Cadaval & Sola-Morales, a Barcelona-based architecture studio, have designed a House in the Pyrenees as their latest project, it is located in Canejan, an alpine village in northern Spain.

This A-frame in the Spanish hills is a two-story contemporary residence that was built upon an already existing dry stone base. The house is a minimalist and contemporary addition to the surrounding, historic architecture. It blends in very well thanks to the steeply pitched roof tailored on stone facade.
The roof creates a striking silhouette as well as an opportunity to take in the breathtaking views of the Spanish Pyrenees through the large glazed openings. It also defines the shape of the space through the continuous windows that fill the interior with natural light as well as provide stunning vistas towards the mountains above the home as well as the valleys below it. The lower spaces are designed in a more traditional way, equipped with a large deck on the outside that can be used in a multitude of ways.
The project seeks to display the construction values of an old existing vernacular house made from dry stone – a traditional technique in this area of great tectonic value. However, the distinctive attributes inherent to this construction technique (compactness, large mass, small openings, obscure interiors, weight) deny the extraordinary environment in which it is located: on top of a mountain, with views to two different valleys which are faced by t...