Unique and One of a Kind by Boaz Snir: This house doesn’t look like any of the other houses in the neighborhood.

The arches around the facades, preserving existing elements alongside adapting the interior and exterior to the new homeowners’ wishes, the natural materiality, the color palette, all make this family home (located in a pastoral neighborhood in one of the Sharon cities) an especially experiential and powerful one. The architect Boaz Snir, who is responsible for the redesign, shares the process. Photography by Ran Erde.

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Welcome to a house built in the 1980s that was purchased by a couple with two children and recently completely renovated from the ground up to suit their needs. Before finding it, they had turned to architect Boaz Snir and together with him examined a number of properties ? the romantic arcade framing the facades is ultimately what tipped the scales.
“When we first visited the house, naturally it looked dated but it was hard to ignore the potential ? the impressive architectural structure, the large yard, the number of rooms and the size of the spaces made for an excellent planning canvas and ultimately we adapted the house precisely to the family’s taste and needs. In the next stage, interior designer Ayelet Shavo joined the process ? I focused on deconstruction and changes to the structural elements and dividing up the interior, and she focused on choosing materials and dressing the ho...