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A Summer House on Andros Island

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The roadside view of Embassies House contrasts the rock walls of ancient Greek traditions with the severe lines of modern architecture.

But the private garden side of the summer house is breathtakingly sculptural – carving bold white forms against the blue skies of the mediterranean.

Athens-based KLAB Architects  achieve a delicate balance between tradition and modernity.

A fabric canopy shelters an open courtyard against a building that hints at a Greek monastery.

At the top of a hill on the rocky coastline, the house is surrounded by a 360-degree view all around.

The varied shades of rock lichens in the same muted palette as the stone wall provide the only landscaping in the arid landscape of Andros Island.

These nearby rocks are chopped up to form walls and pathways…

… and the remainder are ground up to form the gravel roofs for this guest house and the main house.

KLAB (Kinetic LABoratory) Architects was founded by Konstantinos Labrinopoulos and just voted among the top 50 young architecture firms by Wallpaper.