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Residential Interior Design 2023



BRICK HOUSE


1st prize winner of ‘Built architecture / individual dwelling architecture’ of Romanian Annual of Architecture


The Reclaimed Brick House represents an accurate response to the urban context and the urban planning constraints of the area that shaped this volume on a difficult-to-build lot. The design process involved obtaining several urban planning certificates and strictly respect of all setbacks and regulations of the area, as well as legal requirements.



Status: Built
Year: 2016-2023
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Client: Private
Built area: 250 sqm;
Footprint : 75 sqm; 
Budget: 350.000 euro
Chief arhitect: arch. Eliza Yokina
Team: arch. Alexandru Cătăuță, interior: arch. Andrada Tarau
Render: arch. Alexandru Cătăuță, arch. Ioana Penescu; arch. Razvan Malancoiu 
General designer: Cumulus Architecture
Height: S+P+2ER
Instalation: Deteco; Alyates; Decolight
Structure: Series Consulting




At the same time, the client's desire for an industrial-looking house with a brick facade led to the solutions of creating an identity built on reclaimed brick, metalwork, and thin-framed windows. Bricl is used as mono material for facades and pavement in the courtyard and terraces. 





The interior layout is functional, with minimal spaces resulting from the building's configuration and surface limitations. The main facade faces north, and the need for direct natural light throughout the day led to the creation of a skylight above the staircase, whose light reaches the basement through the transparency of the metal staircases of the three levels. The house's interior aims to enhance light, featuring light colors, transparent partitions, and warm finishes.






The house has large glazed openings and also brick latticework to allow for interior privacy while filtering both exterior light during the day and interior light at night. The house is organized around a courtyard which become a second living space during the warm period while the upper stair set back terraces offer views of the neighborhood. Thus, the house negotiates each corner in relation to the blind walls around it, on which it sits.


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We are delighted to announce that I House has received two distinctions at Anuala 2025, Romania’s most comprehensive annual architecture awards:

Winner – “Architecture of Interior Design / Residential Interiors”
Nomination – “Built Architecture / Individual Housing Architecture”

I House was also nominated in the main architectural category. View project


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