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Built on a roughly 380-square-foot lot in a hilly area of Barcelona, the Shoebox house lives up to its name while packing in style and views.
Architect Barbara Appolloni created the compact living space in a former garage, adding over 200 tons of poured concrete on site to reinforce the structure, and shaping some sophisticated, Brutalist appeal in the process.
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The home is built around its connections to the outdoors. At one end of the house, a large, frameless corner window has panoramic views of the city; at the other end, a small, inner courtyard is filled with plants. Walking up a set of zigzag concrete stairs leads to the second floor and a private terrace.
While there’s plenty of concrete to ogle, the space dazzles with a rich material palette rounded out with stainless steel, glass, wood, and Carrera marble.
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