Casa Ternura in Belo Horizonte: stone, wood, and ceramics for a serene retreat
Casa Ternura is a residential project by Brazilian studio Estudio N.A, built in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and completed in 2025. The house combines natural stone, wood, and ceramics in a project conceived as a serene retreat immersed in greenery.
Shilaya Cottage in India: stone salvaged from a colonial ruin becomes a home
Shilaya Cottage is a residential project by Indian studio Meister Varma Architects, built in Kotagiri, India, and completed in 2025. The house reuses stone salvaged from a collapsed colonial cottage, in a project that unites historical memory and sustainability.
Xingu House: when architecture grows from the site's stone walls
Xingu House is a residential project by Brazilian studio TETRO Arquitetura, built in Nova Lima, Brazil, and completed in 2025. The project grows out of the natural stone walls already present on the site, used as the starting point for the entire architectural composition.
Villino Liberty in Trastevere: Verde Alpi marble in the kitchen and staircase
In Rome, in the heart of Trastevere, studio STUDIOTAMAT renovated a liberty-style villino using Verde Alpi marble for the staircase, sink, and kitchen counter, in a project completed in 2024 and published on ArchDaily in 2025.
Villa Normanni in Puglia: tufo and leccese stone for an investment turned home
Villa Normanni is a residential project by studio Urban Interior, built in San Vito dei Normanni, Puglia, and completed in 2025. The project involves two villas set within an olive grove, built using tufo and Leccese stone, historic materials of the Apulian building tradition.
Stone and Wood Studio in Amsterdam: A Pavilion in Dialogue Between Stone and Wood
Stone and Wood Studio is a small garden pavilion by studio Common Wonder, built in Amsterdam and completed in 2025. The project brings French limestone into dialogue with wood, in a structure designed as a workspace within the urban garden of a private home.
Sandstone House in Bangalore: reclaimed sandstone for a contemplative home
Sandstone House is a residential project by studio 4Brick Studio, built in Bangalore, India, and completed in 2025. Designed for a couple of art and antique collectors, the house uses waste sandstone sourced from the Gwalior Mint quarry.
Perma Retreat in Serifos: excavated stone becomes architecture
Perma Retreat is a hospitality project by Greek studio MOLD Architects, built on the island of Serifos, in the Cyclades, and completed in 2026. The project comprises five residential units carved into a hillside, built by reusing the stone excavated during the site works themselves.
Cerdeiras House Hotel: portuguese stone in the service of hospitality
Cerdeiras House Hotel is a hospitality project by Portuguese studio Tiago do Vale Arquitectos, built in Labruja, Portugal, and completed in 2025. The intervention transforms a rural house into a boutique hotel, showcasing local stone on the facade and throughout the interiors.
Terrace Mountain Residence: a house carved into Texas limestone rock
Terrace Mountain Residence is a residential project by US studio A Parallel Architecture, built in West Lake Hills, Texas, and completed in 2025. The house rests directly on a limestone rock outcrop, integrating the site's stone as both a structural and narrative element of the design.
Villa Modda in Sicily: restoring a ruin in Noto stone
Villa Modda is a restoration project by studio depaolidefranceschibaldan architetti, built in Noto, Sicily, and completed in 2026. The intervention involved a rural ruin located in the Val di Noto, rebuilt using the local stone known as Noto stone.
Lego House in São Paulo: when travertine marble becomes a play of volumes
Lego House is a residential project by Brazilian studio Fernanda Marques Arquitetos Associados, built in São Paulo and completed in 2026. The name recalls the famous children's building toy: the house is composed of overlapping, staggered volumes clad in travertine marble and a local stone known as "moledo".