The courtyard house is located in a heritage-value area in central Tallinn, among wooden houses. The small stone house, built in the early 1950s and once functioning as a lemonade factory, later stood empty for a long time. Now, the building has been renovated and adapted into a residence with a modern extension.

The goal of the extension was to maximize the volume of the interior space while staying within the building regulations of the heritage area and maintaining an appropriate psychological distance from neighboring buildings.

Since the existing body of the building was small and lacked a clearly readable historical layer, we decided not to visually emphasize the difference between the old and new parts. Instead, the size and placement of the windows became the central spatial and visual design element. As a tribute to the character of the old building, the exterior walls are uniformly plastered to create a grey stone wall effect.