Make The Building Float

 
a dusk shot of castle high

Castle High is a client-led self-build in a remote part of west Wales. It began with a simple ambition and a difficult one: to make a heavy material feel light. To make it float.

close up detail of concrete work on a modern home

At this scale, architecture lives or dies within its tectonics and careful detailing. Not the concept alone, and not the image, but the way structure becomes the manifestation of the idea.

These studies shared here explore how we made the home appear to float on a sensitive site within a costal national park. The poetry is always in the details…

castle high drawing detail by hyde and hyde architects
 
 

Words
Kristian Hyde