Brazilian firm Studio Colnaghi Arquitetura has completed a house in Xangrilá, Brazil, featuring a concrete-framed games room that projects out over a poolside terrace (+ slideshow).

Locally based Studio Colnaghi Arquitetura designed Casa Bosques as a holiday home with plenty of opportunities for family and friends to socialise.
As a result, the property contains several large open areas, both inside and out. Glazed walls allow these spaces to open out to one another.

"Brazil's tropical climate calls for this integration, with open glass walls that have the feeling of a house open to nature," the architects suggested.
"The different levels of the house create spaces and environments without losing the total integration between them."
The trapezoidal shape of the site is reflected in the house's composition. Three interconnected volumes form a stepped plan that expands towards the front of the plot.

The largest section accommodates a parking area. This is partly sheltered beneath the cantilevered upper storey and separated from the pool by a stone wall that continues deep into the house.

The main social areas extend from the decking around the pool at the front towards a garden at the rear.

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A large dining and lounge area can be opened up to the outdoors by retracting the full-height sliding glass doors.

A short set of steps d...