Category: Materials

Stone quarried near the site already matches the colour of the ground and the light. It weathers the way the surrounding rock weathers, so the house settles in rather than standing out.

It also matters for carbon: transport is often the largest share of a stone’s footprint. Staying within 200 miles cuts that dramatically.

Lime plaster breathes, regulating humidity and resisting mould. It cures slowly, hardening over decades rather than degrading.

Its surface has a depth paint cannot imitate: light moves across it, and small imperfections read as craft rather than flaw.