Geneva-based architect Stef Claes took cues from mid-century and local architecture to create House in the Fields, a low-lying home in the Belgian countryside.
Set within a wide agricultural landscape, the home has white-painted walls and black accents, which Claes said draws on mid-century modern buildings in the United States.
Meanwhile, more traditional elements including a terracotta tile roof are designed as nods to other agricultural buildings found in the region.
The design references mid-century and local architecture
To ensure House in the Fields sits subtly within its setting, Claes designed the house with a long, low form intended to follow the flatness of the landscape.
This also aligns with the area's "strict building code that put a limit on the volume", he said. "The location of the house is pretty special, it is located in wide open fields, long, big stretches of agricultural land, with long narrow paths and roads parallel to it," Claes told Dezeen.
It has white-painted walls
"The house is like a subtle pencil strike in the field that mimics the movement of the landscape ? present but absent in the same way," Claes added.
"To fit in the program and create a constant relationship with the beauty of the surroundings, we opted for a low and long volume, with easy physical and visual access to the sides."
Black accents feature throughout the home
House in the Fields has a brick-infilled, cross-laminated timber (CLT) frame...