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The gabled house, an omnipresent motif in countless children’s drawings, stands as the epitome of German residential architecture. This very archetype was the starting point for Atelier ST architects to conceive an unconventional home: for a couple who moved from a converted school building in the city back to the neighborhood of their childhood—a typical suburb on the outskirts of Leipzig, adorned with flourishing gardens and street-facing gables. Clemens Poloczek In keeping with the motto "two is better than one,” Atelier ST placed two narrow gabled houses so tightly together that they merge into one large house on the inside: a trick that made it possible to stay within the building lines of the small-scale neighb... More