The rocky north coast and traditional white-washed buildings of Menorca inform the irregularly stacked boxes of a holiday home in Coves Noves by architects Nomo Studio.
Called Bridge House, the five-bedroom home is located on a generous site overlooking the sea.

Its striking shape is made from a cluster of stacked pentagonal and square forms, which cover a large open terrace at its centre.
"The idea of stacking was a way of breaking down a large house to feel smaller, and from inside it created interesting geometric sequences in plan and section that both separated and united spaces," Nomo Studio founder Karl Johan Nyqvist told Dezeen.

Playing on this dual nature, Bridge House's volumes have been oriented so that public areas face outwards to the sea views. Bedrooms face inwards towards private terraces, with the garage and laundry room and a guest bedroom occupying their own stand-alone units.

"This division creates a house that on one side is very open visually and programmatic, the side to see and be seen," said Nyqvist.
"The other side is completely private with individual terraces rotated away from the public domain."

The central open terrace is for large gatherings and features an outdoor kitchenette.
It is in close proximity to the swimming pool, reached  via a concrete patio.

A set of steps leads up to a second, more sheltered patio at first floor level.
This terrace is designed for everyday use, and us hidden from overlooking by ...