PRODUCT LIBRARY
photographed by cristóbal palma, the building is clad with dark timber boards that enclose a series of private spaces and direct views towards the crashing waves.
the main feature of the design is the huge kitchen, dining and living space that opens out to the pool and the horizon beyond.
the house consists of three separate brick volumes set above a continuous living space on the ground floor.
the renovation preserves the original masonry façade but carves out a new world inside, one which prioritizes light, space and openness.
Whether or not this is the Jimmy Choo of shoe boxes deftly adhered to a venerable building or the fecund loins of a reinvigorated world leading institution only time will tell.
In the meantime if whoever wrote ‘…five individual pavilions that respond organically to the historic institution’s existing architecture…etc.’ would kindly return to their ward It would be a blessing.