{"id":1429,"date":"2025-10-03T10:30:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurenhwhite.com\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:45:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:45:56","slug":"extrastudio-coats-radically-simple-holiday-home-in-portugal-with-earth-toned-plaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurenhwhite.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/03\/extrastudio-coats-radically-simple-holiday-home-in-portugal-with-earth-toned-plaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Extrastudio coats “radically simple” holiday home in Portugal with earth-toned plaster"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Casa<\/div>\n

A minimalist gabled form, cantilevered terraces and earth-toned lime plaster define Casa Plaj, a holiday home<\/a> in Portugal<\/a> designed by local practice Extrastudio<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Located near a coastal village in Portugal’s Lourinh\u00e3 region, the 120-square-metre home<\/a> is described by the studio as a “radically simple” structure that draws on the area’s rural architecture.<\/p>\n

\"View
Extrastudio has completed a holiday home in Portugal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lisbon-based Extrastudio<\/a> raised Casa Plaj on four load-bearing concrete walls, allowing the surrounding landscape to flow beneath its overhanging terraces, and finished it with a purposefully rough layer of earth-toned plaster.<\/p>\n

“Lourinh\u00e3 has never been a wealthy area; buildings are modest and simple, and sit naturally in the landscape, in a way that has somehow been forgotten by buildings from recent decades,” said the studio.<\/p>\n

\"Exterior
Its gabled form is coated in earth-toned lime plaster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“We wanted to make a radically simple form for this house, combining elements used in historic local buildings in a way that is only possible in the present,” added Extrastudio.<\/p>\n

“Free from daily obligations, a holiday house allows a certain level of freedom and experimentation. It should be generous, informal, physically present, imposing its own time and pace.”<\/p>\n

\"Balcony
The home is raised on four load bearing concrete walls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Above the concrete podium, which incorporates an access stair, Casa Plaj is organised across a single level, with a living, dining and kitchen area to the south and three bedrooms to the north.<\/p>\n

Flanking an entrance courtyard, which is concealed behind a sliding gate of slatted timber, each of the bedrooms opens out onto a cantilevering side terrace via deep-set sliding glass doors.<\/p>\n