Architecture studio NOARQ has extended a stone villa in Portugal with a bright red cabin perched on thick blocks of granite above the entrance.
Located in the town of Vila Nova de Famalicão, the house sits directly alongside a road with a site that steps down to the south, where it overlooks a green landscape dotted with houses and stone walls.

Bright red paint ? described by NOARQ as the colour of blood ? has been used for the new cabin and for colourful accents, such as window frames and a wooden strip that runs below the eaves of the roof.
This dramatic red also covers the entire exterior of the extension, as well as on a nearby gate that opens onto the road.

To balancing its dual aspect, the house presents a more austere stone frontage to the road, At the back it opens up with large windows cut into the facade, with a small arcade and a paved garden.

"The house rises from broad blocks of blue granite into the wilderness, like a fortification, indistinct from the supporting walls at the edge of the street," said the studio.
"The building stretches itself till the blood-coloured gate, pointing to the threshing floor moulded into the granite of the street wall."

A living room and kitchen are located along the more closed side of the building.
The secondary living space protrudes out into the garden, alongside a covered corridor that links the east and west ends of the home.

This corridor ends in a dressing room, providing a link across the entranc...