The texture of limestone determines the architecture, its free, original pattern is not constrained by embellishment or naïve symmetry, which is usually found in merchant buildings.

The old doors and deep cornice give the house a special charm, which,again, is not stretched across the entire facade but only over the side parts —so that the theme does not get tired. Some details recall cubist sculpture — lookat the triple window under the console of the bay window.

In this whimsicality and deliberate non-banality, one can hear the breath of the architecture of Charles Mackintosh and Charles Holden, the fathers of modern architecture.

Too bad, the name of the Limassol architect has disappeared in history. But it could have been a master of the workshops of Tsangaridis or Ginzburg, the builder of the Limassol City Hall and the Rialto cinema (see “1 km ofArchitecture”). The house was lucky with its new owner, the architect Roxani Koudounari, who restored it.