![Casa Kike / Gianni Botsford Architects - Shelving, Chair, Table, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/500e/e712/28ba/0d0c/c700/0c6b/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1361390412)
Text description provided by the architects. A few months ago i spotted this house with an amazing private library in Domus magazine, on an issue dedicated to contemporary libraries. It has a very detalied wood work. I love the bookshelves between the structure. the text from the architect, more pictures and drawings after the break.
![Casa Kike / Gianni Botsford Architects - Forest, Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/500e/e6ed/28ba/0d0c/c700/0c62/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1360827653)
By coupling indigenous techniques and materials with modern design technologies and aesthetics GBA has created this intimate double pavilion for a writer in Costa Rica.
![Casa Kike / Gianni Botsford Architects - Image 8 of 17](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/500e/e6fa/28ba/0d0c/c700/0c65/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1360827662)
A main studio space, with library, writing desk and grand piano, is the writer's daytime space. The pavilion's wooden structure, sourced from local timber, sits on a simple foundation of wooden stilts on small concrete pad foundations. Roof beams of up to 10 m long and 355 mm deep allow for an interior with no vertical columns. The mono-pitched roof elevates towards the sea shore, while the interior is through ventilated via a completely louvred glazed end façade.
![Casa Kike / Gianni Botsford Architects - Forest, Handrail, Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/500e/e716/28ba/0d0c/c700/0c6c/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1360827681)
Set at a short distance along a raised walkway, a second smaller pavilion mirrors the first. This contains sleeping quarters and a bathroom. Externally, the pavilions are clad in corrugated steel sheeting, another locally used construction material. The overall effect is that of a building which blends with its surroundings, both visually and environmentally.
![Casa Kike / Gianni Botsford Architects - Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/500e/e6f5/28ba/0d0c/c700/0c64/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1360827659)
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