Portuguese architecture studio Atelier Backlar has used recycled ocean plastic and locally sourced timber to create The Blue House within the ruins of a former whaler's tavern on São Miguel Island in the Azores. Set on a clifftop overlooking the traditional whaling bay of Capelas, Atelier Backlar combined old and new elements for the deisgn, with original basalt stone walls enclosing a striking blue timber structure.

Atelier Backlar wraps Portuguese clifftop house in recycled ocean plastic
Atelier Backlar wraps Portuguese clifftop house in recycled ocean plastic
Atelier Backlar wraps Portuguese clifftop house in recycled ocean plastic
Atelier Backlar wraps Portuguese clifftop house in recycled ocean plastic
Atelier Backlar wraps Portuguese clifftop house in recycled ocean plastic
Atelier Backlar wraps Portuguese clifftop house in recycled ocean plastic
Atelier Backlar wraps Portuguese clifftop house in recycled ocean plastic
Atelier Backlar wraps Portuguese clifftop house in recycled ocean plastic
Atelier Backlar wraps Portuguese clifftop house in recycled ocean plastic
Atelier Backlar wraps Portuguese clifftop house in recycled ocean plastic