There is something incredibly theatrical yet very peaceful about this ‘home’ in northern Croatia designed by DVA Arhitekta. The main buildings located at the summit of the site to maximize on the views are the owners house, the guest house and the summer house. These square and very angular buildings are softened by their medieval building material, the use of white plaster and pale mortar and the green lawn and landscaping, all working in harmony to accentuate the softness of the ‘boxes’. I am taken by the visual continuity of the walls meeting the stone ground and drifting off into other parts of the landscape or meeting the next building to unify the compound. It’s almost as if these shapes have risen out of a river of stone. The white plaster frames around the windows are almost cartoon-ish; not aligned, seemingly random. But perhaps this is just encouragement not to take things too seriously – rather like my interpretation of the architecture…