Internal Landscape Villa in Novy Jicin / Studio Atelier Štěpán
Completed in 2020 by Studio Atelier Štěpán, the Internal Landscape Villa in Novy Jicin is a modern reinterpretation of a classical Greek atrium house.
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Concrete is one of the most ubiquitous, flexible, and dynamic building materials in architectural history. By offering a profoundly different building technique to architects and engineers, it has significantly altered the way in which buildings are designed and constructed in the modern age.
Completed in 2020 by Studio Atelier Štěpán, the Internal Landscape Villa in Novy Jicin is a modern reinterpretation of a classical Greek atrium house.
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