Rust usually denotes decrepitude of a sort. It’s the slow erosion and eventual disintegration of iron and steel, mechanization, and industrial prosperity. It’s the nasty, depressing byproduct of vanquished hopes, dreams, and growth. Still, despite its metaphoric drawbacks, rust-weathered Corten steel is being embraced by architects all over the world.

We are using it in Slivovë for our much-beloved “DB.A Residence” contemporary villa in Kosovo where the rusty facade is paired rather nicely with a vibrant green forest. In any case, rusted materials are indeed difficult to work with, but that isn’t stopping us from making great use of them.