## House of Cards Quietly Turns an Old Foundation Into a Feature The most interesting part of House of Cards may be the part you cannot see. Vantieghem Talebi designed this family home in Koksijde, Belgium, on the foundations of an earlier coastal house, with a limit on how high the new building could rise. That combination can leave architects trying to disguise a compromise. Here, the inherited footprint gives the house its unusual shape. I like that the design begins with a problem it cannot simply erase. The old foundation has an asymmetrical, cross-shaped layout. Instead of forcing a…