House in Misano Adriatico Pairs Warm Wood With Cool Stone Surfaces
House in Misano Adriatico stands in Misano Adriatico, Italy, as a low-slung house by Menichetti+Caldarelli Architetti. Sliding walls, shaded terraces, and a linear pool set the daily rhythm while a restrained palette does the quiet work inside. The project reads as a calm domestic composition, where cabinetry, shelving, and soft seating organize generous rooms without fuss.
Morning hits the water first, a thin ripple under concrete eaves. Then light grazes ribbed cladding and the pale terrace, drawing a path toward the living rooms.
This is a house in Misano Adriatico, Italy, by Menichetti+Caldarelli Architetti. A domestic program meets a measured interior palette—wood, stone, glass—that steers the experience from garden to kitchen to bath. The sequence stays simple, and the materials carry the tone.
Shade and Water
A broad concrete roof projects outward to form cool shade over the patio. Beyond it, a long pool runs parallel to the main rooms, catching sky and pulling the view across clipped lawn. The quiet pairing of deep overhang and water sets a relaxed cadence for arrival and lingering. It feels composed yet easy.
Rooms to Garden
Large sliding panes open the living areas to the garden, cutting reflections and widening circulation. When pulled aside, the threshold drops to a single plane of pale pavers, so furniture reads almost outdoors. A covered lounge sits just off the main room, where low gray sofas and wood-slat tables invite slow conversation. Dogs wander between sun and shade without interruption.
Joinery as Rhythm
Inside, warm wood paneling wraps walls and tall storage, keeping lines quiet around the kitchen and dining. A freestanding metal bookcase—an open grid—acts as both library and subtle screen, with a cantilevered timber console stitched through its frame. The kitchen folds into the cladding, with appliance towers and shelves recessed to keep the room clear. Stone counters with softly veined faces turn at right angles, forming a sturdy working edge.
Tones and Textures
Underfoot, a light floor finish runs continuous, tying rooms together without a jump in color. Track lighting and compact pendants keep ceilings clean while giving focused pools over work zones. In the bathroom, speckled surfaces meet a timber deck and a simple walk-in shower, with copper-toned fixtures adding a warm note. The palette stays consistent: a few honest materials, repeated with care.
Edges and Enclosure
Outside, vertical metal cladding sits between concrete slabs, sharpening corners and lending shadow lines through the day. Plantings soften those edges at the garden wall, while slim canopies temper glare at the glazing. Circulation moves along the yard and under cover—dry in rain, cool in heat. Every junction reads simple and legible.
Evening returns the view to the pool, now darker, with the rooms reflected like a band of amber. The materials stay quiet and durable, ready for use. Nothing shouts; the house lets light and daily routines do the shaping.
Photography by Paolo Tosti
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