Casa Damatura sits just outside Ceglie Messapica in Italy’s Puglia region — a one-bedroom stone lamia reimagined by Dutch architecture practice Studiotoff in 2024. Priced at €350,000, the one-bed, one-bath home sets old against new, vernacular architecture against contemporary restraint.
Photography: Britney Gill.
Photography: Britney Gill.
Photography: Britney Gill.
Photography: Britney Gill.
Photography: Britney Gill.
The design preserves the building’s vaulted ceilings and thick masonry walls while introducing custom interventions in timber, lime plaster and stone. A kitchen crafted in collaboration with Ask og Eng forms the centrepiece, combining utility with quiet refinement. Openings were repositioned to draw in light and extend sight lines toward the private plunge pool and olive grove.
Outdoors, terraces and fruit trees frame a sequence of slow, sensory moments — morning espresso under the pepper tree, late-afternoon swims and sunsets over red earth.
Seven minutes from the historic heart of Ceglie Messapica, Casa Damatura offers privacy without isolation. Fully furnished and finished to a high standard, it demonstrates how thoughtful restoration can preserve Puglia’s architectural heritage while adapting it for contemporary living.
