One of our clients has been involved in the fashion industry for many years, and has become an aficionado of style – building up an extensive collection of haute couture dresses. These are one-off pieces by leading international designers including Christian Lacroix, Ricardo Tissi and Karl Lagerfeld, as worn on the catwalks of Milan and Paris. This special collection of artworks called for a one-off piece of architecture in which to enjoy them. We designed the Dress Box as a discrete modern insertion onto an existing roof terrace, at the client’s country house. The super-insulated glazing maintains the pieces at their ideal environment, and builds up a visual dialogue with the surrounding brickwork enclosure. The architecture remains minimal and elegant - a finely crafted home for some finely crafted contents.