MoDus Architects contrasts "refinement and ruggedness" for Italian home

Italian studio MoDus Architect has completed Hometown House, a dwelling in Trento that contrasts a black-timber exterior with light and airy larch-lined interiors.

Set among the rolling hills and orchards of the Non Valley, Hometown House was designed by MoDus Architects for a client returning to his hometown after decades abroad.

It occupies the site where the client's parents' home once stood and next to which his brother still lives.

MoDus Architects has completed a black-timber...