Better Outside
“The desire to come together in a convivial atmosphere that has made the kitchen the focal point inside our homes has extended to the outdoors,” says Raffaella Razzano, journalist and former editor of a magazine dedicated to kitchens, “we have rediscovered the pleasure of living outdoors and this has accelerated a trend that was already […]
Gamondi’s architechtures
Chatting with Gianni Gamondi is a pleasure: the architect of Porto Rotondo, Puntaldìa, Capo Coda Cavallo and Capo Ceraso, the man behind more than 250 villas dotted from Sardinia to the Caribbean, is shrewd and modest, steeped in that very Milanese common sense that comes from a life dedicated to work. He’ll tell you about […]
Curvy Homes
At the dawn of the 1960s, when the Costa Smeralda™ consortium was created, the simple architecture of Gallura, of the purely functional and virtually unexpressive “stazzu” cottages, offered little inspiration to the designers of the first buildings on the coast. The absence of a local tradition to refer to, combined with a fascination for the […]
Design is fine
“The relationship between design and craftsmanship is like a subterranean river – flowing and acting deep below, even while it remains invisible.” Giulio Iacchetti, an internationally renowned designer, has always paid close attention to the evolution of the relationship between craftsmanship and design. An example of this is Internoitaliano, a production network made up of […]
Carolina’s NFT
You can’t talk about design in Sardinia without mentioning Carolina Melis. She has studied and worked abroad, of course, in large agencies in London for clients such as Condè Nast, Elle, Elizabeth Arden, IKEA, Mall of Emirates, McDonald’s, Miu Miu, Pashley Bikes, Penguin Books, Candy, Sony, Tommy Hilfiger, Unilever, Vodafone, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Volkswagen and the […]
Etro Home Interiors
Exotic hints and vintage charm characterise the new Etro Home Interiors furniture collection, where details in sage and gold add bright notes to neutral shades. Brazilian lacewood, marble, bronze and brass are just some of the materials employed. Like the Mekong sofa, clearly inspired by the 1950s, with lines that recall the fluidity of […]
The vedette over the harbor
Villa Alga is one of the best examples of organic architecture, the style most typically used in – and perhaps even endemic to – the Costa Smeralda. Half hidden away on the north side of the harbor of Porto Cervo, it was designed by the great architect Savin Couelle, and was also for many long […]
Life on the rocks
LOCATION VILLA MARTINE, COSTA SMERALDA PROJECT STUDIO PÉ CONSTRUCTION TATTI COSTRUZIONI PORTO CERVO OUTFITS MISSONI PHOTOGRAPHER TIZIANO CANU STYLIST YLENIA FESTA MODEL LAUREN HAIR & MAKE-UP ROBERTA MASIA SET ASSISTANT ANDREA POLI The tourist architecture lining the coasts of Italy – and the Mediterranean, and the world – tends to be “oriented”, in the […]
Is Arenas
Two hours by car or twenty minutes by helicopter from our stretch of coast sits one of the most spectacular golf courses in Europe, rated among the top five Italian courses according to Leading Golf Courses, and 32nd among more than 700 fairways on the Old Continent. The unique characteristics of each hole, and the […]
San Pantaleo Mood
The words of Paolo Conte’s Sparring Partner come to mind as I embark on the narrow climb to the village square “…I have never seen, a more tiger-striped, more secret calm…”. I’ve started leaving the car a little way from the centre, to have time to devote to my new hobby: writing stories for […]
