and social," said the architects.

The team removed the plasterboard ceiling and, over a central bathroom, inserted the loft space, which holds a bed, closet and vanity.

Floor and walls are clad in plywood

The loft is supported by steel columns and beams, which were left exposed. The floor and walls are clad in deconstructed, plywood shipping crates that were once used to transport electronic equipment.

The sides overlooking the lower level of the apartment were left open, with the exception of a few cables.

A staircase leads up from the kitchen counter

The loft is accessed via an unusual staircase that terminates atop a kitchen counter. To reach the floor, a black step stool can be pulled up to the counter and stashed away when not in use.

The new mezzanine divides UpHouse's ground level into distinct zones.

"The new upper floor divides the apartment into two spaces, a private and a public function," the team said. "The choice of materials for these two spaces reflects this duality."

To the east is a revamped kitchen and living area, where white walls reflect light from an adjoining patio, creating a bright atmosphere.

One side of the flat has a music studio

The cooking area features a new, open shelving system. Black tiles were cleverly arranged to form a graphic backsplash.

The other side of the unit holds a music studio. Plywood-covered walls lend an intimate feel to the space.

Mirror-lined slats hang from the ceiling

Getting light into the upper level of UpHouse was a significant concern. In response, the team hung an installation in the music studio composed of mirror-lined, wooden slats.

"In order to maximise natural light in the new upper level, a mirror-faced wood vault is built in the private side," the team said. "Natural light is reflected and multiplied with a great visual effect."

The bathroom has geometric tiles

The team also updated the apartment's bathroom by adding geometric tiles and a new vanity.

Other apartments in Madrid include a unit by Nomos inside an old workshop that features tactile bricks and pinewood partitions, and a plywood-lined apartment by Husos Arquitectos that totals 46 square metres.

Photography is byJavier de Paz García.

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Ten mezzanines that provide homes with additional floorspace

In our latest lookbook, we have selected a collection of mezzanines from the Dezeen archive that create more useable space at home and make use of tall ceilings.

A mezzanine can be described as an intermediate floor in a room, which is placed half-way up the wall and doesn't extend over the whole space of the floor below.

Mezzanines are typically used in spaces with tall ceilings, with levels placed at a floor height that lets both the area above and that below be used as a functional space.

They can be permanent or temporary, and are often used in high-ceilinged spaces such as warehouse buildings.

This is the latest roundup in our Dezeen Lookbooks series providing visual inspiration for the home. Previous articles in the series feature loft conversions, L-shaped kitchens and Scandi living rooms.

Casa Texcal, Mexico, HGR Arquitectos

A double-height red oak bookcase occupies the living space of this holiday home, located in Tepoztlán and designed by Mexican studio HGR Arquitectos.

The bookcase extends upwards toward the pitched roof and is joined by a mezzanine that was built around the oak shelving, allowing the client's expansive book collection to be accessed with ease.

A ladder provides access to the mezzanine level of the small library, where a wooden deck placed atop steel beams is enveloped by black railings.

Find out more about Casa Texcal ›

Cabin Thunder, Norway, Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter

Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter clad the interior of this holiday home in Norway in light, untreated wood. The studio completed the cabin with a series of reading nooks and a mezzanine level-cum-hideout space that is accessed by a ladder.

The wood-lined mezzanine spans the width of the cabin, adding a secondary layer of space to the pitched roof interior as well as creating a cosy sleeping area below.

Find out more about Cabin Thunder ›

Residence for Two Collectors, US, Wheeler Kearns Architects

Built for an art collector couple in Chicago, Wheeler Keans Architects created an art-filled residence with muted and earthy tones. The studio incorporated a large custom-made double-height bookcase fitted with a spiral staircase that leads up to a mezzanine level from its living area.

Perforated metal sheets were used as railings and surrounded by walnut handrails. Glass panels were used across the steps of the spiral staircase and floor of the mezzanine level, allowing light to dapple the area below.

Find out more about Residence for Two Collectors ›

Converted Barn, Portugal, Inês Brandão

Portuguese architecture studio Inês Brandão renovated and converted a barn in Portugal, adding an oriented strand board (OSB) volume that houses the kitchen, a bathroom and a built-in staircase that leads to an additional living space.

The upper level, which once functioned as an area for drying grain, overlooks the living space and is built within the eaves of the roof. It is accessed via the black-painted OSB volume that occupies a central part of the home.

Find out more about Converted Barn ›

The Mantelpiece Loft, Stockholm, Note Design Studio

The Mantelpiece Loft was reconfigured by Note Design Studio to better make use of the dormant space beneath the loft's tall roof.

Above a formal living space, the studio incorporated a sage green mezzanine within a section of the home's sloped roof that can be used as a snug. A minimalist staircase leading up to it was oriented perpendicular to the space and features a paired-back slatted bannister.

Find out more about The Mantelpiece Loft ›

House for a Sea Dog, Italy, Dodi Moss

Dodi Moss added a mezzanine to the lower level of this 17th-century apartment in Genoa, Italy. It primarily serves as a bed deck but also contains a bathroom that was slotted beneath the sleeping volume.

A partition wall divides the living area from the staircase that leads to the sleeping space.

The bed deck was placed below the newly restored roof, which features a wood vaulted ceiling, with the bed framed by a baseboard that forms an extension of the white-painted walls below.

Find out more about House for a Sea Dog ›

Taiwan apartment, Taiwan, HAO Design

HAO Design transformed this apartment to better connect its bedrooms and living spaces. The studio added a pine mezzanine level that houses a second bedroom, storage spaces and a walk-in wardrobe.

Marked by a floor-to-ceiling storage wall, the new upper level was divided in two by a bridge-like passage that is accessed by a blocky light-wood staircase. House-shaped doors lead from the bridge to a pine-lined room that is used as a walk-in wardrobe for the neighbouring bedroom with mint green walls.

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Bed-Stuy Loft, US, New Affiliates

A mezzanine level wrapped in white latticed metal railings provides a sleeping area atop a workspace in this New York loft.

The volume was clad in untreated plywood, in a nod to the reclaimed nature of this apartment in a former industrial space. A corner of the plywood volume was cut out to fit around the building's large structural columns, while the opposite corner was used to house a kitchen island.

Find out more about Bed-Stuy Loft ›

Project #13, Singapore, Studio Wills + Architects

This apartment in Singapore was converted and reconfigured to house and accommodate Studio Wills + Architects' offices and function as a home for its founder. The 64-square-metre apartment is as a workspace during the day and a home during the evening.

The studio built a wooden volume with built-in steps and storage for the founder's belongings. This separates workspaces from meeting rooms on the flat's lower level, while the mezzanine level functions as a tea room during the day where staff can take time away from work. At night, it can be turned into a bedroom.

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Weekend House, Czech Republic, New How

A lookout was fitted on the top floor of this angular holiday home in the Czech Republic where it was placed within the sloped, chipboard-lined roof that was designed to reduce snow loads during the winter.

The lookout level overlooks a double-height space featuring a netted floor that spans across the dining space below. It was fitted with a large squared window that provides views out to the scenic forest surroundings and the Ore Mountains.

Find out more about Weekend House ›

This is the latest in our series oflookbooks providing curated visual inspiration from Dezeen's image archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks showcasing L-shaped kitchens, calm living rooms and colourful kitchens.

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