Built true,in Malta.

Limestone residences by True Estate.

Kantun, a limestone apartment building on a street in Malta, in afternoon sun

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Cut from the island

Franka limestone, bronze and glass. A deep balcony shades every south-facing room.

The glass slides away

Each opening is 2.7 m tall and clears the whole room to the air.

Eight metres of open living

One room from the balcony to the kitchen, under ceilings of 2.9 m.

White oak, honed travertine

Joinery built to the ceiling, with a single stone island at its centre.

By four, sun on the sofa

Every floor, taken apart

Kantun, a limestone apartment building on a street in Malta

Limestone frame and glass balconies seen from the street

Cut from the island

Franka limestone, bronze and glass. A deep balcony shades every south-facing room.

Open living room seen through bronze sliding doors

The glass slides away

Each opening is 2.7 m tall and clears the whole room to the air.

Open-plan living room with a cream sofa and an oak kitchen

Eight metres of open living

One room from the balcony to the kitchen, under ceilings of 2.9 m.

Fluted white oak island and travertine splash

White oak, honed travertine

Joinery built to the ceiling, with a single stone island at its centre.

Afternoon sun in the living room, looking back to the balcony

By four, sun on the sofa

Every floor, taken apart

Penthouse
One residence across the whole floor, with a 66 m² terrace.
Third floor
Two residences above the rooflines of the street.
Second floor
Two residences, including A03 from the film.
First floor
Two residences behind the deep limestone frame.
Ground floor
Travertine lobby, lift and stair, and private parking.

To true a stone

A mason trues a block by working it until every face is flat and every corner exact. Only then does it go into the wall.

We build the same way. A small number of residences, each resolved down to the last joint before the first block is laid. Kantun, named for the Maltese limestone block, is the first of them.

Honey limestone blocks in low afternoon sun

Four materials

Franka limestone

The stone Malta has built with for six thousand years, cut to 600 by 300 mm and laid with joints you can barely find.

Limestone frame rising between white balconies

Anodised bronze

Slim lift-and-slide frames. Bronze holds the same quiet tone in full sun as it does at dusk.

Bronze sliding doors opening into the living room

White oak

Fluted at the island, flat at the tall wall, with shadow gaps instead of handles.

Honed travertine

Floors, worktops and the kitchen splash, chosen for how it holds low afternoon light.

Travertine splash and worktop with a bronze tap

The limestone coast at Qammieh, Mellieha

Malta's own stone

6,000

Years the islands have been built from the ground they stand on.

The limestone facade of a Baroque church in Valletta

A limestone quarry on Gozo, cut in clean steps

Sliema, by the sea

Kantun stands on a quiet street in Sliema, a few minutes on foot from the promenade and the ferry across to Valletta.

Seven residences, one building

Residence	Floor	Bedrooms	Internal	Outdoor	Price
A01	First floor	2	110 m²	12 m²	On request
A02	First floor	2	110 m²	12 m²	On request
A03	Second floor	2	110 m²	12 m²	On request
A04	Second floor	2	110 m²	12 m²	On request
A05	Third floor	2	110 m²	12 m²	On request
A06	Third floor	2	110 m²	12 m²	On request
PH01	Penthouse	3	215 m²	66 m²	On request

Afternoon sun in a living room looking out to the balcony

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