Rural community oven transformed into Portuguese holiday home

HBG Architects has converted an old granite community oven in east Portugal into a small holiday home, featuring a staircase with steps that double as a table, bench and fireplace.
The small building, now named Rural House in Portugal, is located in the village of Aldeia de João Pires and has been owned by the client's family for a number of decades. It was formerly used as a place where locals could pay to bake their bread dough.
After remaining unused for more than half a century, HBG A