Strom Architects was commissioned by a client to renovate and design a holiday home in the beautiful Czech city of Prague. The project is called 'Bohemian Paradise'. The studio visited the client and was stunned by their existing 1930s modernist home. It was refurbished to a very simple and perfect standard. These customers are what they call "hardcore minimalists." Their main aim was to create a weekend getaway away from the city.

Strom Architects responded to the brief by creating a lower storey containing boot room, plantroom, storage etc. The house is perched on top of this and floats over the landscape. As the site is entered from the same side as the main facade, Strom Architects wanted to avoid an obvious, intrusive entrance on this side, and avoid having to walk around the house to enter on the rear facade. 

Bedroom accommodation is at either end of the house, contained in two timber-clad volumes. The timber wraps from outside to inside to provide a uniform appearance.Between these bedroom volumes is one large open kitchen, dining and living space.The house is to be built out of concrete with concrete floor, ceiling and the large rear wall is in board-marked concrete.