Discover the stunning Round Edge House by Anderman Architects, a modern concrete home in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, that perfectly balances city life and nature. With its striking perforated concrete façade, this residence plays with light and shadow throughout the day, filtering sunlight inside and glowing softly at night.
Behind its sculptural design lies a thoughtful balance between openness and privacy. The house features two contrasting façades — one closed and textured with circular cutouts that create a dynamic pattern of light, and another fully open toward the garden, blurring the line between indoor and outdoor living.
Inside, spaces flow seamlessly: living, dining, and kitchen areas extend toward the garden through large glass panels, creating a feeling of continuity. Natural materials like light oak floors, birch plywood, and neutral-toned finishes add warmth and serenity to the minimalist design.
By day, sunlight passes through the façade’s circular openings, casting moving patterns across the interiors. By night, the home glows outward, illuminating the street with a soft, ethereal light. This elegant dialogue between solid and void, light and shadow, transforms architecture into an experience of harmony and quiet strength.
Credits:
Architects: Anderman Architects Location: Ramat Hasharon, Israel Area: 300 m² Completed: 2018 Photographs: Amit Geron
A lace-like concrete façade perforated by circles, this wall of strength reveals to passers-by the
tension between city and landscape. It filters light while conveying a discreet yet powerful
presence. Round Edge House is located in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, on the edge of a
residential neighborhood, a transition between the urban fabric and the open landscape beyond.
This perforated façade functions as a double curtain evoking the urban essence of the
neighborhood while reflecting the surrounding landscape back into the public space.
The house occupies approximately 300 square meters of built area,
distributed over two floors and a basement.
The house adopts two contrasting façades, one almost closed, composed of perforated concrete
with cylinders of various sizes that act as a visual and luminous filter, and another open
façade that faces the garden, dissolving the boundary between interior and exterior.
On the ground floor, integrated social areas, living, dining and kitchen extend outward
through large glass panels that open to the rear garden. The floors are made of light
Scandinavian oak, interior panels are birch plywood and the built-in cabinetry features
neutral tones that harmonize with the stucco surfaces.
A three-pronged metal pillar by McAlloy supports part of the upper structure,
adding visual lightness. The alternation between opacity and transparency and the
contrast between solid concrete and perforated voids gives the house an atmosphere of mystery
and presence at once. Green areas inside or between façades reinforce the sense that the
breathes with the landscape. The cylinders removed from the façade were reused as paving
elements scattered throughout the garden, creating coherence between architecture and landscaping.
Between the perforated façade and the interior glass walls
lies a narrow patio with vegetation, creating a buffer zone that modulates light and shadow.
In the morning, beams of light pass through the façade's openings,
creating shifting patterns inside. At midday, the wall acts as a filter, softening direct
brightness. At night, the interior glow seeps through the wall of strength, painting the street
withdrawal and integration with its surroundings. By choosing to stand on the edge, it articulates
dualities, open and closed, light and shadow, city and nature. Its perforated façade is not
a mere ornament, it is an active element of luminous performance and urban filter.
