First, a house is called a villa here. And many do have definite White House aspirations. For example, two-story columns on the front.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja3mu07nFpL3KPSj47MJHxIJR323F_S1Zj4mhtH-FDPWdC0pCwnPjQsol7_EqlbU111lG2qJNg9ixXve12brDzow5io5l0akNayLKmmv77Lbg8eEMvIpu6j5ROPTbK3Froa4MSGuEYPdc/s640/S95_0865_DNG.jpg)
Other favourites include the sweeping spiral stairway in the living room and 15ft ceilings.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6f4kEcdhunyTDP2EcRiJZ4XMskEoo8yz5Pn7M24j-RgUySC_1pIPkDZUZmtuoM93WKWAjlMqcwrr1H0cnQmGgFKrv8Zjspq21uJJgy7p7dunQu6jAZguxxzl8WDvmxFs5Kkp1QBpdHY/s640/S95_0781_DNG.jpg)
Then there are the quirky design features. Such as a swimming pool in the living room.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypKVtk_klUKppouisx9E3HBzbL6fJGOuNbLyj4NyYp6t1HFJH1n8dSJVLu50AaTHpAEPr1-YDuAx7uj2tZDDtwQ6ZViTK0vj2hgAm0SZIZ174dfkKmu2GOYp_g-j95NRxEPR9fS_jARc/s640/S95_1345_DNG.jpg)
This house also was a beautiful design with a curved glass wall on one side (left in the picture). Would have been very beautiful and light and if the house would have been built more than a foot away from the neighbour's house.
But my favourite was the very airy house with the round atrium in the middle reaching all the way to a large round skylight in the roof. No doors, and all rooms give out on this central space. Very nice. Especially the fountain with the three nymphs and multi-coloured lighting on the ground floor.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHI97lRT_yulTWJAg79h6w_u_GyaJxZK36JisFUmVmk9fg6PqHwI1w6C75flLOLxHZVMyUUbcuIZtMq6sXxQlnDXQ5dpmaxuN2pUZM37SeG_uHgqSARvuOvhd1bPYW6KgRH8mua2J86s/s640/S95_0830_DNG.jpg)
We went for something slightly more restrained.
No comments:
Post a Comment