Neulengbach, one hour drive from Vienna, is a little town surrounded by peaceful hills and fields. The vast views over them were a key element in the design of architect Franz Karner’s own house. A simple volume was placed along the border of a sloped site, through its terrace windows one can see up to an close-by old palace, on the west up to the horizon 13 kilometres away.
The small apartment-box, housing an airy living area, bedroom and bathroom, is accessed by a separate entree cube, connecting it to a lengthy workshop and storage building. All three volumes stand on a wooden platform, floating over a meadow.