{"id":6658,"date":"2026-04-01T10:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=6658"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:40:35","slug":"oad-tops-barn-like-summer-home-with-thatch-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/oad-tops-barn-like-summer-home-with-thatch-roof\/","title":{"rendered":"OAD tops barn-like summer home with thatch roof"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"BPROM<\/div>\n

An exterior of charred timber<\/a> and thatch<\/a> is contrasted by a vibrant interior palette of blues and purples at this riverside home in Riga<\/a>, Latvia designed by architecture studio OAD.<\/span><\/p>\n

Located in Riga’s suburbs, the 641-square-metre summer home<\/a> named BPROM is comprised of a two-bedroom dwelling and an independent annexe containing a sauna and guest suite.<\/p>\n

\"Exterior
OAD has completed a riverside holiday home in Riga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Drawing on the appearance of traditional Latvian homesteads, OAD<\/a> designed a barn-like form with several contemporary twists. It includes a bowed thatched roof and a blue and purple interior palette that references the dragonflies found in the nearby river.<\/p>\n

“The design was born out of the question: how do we integrate Latvian ethnography and traditions within the 21st century architecture?” OAD founder and lead architect Zane Tetere-Sulce told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

\"Summer
Charred timber and thatch cloak its exterior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Grounded in the local craft, the project revives forgotten materials that have shaped Latvian architecture for centuries: a thatched reed roof and a charred timber fa\u00e7ade.”<\/p>\n

“We drew inspiration from a little neighbour, the dragonfly, and developed a bold interior design saturated in rich hues of blue and purple,” added the studio.<\/p>\n

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The home’s volume shelters a south-facing garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The layout of the home also looked to typical homesteads, with both the main building and accompanying sauna house organised on a single, slightly angled axis that shelters a south-facing garden from northern winds.<\/p>\n

Inside, wall and ceiling finishes, furniture and fittings all incorporate blue and purple hues, enhanced by coloured curtains and glass screens that aim to replicate the iridescent quality of a dragonfly’s wings.<\/p>\n

\"Living
The blue and purple interior was informed by local dragonflies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the living, dining and kitchen space that occupies the entire ground floor, a dark shade of blue was used to finish the gently curving gabled ceiling and kitchen counters, while an adjacent pantry is finished in a pastel lilac shade.<\/p>\n

Sliding doors within a fully-glazed gable end connect this long living space out onto a sheltered terrace, where seating is organised around a weathered steel fireplace.<\/p>\n