Selected Residences Carved from Travertine, Timber & Light.

Anchored into a 34-degree granite glacial slope overlooking Lake Silvaplana, this four-level residence pairs board-formed insulating concrete with honed Roman travertine and triple-glazed Swiss bronze apertures. Geothermal vertical boreholes maintain a silent 21.5°C interior climate through -22°C alpine winters.

Organized around threeancient olive courtyards and a 25-meter lap basin, motorized floor-to-ceiling bronze glass walls dissolve into concealed limestone pockets. Deep cantilevered cedar eaves block high summer azimuth heat while grazing gallery plaster walls with north coastal light.

Crafted alongside third-generation Kyoto temple carpenters without visible steel fasteners in the primary pavilion roof, pairing charred sugi exterior screens with hand-troweled Juraku earth walls, moss garden borrowed scenery, and a climate-stabilized subterranean scroll archive.

Behind a restored 1892 Queen Anne terracotta facade, a five-story elliptical Portland stone stair links formal reception rooms to a double-height subterranean sculpture court lit by a walkable structural glass courtyard lens.