Stone House
Private residenceMorne Clair · Leeward CoastBuilt fromthe ground itself.
01 / Material
One material.A hundred waysto hold light.
Local stone02 / Shade
03 / Elements
StoneMass
ShadowFilter
AirVoid
04 / Light
Between stoneand light.
Morne Clair · West Indies
Made for
the heat.
A house shaped by stone, shade and air.
The house
A house shapedby what was already here.
Stone from the ridge, a roof deep enough to hold the shade, and glass that slides away for the air off the sea.
- Place
- Morne Clair, on the leeward coast
- Material
- Local stone, dark timber, glass
- Climate
- Shade from the roof, air through the glass
- Orientation
- West, towards the peaks at sunset
The residenceAsk about dates
- 01Steps
- 02Main room
- 03Terrace
- 04Pool
Stone steps up from the garden, cut from the ridge the house stands on.