Oshir Asaban mixes walnut wood with steely metallics for a visual language in the AMB House located in Shoham, Israel.

Cool mingles with warmth. Solid reveals void. And thick rests against thin. In the context of human perception, people possess a primordial affinity for things in seeming opposition. Leaning into this principal, architect Oshir Asaban of his eponymous firm juxtaposes walnut wood with steely metallics for a visual language that yields multiple attention-grabbing moments in the AMB House design ? a private residence located in Shoham, Israel. From bold, contemporary interventions to more tame, traditional references, guests are greeted with a daring interior full of alluring contrasts. Don?t let the tepid exterior fool you. Hints of steel and wood, which articulate the floor plates, tease of an exciting interior where material worlds collide in new ways just beyond the threshold.
The programming comprises an entry, open living space with contiguous kitchen, dining nook, two children?s rooms with a corresponding bath, and primary bedroom with en suite plus a generous closet, all spread over some 2,700 square feet and across three floors from basement to first.

Wood slats on the underside of the first floor plate pull people in and push sight lines through to a nearly uninterrupted vista from indoors to outdoors. That same wood treatment finds new purpose on a variety of wall panels throughout acting as screens to conceal a bookcase in the living...