Architect：Special Umbria

Location：Piegaro, Province of Perugia, Umbria, Italy; | ;

Project Year：2021

Category：Private Houses

Le More was completed in September 2021, following a build that was conceived, project-managed and interior designed by Special Umbria. It is a property of perfect poise with its soft-coloured stone, tiled roof and elegant chimney. It sits in an ancient landscape of breathtaking beauty where the views from the house are matched by the design and artistry within.

The property is divided into a main house with three large en-suite bedrooms on the first floor, and a guest house with a separate entrance that has another two spacious en-suites. Built from warm, local stone in vernacular style, Le More’s interior takes design inspiration from Scandinavia, Italy, and the Sixties, expertly blending them to create a clean, subtle, cohesive whole.

Natural materials, including oak, marble and linen, provide a backdrop for specially commissioned artwork and furniture. Curves complement angles and functional details are not forgotten: the expertly equipped kitchen is supported by a further side kitchen, there is floor cooling throughout, there are Sonos systems in every bedroom and the lighting is meticulously designed.

Le More is surrounded by roughly a hectare of garden and woodland. A veranda at the front of the house has a large dining table and there are further low seating areas, including a beautiful space between the buildings with views through the oak trees to the valley beyond. The pool (12mx6m) sits on a terrace below the house with a bank of pretty planting separating the two.

Located close to Piegaro and Perugia, guests can discover the delights of Italy’s green heartland beyond Le More’s gates, and then retreat to the comfortable and considered design of this delightful property.

The biggest challenge was to build this property during the heaviest period of Covid. We started in february 2020 just at the beginning of Covid and the Swedish owners couldn’t come over not even a single time to see the process. It has been a big challenge with many video meetings, but worked out in the end perfectly well.

A mix of traditional building materials used in Umbria like old stone outside walls, beamed ceilings and old terracotta roof tiles.

Architect: Specialumbria

Photography: Kristian Septimius Krogh

1. Facade cladding: Local stone which is the stone found during the digging of the foundations of the house

2. Flooring: A resin in a concrete look and feel

3. Doors: Natural wood, hand made

4. Windows: Wood, painted black in ‘iron’ look and feel

5. Roofing: Cotto tiling

6. Interior lighting: 

Table and wall lights by Forestier_lightning

Outside floor lamps by Platek

Outside table lights by Karman

Bedside lamps by DCW

Fabric lamp shades in staircase and bedrooms by hamimi living

7. Interior furniture:

Table chairs and low seating outside by Hay

Pool beds EMU

Kitchen oven by Smeg

Outside BBQ by Boretti

Bathroom mirrors by Cielo

Round table staircase by Miniforms

Taps by bongi official

Big painting staircase by Guiliano Cardella

Table chairs by &tradition

Toilets by gsiceramica

8. The kitchen was fully handmade by our local carpenter and has been a huge project, including an original butcher block

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