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We interrupt the current program to upload the following image.........

Ground floor of an appartment house I basically gutted/remodeled and added on to...... which is now finally done--at least on the interior (after the toilets and sinks get installed this afternoon).

View from the bedroom hall looking across the dining area through to the living area. The house used to end along the axis of the 'arch'.

I especially like this view because if one positions onesself juuuuust right, one doesn't see any windows--just light.

Whew.

Haus Stupp, Köln, 1977
Heinz Bienefeld, architect

There are so many images I could post of this house, each one showing a different facet of the structure. I chose this one because it is one of the few images where one gets a feeling for the entire house, including courtyard, terrace and 'outdoor livingroom'. This is taken from the dining area.

Bienefeld had a habit of installing windows which were 'built-in', meaning that the frames were reduced to a minimum, but it also meant that in case one of the panes broke or went 'blind', as is the case here, it couldn't be replaced without some major renovation work.

Haus Stupp, Köln, 1977
Heinz Bienefeld, architect

The right-hand side of the 'U' has the kitchen and dining-room on the entry-level and the parents bedroom and bath below.

Haus Stupp, Köln, 1977
Heinz Bienefeld, architect

Yet another suprise--the herb garden, tucked in next to the kitchen (big plate glass window on the right) and above the garage.

'Bienefeld' windows were always made 'from scratch' (not chosen from some program) as were usually the handles--it appears to have been an exception in this house and I am afraid it showed.

Haus Stupp, Köln, 1977
Heinz Bienefeld, architect

Luxury is when you don't make the children's bedroom larger at the end of the hall, but allow the hall to continue behind the room to create an entrance into the courtyard (coming out here on the right).