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Balbek Bureau's renovation converted the former garage into a recessed home theater, with its lower floor level retained as a subtle reminder of the building's previous configuration.

In the primary bedroom, wood paneling creates a warmer retreat within the timber structure, while a new symmetrical ceiling window introduces natural light above a custom bed.

Continuous microcement surfaces give the bathrooms a monolithic contemporary character, creating a deliberate material contrast with the exposed timber and reinforcing the residence's minimalist geometry.

A glazed, book-matched corridor runs between twin staircases on the upper level, framed by the log cabin's original dark timber walls and beams, and leads to a seating nook that opens onto the scenery beyond.

A symmetrical staircase built either side of a great room, cantilevers off the concrete walls in a series of floating treads, forming the clearest expression of the redesign's ambition.

Removing the partition walls between the living room, kitchen and dining area created a single open volume where the original log beams remain exposed overhead, with added vertical windows bringing additional daylight into the open plan space.

The project pairs dark timber walls with pale paneling, soft textiles, neutral concrete flooring and a pared-back, minimalist geometry, establishing an interior identity that is both rustic and distinctly contemporary.

Relogged is a minimalist reinterpretation of a traditional log cabin residence in Kyiv, Ukraine. It draws inspiration from the traditional log cabin into a home better suited to its owner's tastes and daily life.

The stainless-steel canopy establishes a strong horizontal datum above the transparent facade, its deliberately thin profile emphasizing the pavilion's structural order, while glazed skylights bring natural light deep into the building.

The pavilion's environmental design achieved LEED Gold certification in early 2020 and combines daylight with energy-efficient mechanical systems, heat recovery and underfloor thermal systems.