{"id":544370,"date":"2025-11-02T14:56:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T14:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/544370\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T14:56:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T14:56:17","slug":"eight-isolated-modernist-style-homes-that-belong-in-thrillers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/544370\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight isolated modernist-style homes that belong in thrillers"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our latest roundup<\/a>, we explore eight homes in the UK and North America that look like they could feature in a modern-day thriller.<\/p>\n

In recent years, the film and tv industry has seen horror-style architecture shift away from gothic and Victorian homes, with modernist<\/a>-style dwellings becoming a new staple for villain lairs and sinister backdrops.<\/p>\n

Rather than rickety wooden interiors, these modernist homes are often defined by austere concrete, steel and glass exteriors paired with minimalist, open-plan interiors.<\/p>\n

Here, we gather eight examples of modernist-style homes sat on isolated plots, including a gabled home on a Scottish island and a glowing concrete dwelling embedded into a site in Warwickshire, UK.<\/p>\n

Read on for eight homes that belong in thrillers:<\/p>\n

\"High<\/a>Photo by Dapple Photography<\/p>\n

High Sunderland, UK, by Loader Monteith<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Architecture studio Loader Monteith<\/a> updated this modernist house<\/a> in the Scottish Borders with a light-touch restoration to reinstate its original design by architect Peter Womersley.<\/p>\n

Originally built in 1957, the High Sunderland house suffered from extensive damage to its structure, which features open-plan living spaces wrapped in glazed elevations.<\/p>\n

Find out more about High Sunderland \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Ghost<\/a>Photo by Felix Mooneeram<\/p>\n

Ghost House, UK, by BPN Architects<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Steel-framed windows emit an ethereal glow from this partially-sunken home<\/a> completed by BPN Architects in Warwickshire<\/a>, UK.<\/p>\n

Aptly named Ghost House, the concrete home<\/a>‘s discrete entrance is reached by crossing over a reflecting pool and descending into a sunken courtyard.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Ghost House \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

\"WoodlandPhoto by Paul Crosby<\/p>\n

The Woodland House, US, by Altus Architecture + Design<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Three interconnected cedar volumes and an adjacent shed clad in shiny stainless steel make up this single-storey family home in Minnesota<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Embedded into a wooded site, The Woodland House was designed by US studio Altus Architecture + Design to embrace its surroundings, with its open-plan interior overlooking the verdant landscape.<\/p>\n

Find out more about The Woodland House \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

\"MannalPhoto by Gilbert McCarragher<\/p>\n

Mannal House on Tiree, UK, by Denizen Works\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Architecture studio Denizen Works drew on the outline of a stone<\/a> cowshed for the gable-shaped glass wall of this house in Scotland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Located on the island of Tiree, the home sits within the site’s existing stone walls and features an original gable wall that was reinstated and incorporates an entrance.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Mannal House on Tiree \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

\"ExteriorPhoto by Gilbert McCarragher<\/p>\n

Hundred Acre Wood, UK, by Denizen Works<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Architecture studio Denizen Works<\/a> used recycled TV screens to cover the walls of this seven-bedroom family home in Scotland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Situated on a plot overlooking Loch Awe, the Hundred Acre Wood home features a monolithic, castle-like structure organised internally around a central hall, which is lit by an oculus.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Hundred Acre Wood \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Pavilion<\/a>Photo by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen<\/p>\n

Pavilion House, UK, by Norm Architects<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Glazed walls wind around this steel-framed holiday home<\/a> designed by Danish studio Norm Architects<\/a> in Suffolk, UK.<\/p>\n

Named Pavilion House, the studio took an approach of “tranquility and simplicity” for the design of a main volume and studio annexe, which sit alongside an existing barn.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Pavilion House \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Photo courtesy of Jon Henson and HBO<\/p>\n

One Folgate Street, UK, by Jon Henson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Production designer Jon Henson looked to minimalist Japanese architecture<\/a> for the design of this house for BBC<\/a> television series The Girl Before<\/a>, based on a psychological thriller novel by British author JP Delaney.<\/p>\n

Conceptualised as a “fourth character” for the series, the home was designed to feel both like a sanctuary and like “a fortress or prison”, and is organised around a double-height courtyard.<\/p>\n

Find out more about One Folgate Street \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Apple<\/a>Photo by Adrien Williams<\/p>\n

Apple Tree House, Canada, by ACDF Architecture<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Blackened wood was used across the exterior of this low-slung, modernist<\/a>-style home designed by Montreal studio ACDF Architecture<\/a> in Canada.<\/p>\n

Located in the rural area of St-Donat near Montreal, the home is organised around a central courtyard, planted with an apple tree, that provides lines of sight through the living areas.<\/p>\n

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