Water Architectures

Geographies of outdoor living

Algarve – The material that unites

In the luminous landscape of Quinta do Lago, Villa Monte Golf 3A, designed by Architecture Jutta Hoehn, establishes a continuous dialogue between architecture and nature.

Essential volumes, large openings and extended surfaces define a space that develops through subtraction, granting light a structural role. The outdoor areas — terraces, relaxation zones, wellness spaces and swimming pools — integrate into a unified system, without hierarchies.

The Secret Stone collection by Cotto d'Este, in the Precious Beige shade and 14 mm thickness, becomes the guiding thread of the project. Floors, wall coverings and surfaces in direct contact with water flow seamlessly, building a coherent and measured design language.

The finishes, whether softer or more textured, introduce subtle variations that accompany the different functions without breaking the overall unity. Light runs across the surface, reveals its nuances, and reflects in the water.

Melbourne – Precision and measure

In the Templestowe district, studio Mos Architects creates a rigorous outdoor space, centred on the swimming pool as the compositional focal point. A custom solution in Cotto d'Este's signature technology 14MM ensures continuity, control and high performance, defining the space with precision.

Australia – Landscape and matter

In the project signed by Oliver Mark Interiors, nestled in the Australian landscape, the ceramic surface enters into dialogue with its surroundings through warm, layered tones. The pool area takes shape as a permeable threshold, where interior and exterior naturally blend together, thanks to the great expressive power of Secret Stone — the result of a fascinating study of Jerusalem stone and Cotto d'Este's ability to capture its beauty and surpass its quality.

Montpellier – Light and Mediterranean measure

In Montpellier, a private residence interprets the outdoor as a natural extension of the domestic space, in a calibrated balance between architecture, light and landscape.

The swimming pool fits into an essential composition, where solids and voids dialogue with rigour. The ceramic surfaces accompany the project with discretion, defining both interior and exterior flooring, as well as pool edges and porticos, through luminous and textured tones capable of amplifying natural light.

Oberhausen – Rigour and continuity

In Königshardt, the project by Engelshove Architekten reinterprets the rationalist language through a concrete-effect surface that runs through both interior and exterior. The swimming pool fits in as a geometric element, part of a coherent and controlled system.