Trastevere, Rome Italy: what remained of an old stable was converted into the apartment of a couple of men's fashion designers. In fact, Trastevere had a number of stables still in use until the early 1900s. These spaces were very large, compared to the average buildings in the area, and were generally covered with large trusses. The maximum interior height of this apartment is about 10 m. The main design-related challenge was how to fulfill the clients' request concerning the master bedroom: they wanted a private room completely closed off to the voices of guests using the large open space of the old stable on the ground floor, which would serve as the living room in the new house.