The Stone House – Italy
The Stone House designed by Michela Ekström is a house entirely covered in Poggi roman travertine both in the interiors and exteriors. The house has been longlisted in the 2023 Deezen awards and has a common thread “the material. Always and only travertine, as an obsession.”.
![Stone House Travertine](https://www.poggibros.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/38-I-Stonehouse-I-Fiano-Romano-RM-I-2022-I-%C2%A9CarloOriente2022-edited.jpg)
Photos by Carlo Oriente
This elegant and charming architectural example meets the growing interest in creating beautiful, timeless architectural structures that are also sustainable. In fact, stone is a natural product of the Earth, the original green building material.
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Michela has taken this concept and transformed it into a creative masterpiece. The recalling of other natural elements is in fact the founding element of the building: from the fireplace to the the patio, and the external flooring with incorporated pool.
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![Stone House Travertine](https://www.poggibros.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/39-I-Stonehouse-I-Fiano-Romano-RM-I-2022-I-%C2%A9CarloOriente2022-683x1024.jpg)
Michela Ekström describes it as “a stone house, like one of Munari’s stones, extremely solid on the outside, hollow and light on the inside.”. She adds, “It is a house that is not recognized as a home. It is a fortress that presents a strong dichotomy between inside and outside. The interior becomes a cavum, a void that generates continuous changes in perception. The theme of looking and being looked at is alive, of contemplating understood as a creative act. We have windows on the sky, on the sunrises, on the sunsets.”.
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