Client: Private
Year: 2022

About Studio

Founded in 2008, Norm Architects is a Copenhagen-based practice working with design to enrich the human experience. As multidisciplinary architects and designers, we consider our work as a facilitation of well-being, as a distillation of aesthetics that resonate with the unique person and place, and as a system that supports universal human needs.

Each project – be it architecture, interiors , or products – exemplifies minimalism infused with a larger aim to re-sensualize the built environment through haptic designs that embrace mind and body. As we work, our goal is always to find the essence of the design no matter its scale or location to create buildings, spaces, and objects that connect with the innate human desire for belonging, autonomy, and identity. Our expertise lies in recognizing the moment when there is nothing more to add or take away; when function meets beauty and the work feels as good as it looks.

Along the house front lawn and pool, the entryway features plain gray flooring. — Along the house’s front lawn and pool, the entryway features plain gray flooring.

Another angle of the house's entryway, this time from the pool to the front lawn with trees. — Another angle of the house’s entryway, this time from the pool to the front lawn with trees.

A thick painted cement flooring separates the property's pool and front lawn. — A thickly painted tile flooring separates the property’s pool and front lawn.

The house pool is visible to a room through it's transparent glass window. — The house pool is visible to a room through its transparent glass window.

The front door of the house is a sliding door made of large transparent glass that is matched with curtains to conceal natural light from the outside.

The Cabrills Hillside compact living room features minimal components placed around the space.

The house has a modest living room with a wooden table and wood woven fabric chairs that are complimented by minimal décor.

The precise details on the furnishings in the dining area are ideal for the clear toned wall and floor. — The precise details on the furnishings in the dining area are ideal for the clear-toned wall and floor.

The house's kitchen is modest, with a dark gray kitchen island. — The house’s kitchen is modest, with a dark gray kitchen island.

The house's furniture details accent all of the other elements in the house, as well as a few objects on it. — The house’s furniture details accent all of the other elements in the house, as well as a few objects on it.

The interior plain gray toned hallway perfectly enhances the mood with a minimal wooden bench on the side. — The interior plain gray-toned hallway perfectly enhances the mood with a minimal wooden bench on the side.

The mesmerizing view and peace that the Cabrils Hillside Home can provide you from their pool makes living more natural and comfortable. — The mesmerizing view and tranquility that the Cabrils Hillside Home can provide you from their pool make living more natural and comfortable.

Set on the Mediterranean hillside just north of Barcelona, the private family home in Cabrils exudes honesty in its design language. We have worked to remove clutter and excess elements within its structure to give it a light and airy expression, blurring the lines between inside and outdoors while creating a natural and comfortable flow through the space