Studio Razavi adds circular conversation pit to coastal French home

A circular conversation pit sits at the heart of Seaside House, the renovation of a 1930s coastal cabin near Bordeaux by Studio Razavi.

Studio Razavi updating the 1930s cabin, which is nestled among pine trees at the tip of the Cap Ferret headland on the Atlantic coast, for contemporary living.

Driven by the idea of creating an uninterrupted flow through the centre of Seaside House, the studio removed all of the cabin's central partition walls to create a single, open living space...