The Life House

The Life House was designed by British architect John Pawson, widely known for his minimalist style. Located in a Welsh valley, the house is a place of silence and contemplation, inspired by both Japanese architecture and Benedictine monasteries. Clad in dark bricks the house looks like a collection of buildings from outside but is in fact a composition of rooms opening off an L-shaped corridor. The halves of the hallway are designed in opposing styles and play with contrasts of light and dark, open and closed. The dark corridor ends in the contemplation room half buried in the hill, illuminated only by a skylight, where two stone benches invite you to an inner retreat. The counterpart to this is the outer contemplation room, which is reached via a glass door at the end of the bright corridor. At the center of the corridor there is the living room, which, like the bedrooms has walls of light grey brick, terrazzo floors and light Douglas fir ceilings and furniture. The three bedrooms are each dedicated to a different activity (reading, listening to music, bathing) and respectively feature a library, an extensive music collection, and a bathtub with a view of the countryside.

What to do

Walking, cycling, horse riding, golf, fishing and sightseeing in the area.

Why we like this house

The Life House combines asceticism and luxury: minimalist perfection.

This house is great for

All those seeking peace and tranquility – this is the right place for you.

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