There's no denying that architects' kids have it made. After the Bach children asked their parents for a playhouse, they got a well detailed and beautifully executed backyard folly. We’re wondering if they'll notice that the grownups want to move in too.
Barcelona architects Anna and Eugeni Bach briefly considered ignoring their children's request for a playhouse, before coming up with a design inspired by Finnish construction methods.
Photography by Tiia Ettala via Dezeen.
Above: A simple wooden window flap can be propped open easily.
Above: A loft is designed for napping grownups.
Above: The spaces have been designed to be open and flexible.
Above: The house is made of wood, using traditional construction techniques used in Finnish barns. These details include leaving a nail distance between slats to ventilate the house and a roofing system made from overlapped grooved wooden planks that are rain-tight.
Above: Over time, the untreated wood will age and weather in contrast to the strips that have been painted white. The architects' intention? To mark the growth of their children.
Above: The house is composed of two simple single-pitched modules oriented in opposite directions.
N.B. Looking for more children's rooms? See 191 images of Children's Rooms in our gallery of rooms and spaces.
This is an update of a post published July 12, 2012.