Tel Aviv architect Kedem Shinar drew on Israel’s Bauhaus architecture and her training in Japan, to create the clean lines of this bright white house in Carmey Yossef.
The 350-square-metre residence is set on a plot surrounded by pine, cypress and olive trees in Carmey Yossef, a settlement between Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem.
For the design, Shinar took her cues from the International Style developed at the Bauhaus, the renowned German art school that ran between 1919 and 1933. Over 4,000 Bauhaus style buildings were constructed in Tel-Aviv between 1920-1940, according to the city’s Bauhaus Centre.
Gridded glazing, suspended porches and concrete, give CY House a semi-industrial aesthetic and reference the Bauhaus building itself.
“The design idea, which draws inspiration from Japanese architecture, the De Stijl style and local Bauhaus architecture, was to merge the light and the landscape with the space of the house by using an interplay of walls and openings,” explained Kedem Shinar, “some transparent and some opaque, a play of open and closed, and exposed and protected.”
Inside, a black grand piano takes centre-stage in the Eames-inspired interior, which features a double-height living space. Two bedrooms and bathrooms are located off this central living space.
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Edited by Adi Shinar
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