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Villa No. 7, Battered honey-stone terraces stepping a steep site beneath a limestone cliff.
Retaining & Structural Walls

Villa No. 7

Battered honey-stone terraces stepping a steep site beneath a limestone cliff.

PROJECT
Location
Corfu
Discipline
Retaining & Structural Walls
Stone
Honey-ochre rubble limestone
Photography
Our own, on site
  • Battered retaining walls
  • Stepped stone caps
  • Facade cladding
  • Arched openings
THE WORK

A terraced hillside built almost entirely in warm honey-and-ochre rubble limestone, laid in irregular courses with battered wall faces and stepped stone caps. The walls terrace a steep site among mature olives and columnar cypress, and a large natural rock outcrop was left in place and built into one of the terraces.

The villa carries the same stone as full facade cladding, finished with arched openings and a terracotta dentil cornice along the roofline, with a limestone cliff and the sea behind.

THE PHOTOGRAPHS

Shot on our own site.

Every photograph below is this project as built, nothing staged, nothing borrowed.

Newly completed honey-ochre rubble-stone retaining walls stepping along the slope, olive and cypress trees behind and a glimpse of sea.
Newly completed honey-ochre rubble-stone retaining walls stepping along the slope, olive and cypress trees behind and a glimpse of sea.
The insulated villa shell with steel roof framing, set against a sweeping view of blue sea, headland and bay.
The insulated villa shell with steel roof framing, set against a sweeping view of blue sea, headland and bay.
Rough-cut honey limestone cladding in strong sunlight, with an arched opening and a terracotta dentil cornice along the roofline.
Rough-cut honey limestone cladding in strong sunlight, with an arched opening and a terracotta dentil cornice along the roofline.
Curved battered stone walls flanking the drive, an arched outbuilding and old olive tree at left, a limestone cliff rising behind.
Curved battered stone walls flanking the drive, an arched outbuilding and old olive tree at left, a limestone cliff rising behind.
A battered stone wall corner with stepped caps, grasses softening the top and raking sunlight bringing out the rubble texture.
A battered stone wall corner with stepped caps, grasses softening the top and raking sunlight bringing out the rubble texture.
Scaffolding and timber walkways between rising stone retaining walls, the finished perimeter wall and misty hills behind.
Scaffolding and timber walkways between rising stone retaining walls, the finished perimeter wall and misty hills behind.
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