Is this award-winning terraced house in Rabat how we should be building?

A monochromatic flood of beige, the space plays with natural light and a curvilinear structure that takes its inspiration from the original doorway. Photos: Karl Andrew Micallef

Not a single colour, neither one straight line, nor a light fitting, or a piece of art – the residential project that won the Planning Authority’s interior architecture award turns a traditional Rabat terraced house into contemporary architecture that “speaks of its time”.The home of architect Maurizio Ascione, from the firm 3DM Architecture, this project...