Designed by Studio Granda, B14 is a villa on the southern periphery of a mature neighborhood. It borders a lava field and has long views to the Bláfjöll mountain ridge. Built on the site of the client?s previous house the foundation pad was garnered from the crushed concrete of the former dwelling. All other materials were sorted during the demolition process and recycled.

The site is trapezoidal in form, narrow on the north side and wide on the south. This simple geometry was the generator of the folded, fan-like roof that was to become so important for the design.
Photography: Sigurgeir Sigurgeirsson
Within the house, the smaller, intimate spaces such as bedrooms, bathrooms and laundry room, are located towards the north beneath a series of pitched roofs. The family and workspaces are in the heart of the building and along the south face, under a gently rippling roof, are the living, dining and kitchen areas with open fireplaces at each end.
Parallel to these spaces is the sky lit garage and the entrance lobby cum gallery that is only white painted room in the house. Elsewhere the palette is primarily in-situ concrete, Kampala timber, and structural steel beams. Special surfaces are of polished black granite, Calacatta, Arabescato, and Nero Marquina marble. Buried in the depth of the plan is a stair of sawn basalt illuminated by a solitary skylight. It leads down to a workshop and store.
Photography: Sigurgeir Sigurgeirsson
The B14 house is at the end of a cul-de-sac ...