LCA Architetti nestles angular cork-clad home into Italian valley

An angular black volume sits atop a cork-clad ground floor to form Casa 9, a home that Italian studio LCA Architetti has added to a valley on the border between Italy and Switzerland.
Located within a hilly landscape near Lake Lugano, the house was designed to showcase non-traditional building materials and features a timber structure as well as metal and cork cladding.
In response to the landscape and surrounding houses, LCA Architetti designed the home to have a low-lying form, comprising a re