eks was conceived not simply as a place to stay, but as a setting for a different way of living. Stone gives shelter and permanence, while the house opens naturally towards the outside, allowing everyday life to move between interior, courtyard, light and view. Here, architecture is not separate from experience. It quietly shapes it.

As evening settles around the courtyard, the table becomes a place to gather, with the warmth of the house close by and the open sky above. The relationship between shelter and outdoor life becomes part of the way you spend your time: a meal carries on into conversation, and the courtyard remains lived in as daylight fades. The strength of stone gives this openness a reassuring centre, somewhere to belong while the life of the house extends beyond its walls.

a room with a stone wall and a staircase

Each residence unfolds as a single two-storey volume, where living below and rest above remain visually and spatially connected. Load-bearing stone walls define the structure, while height, light and vertical continuity allow the interior to feel larger than its actual measure. Space is not divided into isolated rooms. It is experienced as one continuous environment.

At the upper level, the solidity of stone meets expansive glass. The sleeping space remains protected within the house, yet opens almost completely towards the landscape, allowing sea, mountain, light and distance to become part of the interior. This balance between enclosure and openness defines much of the eks experience: a sense of shelter without ever feeling closed in.

With the strength of stone.

A house lived as one continuous whole.

Protected by stone. Released towards the horizon.

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