![Prairie House / NatureHumaine - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a5f/ed47/f197/cc8f/5200/093c/medium_jpg/DULWICH-3.jpg?1516236097)
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Architects: NatureHumaine
- Area: 240 m²
- Year: 2017
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Photographs:Adrien Williams
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Manufacturers: Lapitec®, Artemide
![Prairie House / NatureHumaine - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a5f/ed68/f197/cc2b/ba00/0301/newsletter/DULWICH-6.jpg?1516236130)
Text description provided by the architects. Following the acquisition of a single-storey house from the 1950s in St-Lambert, the client wished to expand and renovate this "Prairie house" inspired building.
![Prairie House / NatureHumaine - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a5f/ed3b/f197/cc8f/5200/093b/medium_jpg/DULWICH-2.jpg?1516236085)
The existing house is partly demolished and rebuilt by reinterpreting features in a contemporary way such as a low and elongated profile, a overhanging roof and the use of masonry and wood on the facades. The roof is covered with finished steel zinc, while facades are composed with St-Marc limestone and insertions of panels in slats of cedar. The monolithic fireplace stands out as the main element which is a continuation between the internal living spaces and the garden.
![Prairie House / NatureHumaine - Facade, Countertop](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a5f/ed83/f197/cc8f/5200/093e/medium_jpg/DULWICH-7.jpg?1516236156)
Responding to client’s desire to create spacious and bright living spaces, the ground floor layout includes minimally a single bedroom adjoining a study and full bathroom. Conceived with transparency and lightness, the living spaces are surmounted by a 16-foot sloping ceiling at its highest point. In the idea of inducing a visual fluidity, the vestibule is delimited by glass panels contained within white painted steel frames.
![Prairie House / NatureHumaine - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a5f/ed98/f197/cc2b/ba00/0303/medium_jpg/DULWICH-9.jpg?1516236179)