On this lookbook, we choose eight residences that show basements are the brand new penthouses, from an artwork deco flat in Paris to a sci-fi-style hideaway in Madrid.
Usually related to restricted area and poor pure gentle, basement houses haven’t at all times been notably coveted.
However because the world’s cities get costlier, busier and warmer, below-ground dwelling is usually a comparatively reasonably priced, personal and temperate possibility.
Under are eight of the most effective basement residences beforehand featured on Dezeen.
That is the most recent in our lookbooks sequence, which offers visible inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For extra inspiration see earlier lookbooks that includes cave-like interiors, residential entrance halls and pocket doorways.
Unearthed Vault, UK, by Daab Design
Structure studio Daab Design turned a former artwork storage vault in London right into a two-bedroom basement flat.
Georgian interval options had been meticulously restored as a part of the renovation and paired with a soothing color palette of lotions, greens and blues, turning what was beforehand a darkish and cramped inside into a contemporary dwelling area.
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The Whale, France, by Clément Lesnoff-Rocard
The Whale takes its title from the massive structural parts that punctuate this house within the basement of a Parisian condo constructing, which reminded architect Clément Lesnoff-Rocard of being inside an unlimited animal.
Lesnoff-Rocard stripped again the condo to disclose the chunky concrete beams, whereas in depth mirrored glass, brass and geometric shapes inject an understated sense of artwork deco.
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Yurikago Home, Spain, by Mas-aqui
Structure studio Mas-aqui used half-levels in its renovation of this semi-basement condo in Barcelona to maximise area.
The beforehand unused backside degree was excavated to create a staircase all the way down to a brand new visitor bed room that includes a structural arch above the mattress and an exposed-concrete retaining wall.
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Ilioupoli House, Greece, by Level Supreme
Sunken into the bottom on the backside of an condo constructing in Athens, this small, one-bedroom flat was beforehand a space for storing.
Level Supreme sought to retain the inside’s “magical-cave-like” feeling by leaving uncooked concrete surfaces uncovered and utilizing ground finishes, curtains and sliding partitions relatively than partitions to separate the area.
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Home H, Taiwan, by KC Design Studio
The basement of Home H in Taipei leans into its underground setting with a darkish and moody color palette supplied by concrete flooring, loosely rendered gray plaster partitions and black or gray fixtures and fittings.
To filter extra pure gentle and contemporary air into the basement, KC Design Studio carved a number of openings into the ceiling, accommodating a staircase and an indoor courtyard.
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House Tibbaut, Spain, by Raúl Sánchez
Architect Raúl Sánchez transformed a vaulted basement beneath a home in Barcelona right into a subterranean condo utilizing curving panels of laminated pine.
The partition curls round a central dwelling space, separating every of the rooms however stopping in need of the ceiling to make sure the constructing’s unique structure stays seen, in addition to permitting pure gentle to unfold all through the area.
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Casa A12, Spain, by Lucas y Hernández-Gil
This semi-basement Madrid condo options enjoyable, Stanley Kubrick-esque options comparable to shiny silver curtains, cobalt-blue accent partitions and an indoor courtyard with orange grass.
Lucas y Hernández-Gil designed the area to be a “world of labor and leisure” the place the householders can escape from the road above.
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Studio LI, France, by Anne Rolland Architecte
A secret room sits beneath this sunken studio condo created by Anne Rolland Architecte in a long-abandoned area in a Seventeenth-century Parisian townhouse.
Accessed through a mechanical trapdoor and granted pure gentle by a window within the kitchen ground, the previous slurry pit was restored to create a music room and residential cinema.
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That is the most recent in our lookbooks sequence, which offers visible inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For extra inspiration see earlier lookbooks that includes cave-like interiors, residential entrance halls and pocket doorways.
