{"id":304598,"date":"2026-01-26T16:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/304598\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T16:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:09:10","slug":"b2a-architects-elevates-cascade-house-above-dyke-in-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/304598\/","title":{"rendered":"B2A Architects elevates Cascade house above dyke in Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dutch studio B2A Architects has completed Cascade, a home<\/a> in the Netherlands<\/a> that is elevated above a dyke on a stepped concrete<\/a> platform.<\/p>\n

Located outside the village of Herwijnen, the 250-square-metre home is situated on the waterside of a dyke, rather than the landside, meaning the site is vulnerable to flooding.<\/p>\n

In response to this, B2A Architects<\/a> raised the Cascade’s gabled form on a stepped, table-like concrete foundation, perched on eight columns.<\/p>\n

\"ExteriorB2A Architects has completed a home in the Netherlands<\/p>\n

“Houses built on the waterside are usually raised on massive plinths to protect against flooding,” B2A Architects told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“Our client, however, wanted a different approach: a subtle, intimate, and introverted house, rather than a large, monumental dike house,” it added.<\/p>\n

“By elevating the house on eight columns, we kept the space underneath open for water to flow freely, allowing the landscape to absorb high-water events.”<\/p>\n

\"ViewThe dwelling sits on a stepped concrete platform above a dyke<\/p>\n

The stepped form of Cascade’s foundation is reflected in the home’s interior, where the ground-floor spaces “cascade” down the site via a series of stepped concrete floors.<\/p>\n

A small external stair leads up to the home’s entrance. Here, a utility space and bathroom step down into a kitchen area and, beyond that, a living space that overlooks the landscape through a full-height sliding glass door.<\/p>\n

\"GabledCeramic tiles cloak the home’s gabled form<\/p>\n

Upstairs, Cascade’s bedrooms and study sit around a larger bathroom, with a wide corridor offering glimpses down into a double-height portion of the living areas below.<\/p>\n

“The sunken living room creates an inviting space to enjoy the surrounding scenery with floor-to-ceiling windows facing onto the natural landscape,” B2A Architects explained.<\/p>\n

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“Sets of stairs at the front and rear of the home allow for easy movement from the top level down to the expansive dyke landscape exterior,” the studio added.<\/p>\n

The home’s entire exterior is clad in shiplapped baked ceramic tiles in shades of cream and grey to match the shade of its concrete foundations.<\/p>\n

\"InteriorIt contains a stepped living and kitchen area<\/p>\n

A parking space is tucked beneath the home’s base, surrounded by the concrete columns, each rotated 45 degrees. According to the studio, this creates a “delicate play of shadows”.<\/p>\n

Inside, Cascade’s predominantly grey palette is warmed by exposed timber ceiling beams, wooden cabinets and a datum of terrazzo tilework in the bathrooms.<\/p>\n

\"InteriorTimber warms the predominantly grey colour palette<\/p>\n

Other residential projects in the Netherlands recently featured on Dezeen include Shadow Barn by Studioquint<\/a>, the extension of a traditional brick farmhouse with black timber-clad living spaces, and Hidden Villa by i29<\/a>, which incorporates a double-height courtyard.<\/p>\n

The photography is by MWA Hart Nibbrig<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dutch studio B2A Architects has completed Cascade, a home in the Netherlands that is elevated above a dyke…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267],"tags":[365,362,363,364,29656,34247,366,26880,18,117,87890,1789,19,17,392,5794,10357,10358,19140],"class_list":{"0":"post-304598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-concrete","13":"tag-concrete-houses","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-dutch-houses","16":"tag-eire","17":"tag-entertainment","18":"tag-gables","19":"tag-houses","20":"tag-ie","21":"tag-ireland","22":"tag-netherlands","23":"tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","24":"tag-sectionall","25":"tag-sectionarchitecture","26":"tag-tiles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115962273135937880","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}