Private Luxury Villa, District One

District One is built around a man-made lagoon and its villas are designed to face it. That orientation drives the interior — the rooms with the view set the hierarchy of the plan, and the rest of the house cannot be left as an afterthought because of it.

This was a full interior commission covering layout, finishes, joinery and furniture. We built it with our own crews and made the joinery ourselves, so the specification the client signed off is the one that was installed.