Wespi De Meuron stone house in Brione Switzerland
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| Wespi De Meuron stone house in Brione Switzerland |
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| Wespi De Meuron stone house in Brione Switzerland |
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| Wespi De Meuron stone house in Brione Switzerland |
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| Wespi De Meuron stone house in Brione Switzerland |
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| Wespi De Meuron stone house in Brione Switzerland |
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| Wespi De Meuron stone house in Brione Switzerland |
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| Wespi De Meuron stone house in Brione Switzerland |
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| Wespi De Meuron stone house in Brione Switzerland |
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| Wespi De Meuron stone house in Brione Switzerland |
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| Wespi De Meuron stone house in Brione Switzerland |
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| Wespi De Meuron stone house in Brione Switzerland |
Wespi De Meuron Architecture
Swiss Stone House, Brione, Switzerland
We simply love this superbly executed stone and concrete house in Brione Switzerland. Designed by Wespi De Meuron, a Swiss architectural firm. This inviting house uses the best of both worlds. A traditional stone masonry structure enforced with the clean contemporary lines of concrete. The stone house feels both comfortable and protective, evoking a sense that one could get from an old castle. It emits a sense of quality and understated elegance that is uncommon in most modern houses. The architect has shown a remarkable self constraint, nothing in this house is overdone, this house is both less and more, Dieter Rams would be proud of Wespi De Meuron.
The Wespi De Meuron Brione House is located in a densely populated residential area of Locarno in Switzerland, with a view to the city, lake and mountains. The design of this house reacts with restraint to a daily story: building in the urban chaos.
The attributes of a classic house where eliminated: only two single-cut, mutually displaced stone cubes work their way out of the mountain - in fragments - appearing to be part of the landscape, a enclosed and walled home, deprived of a sense of time allocation.
Livable interiors are located inside two identical, large openings with a lockable wooden gate to provide the residents with inner and outer views. Additional light penetrates the inner courtyards. The water of cube-embedded pool makes a visual connection with the lake.
Image Credits: H. Henz architekturfotograf
