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Villa No. 6, A steep hillside held by tiers of limestone retaining walls and a sweeping stone stair.
Retaining & Structural Walls

Villa No. 6

A steep hillside held by tiers of limestone retaining walls and a sweeping stone stair.

PROJECT
Location
Corfu
Discipline
Retaining & Structural Walls
Stone
Cream coursed limestone
Photography
Our own, on site
  • Tiered retaining walls
  • Curved stone staircase
  • Stone-clad piers
  • Free-form drive walls
THE WORK

A contemporary white villa terraced into a steep olive-covered hillside above the sea, where the stonework does the heavy lifting: long tiers of pale cream rough-coursed limestone retaining walls, a sweeping curved staircase integrated into the wall face, stone-clad piers on the architecture, and free-form walls that follow the bends of the drive.

Lights recessed into the stone uplight the walls at dusk. The set spans the full arc of the build, from excavator and rubble to blue-hour aerials with the infinity pool, lawns and the coastline behind.

BEFORE / AFTER

From bare groundto finished stone.

Scroll to watch the site become the building, stone by stone.

AS FOUND TO FINISHED, VILLA NO. 6
THE PHOTOGRAPHS

Shot on our own site.

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

Two stacked white volumes with stone-clad infill walls, the pool deck and terraced limestone walls stepping down the olive hillside.
Two stacked white volumes with stone-clad infill walls, the pool deck and terraced limestone walls stepping down the olive hillside.
White cantilevered volumes on stone-clad piers above the infinity pool and lawn, terraced limestone walls and a glimpse of sea beyond.
White cantilevered volumes on stone-clad piers above the infinity pool and lawn, terraced limestone walls and a glimpse of sea beyond.
The villa glowing warm at dusk, limestone retaining walls uplit along the curving driveway, the sea and hills fading behind.
The villa glowing warm at dusk, limestone retaining walls uplit along the curving driveway, the sea and hills fading behind.
The tall pale limestone retaining wall with its curved stone staircase sweeping up the hillside, olive trees above under a dark sky.
The tall pale limestone retaining wall with its curved stone staircase sweeping up the hillside, olive trees above under a dark sky.
The limestone staircase climbing the rough-coursed stone wall to meet the white rendered villa, a raised planter at its base.
The limestone staircase climbing the rough-coursed stone wall to meet the white rendered villa, a raised planter at its base.
Looking down the finished stone staircase between limestone walls from the pool terrace, soft evening light over the olive slope.
Looking down the finished stone staircase between limestone walls from the pool terrace, soft evening light over the olive slope.
The stone-clad staircase and angled retaining walls taking shape beside the open pool shell, the sea in the distance.
The stone-clad staircase and angled retaining walls taking shape beside the open pool shell, the sea in the distance.
The new stone staircase descending along a rough-faced cream limestone retaining wall, seen from above.
The new stone staircase descending along a rough-faced cream limestone retaining wall, seen from above.
An excavator and mini-digger in front of new terraced dry-stone retaining walls, the white villa shell behind under a winter sky.
An excavator and mini-digger in front of new terraced dry-stone retaining walls, the white villa shell behind under a winter sky.
The long tiered limestone retaining wall running along the access road, the white villa rising above it.
The long tiered limestone retaining wall running along the access road, the white villa rising above it.
The curving stone boundary wall following the country road, a planting trench between the tiers and olive and cypress trees beyond.
The curving stone boundary wall following the country road, a planting trench between the tiers and olive and cypress trees beyond.
A pathway running between the villa's white pergola and the long limestone wall, fresh planting beds along its base.
A pathway running between the villa's white pergola and the long limestone wall, fresh planting beds along its base.
The flat-roofed living volume with stone-clad gable accent, a white pergola over the long dining table, curved limestone wall behind.
The flat-roofed living volume with stone-clad gable accent, a white pergola over the long dining table, curved limestone wall behind.
The illuminated villa and lit pool at night, seen from the garden side.
The illuminated villa and lit pool at night, seen from the garden side.
The curved stone retaining wall wrapping the road corner, the villa shell rising above it.
The curved stone retaining wall wrapping the road corner, the villa shell rising above it.
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