Luxury Mediterranean Cliffside Villa

<p>Hello everyone! I started my holidays on Friday, I'm back in Argentina till the end of January. I'll do my best to keep posting every day.</p><p>I came across this house at a site called Adelto which is dedicated to luxury residences. The pictures and following information are from this site.</p><p>Working within the constraints of an existing towerlike structure situated on a steep site overlooking the Mediterranean, architect Norman Foster created a seven-level, 6,500-square-foot modernist villa. In the living area, an 18-ton angled retractable glass wall and sun louvers “allow the inside and the outside to dissolve into one,” he says.</p> <p>The street-level access opens to the pool terrace on the roof of the house. A glass staircase, at left, leads to the studio entrance below. On one of the original tower walls, a staircase with stone treads, stainless-steel railings and steel cables zigzags from the studio entrance down. Transparent glass balustrades “relate to the vistas: They’re parallel to the coast,” Foster says.</p> <p>“The principal areas encompass five levels, with related living, dining and library spaces.” A glass elevator connects these levels to the bedrooms below and to the roof and pool terrace. The dining level is elevated above the living level and main terrace for clear, uninterrupted views out to sea,” notes Foster.</p> <p>“The house appears to hang suspended in space, hovering,” Foster says. “From the living level or the dining level, it has been described as a cross between the deck of a ship and a helicopter.” With the glass wall closed, he adds, “it’s an exotic winter garden.” Silver anodized-aluminum storage units in the dining area display a collection of traditional hammered pweterware.</p> <p>Dynamic steel arches that swoop over the pool terrace and down the hillside are gridded with the network of cables that “support sails for shade and privacy as well as encourage the growth of greenery,” Foster explains. “The materials, colors and detailing evoke a nautical feel.” Eventually, the house will be partially covered by vines, blending the structure into its rugged surroundings.</p><p><img alt="Luxury Mediterranean Cliffside Villa" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3343" src="http://adelto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/luxury-mediterranean-cliffside-villa.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 537px;" title="Luxury Mediterranean Cliffside Villa" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img alt="Luxury Mediterranean Cliffside Villa" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3344" src="http://adelto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/luxury-mediterranean-cliffside-villa-1.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 538px;" title="Luxury Mediterranean Cliffside Villa" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img alt="Luxury Mediterranean Cliffside Villa" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3346" src="http://adelto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/luxury-mediterranean-cliffside-villa-4.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 847px;" title="Luxury Mediterranean Cliffside Villa" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img alt="Luxury Mediterranean Cliffside Villa" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3342" src="http://adelto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/luxury-mediterranean-cliffside-villa-5.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 846px;" title="Luxury Mediterranean Cliffside Villa" /></p><p>I'd love to know what you think about this house. Would you choose to live here?</p><p>You can find more luxury properties at Adelto right <a href="http://adelto.co.uk/page/3/">here</a></p>

Luxury Mediterranean Cliffside Villa

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Interior Designer and Stylist Nan Whitney

<span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search">Hope you had a lovely weekend!<br />Monday brings us NY stylist Nan Whitney. <s>His</s> Her work has been featured in lots of magazines such as </span></span>Country Living, Better Homes & Gardens, Calico Corners and Pottery Barn.<br /><br />I selected these photographs for you to enjoy from <s>his</s> her <span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search"><a href="http://www.nanwhitney.com/interiors_home.html">portfolio</a>.<br /><br />I'd like to thank Jan Jessup for her enlightening comment!<br /></span></span><br /><img src="http://www.triciajoyce.com/artists/whitney/NW_Interiors/NW_interiors_008.jpg" style="width: 551px; height: 713px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.nanwhitney.com/interiors/012306_2sm.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 350px;" /><br />I've always wondered whether curtains like these in an open porch are a good idea. I mean, they look great and all but how do you keep them dry and clean when it rains? I know they're under a roof but just a little wind when it rains and they'll end up soaking wet. I don't think they run to take them down every time the sky clouds over. Maybe they're just waterproof.<br /><br /><img alt="interior design and styling by Nan Whitney" src="http://www.nanwhitney.com/interiors/april09_1.jpg" style="width: 549px; height: 709px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.nanwhitney.com/interiors/26sm.jpg" style="width: 549px; height: 686px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.triciajoyce.com/artists/whitney/NW_Interiors/NW_interiors_009.jpg" style="width: 549px; height: 671px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.triciajoyce.com/artists/whitney/NW_Interiors/NW_interiors_011.jpg" style="width: 549px; height: 679px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.triciajoyce.com/artists/whitney/NW_Interiors/NW_interiors_012.jpg" style="width: 547px; height: 685px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.triciajoyce.com/artists/whitney/NW_Interiors/NW_interiors_013.jpg" style="width: 547px; height: 676px;" /><br />Such an organized entryway. Labels under the baskets makes it easy to put everything in the right place.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.triciajoyce.com/artists/whitney/NW_Interiors/NW_interiors_014.jpg" style="width: 547px; height: 678px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.triciajoyce.com/artists/whitney/NW_Interiors/NW_interiors_025.jpg" style="width: 547px; height: 668px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.triciajoyce.com/artists/whitney/NW_Interiors/NW_interiors_028.jpg" style="width: 546px; height: 729px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.triciajoyce.com/artists/whitney/NW_Interiors/NW_interiors_039.jpg" style="width: 546px; height: 669px;" /><br />Seems like it's clouding over. Better get those curtains down!<br />More photographs right <a href="http://www.triciajoyce.com/artists/whitney/nan_whitney.html">here</a>.

Interior Designer and Stylist Nan Whitney

Hope you had a lovely weekend! Monday brings us NY stylist Nan Whitney. His Her work has been featured in lots of magazines such as Country...

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Interior Designer Kathryn Scott: A Brooklyn Town House

Good morning, hope you are having a lovely Saturday. And if your house is in a mess, don't worry. Come and daydream of a nice tidy house in New York.<br />Interior designer Kathryn Scott used a mixture of French and minimalist styles for this town house in Brooklyn. Architect Claude Puaux created the front façade.<br /><br /><img alt="" class="slideImg" id="slideImg" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/resources/2009/11/french_impression/01_french_impression.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="" class="slideImg" id="slideImg" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/resources/2009/11/french_impression/02_french_impression.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="" class="slideImg" id="slideImg" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/resources/2009/11/french_impression/03_french_impression.jpg" />The 2005 pseudo-calligraphic work is by Wenda Gu. The table was custom-made out of a large slab of wood. I like the way the benches follow the curve of the table.<br /><br /><img alt="" class="slideImg" id="slideImg" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/resources/2009/11/french_impression/04_french_impression.jpg" /><br />Simple, clean cut lines.<br /><br /><img alt="" class="slideImg" id="slideImg" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/resources/2009/11/french_impression/05_french_impression.jpg" /><br />Dark wood paneling, inset with bands of encaustic wallcovering, gives the den a clubby feel. When I first saw this room I didn't realize it was in the basement!<br /><br /><img alt="" class="slideImg" id="slideImg" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/resources/2009/11/french_impression/06_french_impression.jpg" /><br /><span class="c"><span>Photography by </span>Bruce Buck</span><br />From <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a>

Interior Designer Kathryn Scott: A Brooklyn Town House

Good morning, hope you are having a lovely Saturday. And if your house is in a mess, don't worry. Come and daydream of a nice tidy house...

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