
Via Architecture For Sale
This brightly coloured Corsican villa by Jean-Claude Mazet features curving surfaces and tubular porthole windows inspired by the organic architecture movement.
Mazet built Villa Guardia in 1974 on a hilltop overlooking the sea, a 15-minute drive from Porto Vecchio. There’s nary a straight line to be seen inside its cavernous spaces, which were designed using the Golden ratio.

Via Architecture For Sale

Via Architecture For Sale

Via Architecture For Sale

Via Architecture For Sale

Via Architecture For Sale
The centrepiece of the 500 sq ft island property – on the market via Architecture for sale for €1.165m – is a swooping circular living room, complete with sunken seating area and hearth. A dining room and mezzanine lounge branch off this central space, the latter reached by a skeletal floating staircase.

Inside the home, the 70s are very much alive and kicking, as seen from the earthy brown floor tiles and a bright purple bathroom suite. The three-bedroom house is also painted a Flintstones-style orange hue, which – love it or hate it – sets it apart from the surrounding tree canopy.
Villa Guardia sits in 13,000 sqm of gardens, descending down to the sea. Landscaped by a botanist, they include species of Mediterranean, African and American plants.

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