This concrete holiday home on Greek island Karpathos cantilevers over a rocky cliff and features an open-air dining area that looks out across the Aegean Sea.
Stockholm-based architecture office OOAK designed the property for a couple living in Paris, who enjoyed travelling to Greece to windsurf.

The house stands on a cliffside plot with panoramic views of the sea and windsurfers on the nearby Afiarti beach.
Its position on a the jagged cliff informed a design that seeks to make optimal use of its setting without disrupting the sparse and untouched natural landscape.
Photo by Ake E:son Lindman
"The question became how to introduce a foreign object ? a house ? into this spectacular landscape, enhancing its qualities without altering its character," said OOAK. "Rather than trying to mimic the landscape, the house is gently placed on the site as an object, leaving the surrounding landscape as untouched as possible."

The house is designed as a distinct object that complements and enhances the rugged hillside.
For this reason, the building is constructed from reinforced concrete with a board-marked finish, and its roof is covered with gravel that matches the tones of its surroundings.

The plot features two stepped plateaus, which prompted the architects to cantilever the building from the higher ledge to optimise the views and create the impression that it extends out towards the sea.

"This cantilever effect has a strong presence that augments the fu...