Modern people have just learned that temperatures in houses can be moderated by using stones.
However, the knowledge was known already hundreds of years ago by ancient people. And this beautiful old stone house gives one of the many proofs.
Located in a hot-climate area of Croatia, this old house was built by using high thermal mass materials, such as stone, masonry and wood.
The materials amazingly absorb the hot daytime sun, bringing down interior heat. And at night, the materials will release the heat into the interior, delivering warmth in the cold evenings. (more…)
