When we reached out to Italian architect Alfredo Vanotti of EV + A Lab about this snug stone house in the Italian countryside, we didn’t anticipate how deep the architect’s tether to the place would go.
Photography by Marcello Mariana, courtesy of EV + A Lab.
The house is nestled into a hill in the Lombardy region of Italy.
The stone dwelling’s main room.
The design “refers to the past, but with a modern twist,” Alfredo says.
“The fireplace and the kitchen are painted iron,” Alfredo adds.
The original stone walls need no embellishment.
Furnishings, too, were kept dark.
The bedroom is just off of the living area and kitchen.
The bedroom is painted a deep russet, with long linen drapes to close off the floor-to-ceiling windows.
The bathroom is carved out in one corner of the “sleeping quarters,” as Alfredo calls them.
The black-painted vanity.
The view into the main room from the sleeping quarters, with the bath at left—complete with Alfredo’s pup.
Lastly: “On the ground floor, where the warehouse used to be, is my architecture studio—a real laboratory of ideas,” Alfredo writes.