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Magical House with no Walls in Sao Paulo

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Flanked by a huge bookcase, a library is completely open to the garden, and overlooks a reflecting pond.

Seen in the background here, what seems to be a “library” is open on three sides.

In fact, that room is a place to sleep, yet its integration into public views completely preserves its privacy in a way that is almost magical.

While it is completely open air, the bedroom pavilion overlooking the pond is to one side of the house.

Brazilian architect Fernanda Marques has created an unusual home that is totally open to the outside.

An overhead tent of a glass roof is used to shield its inhabitants from direct rain overhead, but that is all.

Sunshine rakes rough stone walls that warm in the sun, and bring textural contrast with limestone floors stretching throughout.

With simply a hanging canopy above, daylight plays much more than the usual supporting role.

With her intense use of daylight, the architect has conjured a bookish escape from the frenzy of urban life in Sao Paulo.