Tiago Sousa inserts brick house into stone ruin in Portugal
Portuguese architect Tiago Sousa has renovated the remains of a traditional house in the village of Romarigães by inserting a brick volume into an existing stone shell.
Called Box, the new two-bedroom house in Portugal does not extend beyond the footprint of the original building.
The new red-brick volume extends above old stone walls
Instead, openings, terraces and balconies slot into the old stone walls.
"The existing volume has a singular configuration, rigid in shape and rudely built,
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