![Stone House / Vo Trong Nghia Architects - Windows, Facade, Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/50bd/4d78/b3fc/4b60/b100/0209/newsletter/4954.jpg?1426202601)
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Architects: VTN Architects
- Year: 2011
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Photographs:Hiroyuki Oki
Text description provided by the architects. This torus-shaped stone house is located in a quiet residential quarter beside the way to Ha Long Bay from Hanoi. A rising green roof and walls composed of subdued color stones in dark blue create a landscape, which stands out in the new residential area.
![Stone House / Vo Trong Nghia Architects - Windows, Cityscape, Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/50bd/4ca0/b3fc/4b60/b100/01f9/medium_jpg/4415.jpg?1426202606)
The rooms surround the oval courtyard, making a colony-like relationship with each other. Circulating flow runs around the courtyard and continues to the green roof, connecting all places in the house. This courtyard and green roof compose a sequential garden, which creates a rich relationship between inside and outside of the house. Residents discover the changes of the seasons and realize their wealthy life with the nature, thanks to this sequential garden.
![Stone House / Vo Trong Nghia Architects - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/50bd/4d01/b3fc/4b60/b100/0201/newsletter/4606.jpg?1426202625)
To create a wall with smooth curvature, cubic stones with 10cm thickness are carefully stacked. Consequently, the wall performs the play of light and shadow. Massive and meticulous texture of the wall generates a cave-like space, which recalls the image of a primitive house.
![Stone House / Vo Trong Nghia Architects - Windows, Table, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/50bd/4cb0/b3fc/4b60/b100/01fb/newsletter/4464.jpg?1426202627)
The family with 2 young children has been enjoying their living in the house. They sense each other and deepen their communication, rounding and rounding in the house.
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