Mecanoo cloaks Dutch house in pearlescent ceramic tiles

Glossy ceramic tiles in shades of green and blue cover the twisting form of Villa BW, a house in the Dutch village of Schoorl designed by architecture studio Mecanoo.
Delft-based Mecanoo, which is best known for its large-scale cultural projects, created the three-storey home to sit among a cluster of more traditional dwellings.
Mecanoo has created a tile-covered house named Villa BW
Villa BW has a distinctive double-curved roof and tile cladding, designed to allow the 308-square-metre house to