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Villa No. 1, A hillside estate above the bay, its stonework running from the villa walls to the water.
Stone Villas

Villa No. 1

A hillside estate above the bay, its stonework running from the villa walls to the water.

PROJECT
Discipline
Stone Villas
Stone
White-cream limestone, hand-laid
Photography
Our own, on site
  • Facade cladding
  • Stone chimneys
  • Terraced gardens
  • Stone paving
  • Pool terrace
THE WORK

An estate finished in white and cream rough-cut limestone, laid in an irregular polygonal pattern with wide pale joints, under terracotta hipped roofs with stone chimneys to match. The composition is axial: an infinity pool and lawned parterre run straight from the main villa toward the open sea, framed by terraced gardens, sand-toned stone paving and mature olive trees.

The masonry was built up by hand over the structure on a steep coastal slope, the cladding pointed in place course by course. At dusk the stone holds the last of the light, which is when the estate reads best.

THE PHOTOGRAPHS

Shot on our own site.

Every photograph below is this project as built, nothing staged, nothing borrowed.

Walls of the new villa being clad in white stone above an open pool shell, with the bay, islands and mainland mountains behind.
Walls of the new villa being clad in white stone above an open pool shell, with the bay, islands and mainland mountains behind.
A crew on scaffolding points the white polygonal stone cladding across both storeys, quarried stone blocks in the foreground.
A crew on scaffolding points the white polygonal stone cladding across both storeys, quarried stone blocks in the foreground.
The roofed villa shell above raw earthworks, with a sweeping view over the bay, headlands and mountains under a dramatic sky.
The roofed villa shell above raw earthworks, with a sweeping view over the bay, headlands and mountains under a dramatic sky.
The rendered villa with its pool filled and terraces being prepared with topsoil, the sea and mountains behind an olive tree.
The rendered villa with its pool filled and terraces being prepared with topsoil, the sea and mountains behind an olive tree.
White polygonal stone cladding and a stone chimney in warm evening light, above a sand-toned paved courtyard with terracotta planters.
White polygonal stone cladding and a stone chimney in warm evening light, above a sand-toned paved courtyard with terracotta planters.
The estate from above in golden light, tiled roofs, pool and lawns, with white drives winding through the olive groves.
The estate from above in golden light, tiled roofs, pool and lawns, with white drives winding through the olive groves.
Wall sections part-clad in white stone behind piles of building stone, with the open sea beyond.
Wall sections part-clad in white stone behind piles of building stone, with the open sea beyond.
A monumental hand-built Corfu stone wall against the Ionian sea.
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