Compact Karst House is in south-west Slovenia, a region where the predominant traditional material is stone. The land is full of it. The climate is harsh - winters are extremely windy, summers extremely hot - and they say Karst people are harsh too, albeit hard-working, witty, with a special sense of humour. The client, a young family, invited the Ljubljana-based office of Dekleva Gregori6 Arhitekti to design their house in Vrhovlje, a rural village near the Slovenian-Italian border. They had collaborated once before, when Dekleva Gregoric created a showroom for the father in Muggia, Italy. Sited on a slope, the location affords views of neighbouring forests and the traditional stone village of Monrupino. On the upper slope of the site a wall, part of the architects' design, increases in height as it winds its way down the hill, where it culminates in steps leading to the entrance of the house.
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